Sponsor endorsement
campaigns for children can be fun.
Children can participate in an out-of-town class trip or obtain new sports equipment for a red-hot soccer team with the help of a sponsor endorsement. Securing sponsor support for a child can be accomplished by approaching the task in a uniform and diligent manner. A sponsor endorsement campaign should be a rewarding experience for the child as well as for the parent or adult involved. Sponsor endorsements are typically utilized when the notoriety of the name, business, or organization involved will assist in securing much-needed funds for the child, making it a win-win situation for the sponsor and the child.
Instructions
1. Make a plan. Describe the cause you are seeking sponsor support for. Research what type of organizations, causes, or charities the individual, business, or potential sponsor organization is affiliated with or has been a sponsor for before. Highlight the child's academic or other involvement or accomplishments. Include the timeline you are working with and ask if you can have the permission of the sponsor-to-be to use their name and a quote from their endorsement.
2. Organize a small committee of supporters from your family, neighbors, and school in order to delegate responsibilities. Divide the tasks into easily completed segments that will take no more than an hour or so per week of the committee member's time. Encourage the school PTA to assist in securing sponsor endorsements and to send you a list of possible sponsors that they know and would not mind contacting on behalf of the child.
3. Contact the potential sponsors with an initial phone call to ask permission to send a follow-up letter or email. If you are asking for endorsements from a sponsor to assist in raising money, make certain you include information concerning the cost of the project and specifically how the money will be used to accomplish the child's goals.
4. Follow up all sponsor contacts with a short reminder phone call or email and include information about other sponsor endorsements that have been secured. Business and organization sponsors as well as individual sponsors will feel more comfortable if there are more than one or two sponsors involved, unless they are major sponsors in your area, such as a large business, local public official, area celebrity or media figure.
5. Send a thank-you note to the sponsor as well as a quick note to the local newspaper or media outlet after obtaining a sponsor's endorsement. Make certain the thank-you note or letter is brief. It might be a good idea to have the note sent from the child in the child's own words to make the note seem more sincere to the recipient.
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