2010 Veterans Day Sponsorship Opportunities.

Every year the San Diego Veterans Parade Committee raises funds to put on the San Diego County Veterans Day Parade.

The Veterans Day Parade committee has started Sponsorships of selected events and items. If you or your organization is interested in sponsoring any of the items below please send an email to Parade Executive Director, Joe Brunner.

The cost of putting on the 2009 Veterans Day Parade was $28,000.00.  The parade recognizes the contributions of all of our veterans, as such we hope the entire community participates and welcome all sponsors and donations from the private sector.

Note:   All members of the San Diego Veterans Parade Committee are volunteers, none are paid for their services with 99.9% of all funds going to directly support the Veterans Day parade.

The San Diego veterans community developed a vision for a larger and better parade. Last year we had an estimated 35,000 spectators. As with most things, the bigger and the better, the more expensive.

We would like to bring in a high profile grand marshal next year with a number of activities planned around the grand marshal, and recoup some of the expense of the grand marshals travel, lodging, food, and transportation.  This year we plan plan to obtain more equipment, banners, sashes and other gear giving the parade look more professional look and saving some expenses in the future.

The following five classes of sponsorships along with selected are available.

TITANIUM EAGLE

Donation of $10,000.00 and above

  • Banner in Parade as Premium Parade Sponsor
  • Corporate Logo/Name placed on:
    • Parade Posters
    • Parade Program
    • Parade Website for One Year
  • Mentioned in all Media Interviews
  • Invitation to Pre-Parade Breakfast to receive Donor Plaque
  • Seat on the Official Reviewing Stand

PLATINUM EAGLE

Donation of $5,000.00 and above

  • Banner in Parade for selected sponsorships
  • Corporate Logo/Name placed on:
    • Parade Posters
    • Parade Program
    • Parade Website for One Year
  • Media Interviews
  • Invitation to Pre-Parade Breakfast to receive Donor Plaque
  • Seat on the Official Reviewing Stand

GOLD EAGLE

Donation of $1,000.00 and above

  • Banner in Parade for selected sponsorships
  • Corporate Logo/Name placed on:
    • Parade Posters
    • Parade Program
    • Parade Website for One Year
  • Media Interviews
  • Invitation to Pre-Parade Breakfast to receive Donor Plaque
  • Seat on the Official Reviewing Stand

SILVER EAGLE

Donation of $500.00 and above
Corporate Logo/Name placed on:

  • Parade Program
  • Parade Website for One Year

Invitation to Pre-Parade Breakfast to receive Donor Plaque

BRONZE EAGLE

Donation of $250.00 and above
Corporate Logo/Name placed on:

  • Parade Program
  • Parade Website for One Year

Please make checks payable to Veterans Museum & Memorial Center (VMMC) and notate on the memo line: ‘Veterans Week/Parade’

Mail to:Veterans Museum & Memorial Center
2115 Park Blvd.
San Diego, CA 92101-4753

Museum Phone: 619-239-2300
FAX: 619-239-7445

The Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization; Registry of Charitable Trust CT 76500, EIN 33-0361154. An Invoice and/or Form W-9 are available upon request.

SELECTED SPONSORSHIPS

(Details are Below Table)

SPONSORSHIP

SPONSORSHIP AMOUNT

2009

Parade Premium Sponsor

$10,000.00

None

Parade Co-Sponsor

$5,000.00

Kratos

Parade Program

$5,000.00

None

Spectator Bleachers

$5,000.00

None – No Bleachers

Grand Marshal

$5,000.00

None

Celebrity Grand Marshal

$5,000.00

None

Band Competition/Trophies

$3,000.00

Disabled American Veterans Industries

Parade Storage Space

$3,000.00

None

Pre-Parade Breakfast

$3,000.00

None

Parade Posters

$3,000.00

None

Parade Sound System

$3,000.00

None

Parade Flyers

$2,000.00

None

Volunteer Parade Hats

$2,000.00

None

Division One

$1,000.00

San Diego Padres

Division Two

$1,000.00

Lincoln Military Housing

Division Three

$1,000.00

Unified Port of San Diego

Division Four

$1,000.00

Lockheed Martin

Division Five

$1,000.00

Inetrnational Machinist Union

Division Six

$1,000.00

None

Honorary Grand Marshal

$1,000.00

None

JROTC Competition/Trophies

$1,000.00

None

Parade Participants Certificates

$1,000.00

None

 

Where the sponsorship funds and donations go?

 

PRE-PARADE BREAKFAST:

Each year the Veterans Day Parade Committee hosts a continental breakfast prior to the Parade.  We invite the sponsors/donors, Community VIP’s, Veteran Community VIP’s, Military VIP’s, the Grand Marshal, and Honorary Grand Marshal(s).  The breakfast is a two hour function to allow everyone to get to know the donors and Official Reviewing Stand VIP’s.  Sponsors/donors are give a Parade Ball Cap and a Plaque and introduced to those gathered.  The Parade Breakfast runs about $3,000.00.

SPECATOR BLEACHERS:

The Parade Committee feels that bleachers need to be provided for the elderly and disabled, but have not had the funds to do this for a number of years.  Bleachers run a minimum of $5,000.00.

SOUND SYSTEMS:

The Parade Committee provides three sound systems for the Parade.  The main announcing system is on the Official Reviewing Stand.  There are two repeating or echo stations evenly spaced along the Parade route to announce the units in the Parade.
In the past money was spent on systems that didn’t work.  In order to have reliable systems and an attendant on site the expense is about $3,000.00.

JROTC COMPETION:

One of the Parade Committee’s objectives is to involve as many youth groups as possible.  In order to attract Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) we offer a competition for them.  There are three categories of competition, Armed Drill Team, Unarmed Drill Team, and Color Guard.  First, Second, and Third Place Trophies are given for each competition and everyone gets a participation trophy.  Competitions are judged by the Marine Corps Drill Instructors Association. Competition runs about $1,000.00.

VOLUNTEER PARADE HATS:

It takes 100+ volunteers to help put the Parade on the street.  One of the incentives offered to volunteers is that each one will receive a Veterans Day Parade Ball Cap. The caps run about $2.000.00+.

PRINTING:

Printing costs are one of the major expenses for the Veterans Day Parade and Veterans Week Celebration.  The Parade Program can run between $7,000.00 and $10,000.00, and is restricted by how much funding we have to work with.  Parade Posters and Veterans Week Posters can run up to $3,000.00.  Parade Participants Certificates run about $1,000.00 and are issued to each unit participating in the Parade.

PARADE STORAGE SPACE:

Over the years the Parade Committee has accumulated more material that any one Committee Member can keep in their garage and a storage box has been rented to keep all of the material in.  This is an expense of $2,000.00 a year.