Charity walks can benefit tremendously from the support of businesses. They can potentially provide money, required products, and volunteer time.
Businesses all around you need new ways to promote their products and services to the community. They also need to continually find new ways to improve employee satisfaction. Supporting charity walks is one great way to do this.
Contact businesses in your area for support. Let them know the impact your nonprofit organization is making, the benefit your charity walk and organization will receive from their business donation, and what benefits they can receive through their generosity.
Make sure you are offering many of the following ways to benefit your charity walk sponsors:
- Mention sponsors on all event promotion material. Let everyone you promote your charity walk to, know who your sponsors are. This is great advertising for your sponsors. Make sure
- Print the logo of each sponsor on charity walk shirts. Participants turn into moving billboards for the charity and sponsors every time they wear the shirt.
- Provide a table for each sponsor on the day of the event. Walkers will be able to visit each sponsor’s display and be able to get their questions answered immediately by the company representatives covering the event. It also provides an opportunity for the sponsor to provide promotion material to the walk participants.
- Provide an opportunity for the sponsors to give samples of their products to the walk participants. They can do this at their sponsor tables. It can also happen by putting together a gift bag for all of your walkers or by using sponsor products as prizes.
- Present thank you plaques or certificates to all of your charity walk sponsors. Many shops and restaurants will display these at their place of business in a location where customers and employees can view them. This can improve the image of the business while also continuing to raise awareness of your organization.
Be creative in finding additional ways for companies to benefit from their sponsorship of your charity walks. The next time you discuss opportunities with a local business, you will be able to share several benefits they will receive for their contribution. It will be a win-win proposal that will help you secure more sponsorships for a more successful charity walk.
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With more and more businesses getting more in the zone of corporate governance, it is easier to seek sponsorship from local business for some do good charity events. I think it is beneficial to both the cause, as well as the business donating.
Kacey Sorrenson
Webmaster, iDTech Summer Camps
I think it’s really great for businesses to sponsor charity and other fundraising activities that have a good cause. Not only are they advertising their products or services, they also give something back to the community at the same time!
Charity is great virtue. Thank you for your work.