Dear Business Owner,

Saturday, September 7, 2013 is South Oakland Community Day at Dan Marino Field on Frazier St from Noon-6pm. This year’s event is proudly presented in collaboration between the South Oakland Neighborhood Group (SONG) and the Oakcliffe Housing Club (OHC), both volunteer community groups. South Oakland Community Day is a fun-filled event that has attracted nearly 500 participants in the past with food & music, raffles & giveaways, sports, games and activities for all ages.

The community volunteers in South Oakland enrich the lives of the people and the area in which they reside. Volunteers coordinate clean-ups of city streets and collaborate with local politicians to maintain and correct necessary neighborhood needs. Volunteers protect the greenways and green spaces that adorn the cliff sides and provide student groups with environmental education through hands-on stewardship and ecological training. Volunteers also work with the neighborhood youth through after school and lunch programs. For their efforts, we would like to make this event a great close to the summer.

The end of the summer means the beginning of a new semester for the university students that will soon call South Oakland home. South Oakland Community Day is the ideal time for neighbors to reach out to the many new students from Point Park University, Carnegie Mellon University, Carlow University and the University of Pittsburgh and invite them into our community. With this in mind, we would like to keep the tradition of making this event mostly inexpensive or free.

As a valued member of the Oakland business community we would like to ask for your support to make this the best event possible. You can help us by becoming a sponsor or by donating goods and services or gift certificates. Sponsorships help us pay for food, supplies and programming. Our sponsorship opportunities can be found on the reverse of this letter. As our fiscal agent, Oakland Planning and Development Corporation will provide a copy of their tax-exempt certificate as needed.

Thank you in advance for your support. Every little bit helps!

Sincerely,

David Panasiuk, Chairman, OHC Co-Chair, SOCD Planning Committee

Mark Oleniacz, Communications, SONG, Co-Chair, SOCD Planning Committee

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Sponsorship request form for South Oakland Community Day 2013

Saturday, September 7, 2013 Noon – 6pm

Sponsorship Levels:

 

Group Contributor $50 Name on our websites and event “Thank You!” wall. 1/8th page Advertisement in our program. ____________________________________________ “Support Local” Benefactor $100 Name and logo on our websites and event “Thank You!” wall. 1/4 page Advertisement in our program. ____________________________________________ Neighborhood Partner $250 Partner recognition on our websites and our event “Thank You!” wall. Full page Advertisement in our event program. Small name/logo on all marketing materials. Small name/logo on SOCD t-shirts. ____________________________________________  Community Sponsor $500 All above plus an upgrade to… Medium logo on all marketing materials. Medium logo on SOCD t-shirts. 2’ x 5’ logo vinyl “Thank You” banner.

Activities Sponsor $750* All above plus an upgrade to… Large logo on all marketing materials. Large logo on SOCD t-shirts.• 3’ x 8’ logo vinyl “Activities Sponsor” banner. ____________________________________________ Food Tent Sponsor $750* All above except… 3’ x 8’ logo vinyl “Food Tent Sponsor” banner. ____________________________________________ Lead Sponsor $1000* All above except… 3’ x 8’ logo vinyl “Activities Sponsor” banner. Premium tabling space location at the event Large lead sponsorship logo across the t-shirt back. ____________________________________________ Community Anchor Sponsorship Level already Fullfilled. COMMUNITY ANCHOR $1500* Anchor recognition on our websites and our event “Thank You!” wall. Full back cover advertisement in our event program. Premium tabling space location at the event. The South Oakland Community Day event title will be preceded with “presented by” and your organization logo. The opportunity for your organization to speak before and present community and activities awards at the event.

 

Please return with check, if applicable, made payable to:

Oakland Planning & Development Corporation

235 Atwood St. Pittsburgh, PA 15213

***Important: Please mark “South Oakland Community Day” or “SOCD” in the check memo.

• For help or more information, please contact Sponsorship Chair, David Panasiuk by email at: OakcliffeHousing.org/Contact

• You can also make monetary donations online at: www.youcaring.com/South-Oakland-Community-Day

• We are now accepting applications for vendors to the event. For more information please contact the Marketing Chair, Mark Oleniacz at the SouthOaklandPgh.org/Contact  To fill out a vendor application online, please visit: http://southoaklandpgh.org/SOCD-VENDORS/