Become a Garden Tour Sponsor
First and foremost, we hope to see you and your family visiting these seven exquisite gardens on this year’s tour. If you’d like to take that extra step toward helping UW-Parkside students who have financial need, we welcome your participation as an Alumni Garden Tour Sponsor. Below are some sponsorship levels for your consideration. Call Amber at 262- 595-2233 or Cynthia at 262-595-3245 to discuss the options.
Premier Sponsor $500
What you receive:
Full Page Ad in Garden Tour Booklet*: (7-1/2 x 4-/12)
Logo on UWP web site** w/link to your business
Sponsor Board @ each garden with your business logo and name
Four complimentary garden tour tickets (for you or your clients)
Supporting Sponsor $250
What you receive:
Half Page Ad in Garden Tour Booklet: (3-1/4 x 4-1/2)
Sponsor name on UWP web site
Sponsor Board @ each garden with your business logo and name
Two complimentary tickets (for you or your clients)
Contributing Sponsor $150
What you receive:
Quarter Page Ad in Garden Tour Booklet: 1-3/4 x 3-1/2 (business card size)
Sponsor Board @ each garden w/your name or business name
Friend- Any amount
Your name in the program booklet
*The booklet is the admission "ticket" to each garden. Based on the experiences of our local garden clubs, we anticipate 500+ visitors.
**The university averages 263,000 visitors to our web site each month!
Items of note for Sponsors:
Garden Tour Advertising:
- Perspective--UW-P alumni magazine, circulation 18,000.
- Electronic message board at the corner of Hwy 31 and Hwy E (ongoing, beginning June 1).
- 4’ x 8’ banner on Hwy 31, between Hwy KR and Hwy A (from May 1 to June 22).
- 4’ x 8’ banner on Hwy E and Wood Road (from May 1 to June 22).
- Press releases to Racine, Kenosha, Milwaukee, and Lake County newspapers and radio stations.
- Feature articles in local newspapers. Partnership with the UW-Extension Racine/Kenosha Master Gardeners, The Wisconsin Hosta Society, and The Wild Ones. Notices to Racine and Kenosha Garden Clubs, Chambers of Commerce, Convention and Visitor Bureaus, and other organizations as we develop contacts.
- Interview with Jerry Nelson on WRJN garden talk show.
Tickets available at all Racine and Kenosha Educators Credit Union Offices or
Online until Thursday, June 12, 2008
