Over 132 golfers attended this year’s 13th Annual Buffalo Niagara Sales and Marketing Executives (BNSME) Annual Golf Outing held at the Orchard Park Country Club. The outing, an annual event, raised over $10,000 for JA programs. Special thanks to Hahn Sales Training, Title Sponsor for the third straight. Thanks also go out to AccuMED Technologies, Citizens Bank, Coca-Cola Bottling Co., of Buffalo, ComDoc, Compu-Mail, Erie Community College, Funk Lawn Care, Hodgson Russ LLP, HSBC Bank, Kloc’s Blossom Grove, Labatt
Guests participated in contests both on and off the green as well as in a Chinese and a silent auction. Our thanks are extended to everyone who made this event a success including our many sponsors, prize donors, in kind supporters and event volunteers.
Why not join us for next year’s event at the Orchard Park Country Club on Monday, June 15, 2009?
Save the date for 2009! Enjoy a day of golf AND support JA programs right here in Western New York! For more information on how you can be a sponsor of the event (see last year's opportunities listed below), help contribute to our Chinese Auction or golfer goodie bags, or for general information regarding the event in June, contact Lisa Scherer, 853-1381. See you on the green!
2008 Golf Sponsorship Packages*
Title Sponsor – 1 @ $4,500
§ Eight golfers (two foursomes) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
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Distributing promotional item/gift to tournament participants and dinner attendees
Speaking from the podium during dinner
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Eighteen (18) on-course tee signs, one at each hole
· Golf tournament program
· Press releases
· BNSME’s web site
· Junior Achievement’s web site
· Junior Achievement’s E-Newsletter
· Junior Achievement’s annual fall supplement in the Bee Group Publications
Full-page black and white advertisement in the golf tournament program
Banner at the registration area
Recognition as Title Sponsor in the program
Framed 8x10 picture of check presentation (picture also used in all BNSME and JA media listed above and in press coverage)
§ BNSME’s Executive News magazine – one full-page advertisement
§ Table of ten (10) at a BNSME dinner for check presentation to Junior Achievement
§ Category exclusivity
§ First right of refusal for the 2009 Golf Tournament (3 to 6 months after the event)
Cocktail Hour Sponsor – 1 @ $1,500
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Six (6) on-course tee signs
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Golf tournament program
· Name and/or logo printed on cocktail napkins
· Recognition as the Cocktail Hour Sponsor in the golf tournament program
Banner at the cocktail area
Half-page black and white advertisement in the golf tournament program
Golf Cart Sponsors – 2 @ $2,000
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Six (6) on-course tee signs
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Name and/or logo placed on all golf carts
· Recognition as the Golf Cart Sponsor in the golf tournament program
§ BNSME’s Executive News magazine – business card page advertisement
Entrepreneurial Sponsor – 1 @ $1,250
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
One (1) on-course tee sign by the lemonade stand
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Company banner at on-course lemonade stand staffed by JA student ambassadors
· Recognition as the Entrepreneurial Sponsor in the golf tournament program
Quarter-page black and white advertisement in the golf tournament program
Driving Range Sponsor – 1 @ $1,500
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Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
One (1) on-course tee sign at the driving range
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Logo on the golfer format and rule program placed in each golf cart
· Recognition as the Driving Range Sponsor in the golf tournament program
Banner at the registration area
Quarter-page black and white advertisement in the golf tournament program
Flag Sponsors – 2 @ $1,500
§ Four golfers (one foursome) golfers entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Company logo on either the front or back nine (9) flags
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Recognition as the Flag Sponsor in the golf tournament program
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
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§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Recognition as the Dinner Sponsor in the golf tournament program
· Name/logo on all dinner table tents
Iron Sponsor – 2 @ 1,250
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
Five (5) on-course tee signage
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Recognition as the Iron Sponsor in the golf tournament program
Spirit of Competition Sponsor – 3 @ $1,250
Sponsor one of the following contests: Men’s
§ Four golfers (one foursome) entitled to:
Lunch, course beverages, cocktail reception and dinner
Green fees, carts and tournament gift package
§ Recognition with company identity/logo placement in the following golf tournament materials:
One (1) on-course tee sign (shared with Title Sponsor only) by the sponsored hole contest
150 Yard Marker sign, exclusive to contest
Name and/or logo on various marketing materials:
· Recognition as the Spirit of the Competition Sponsor in the golf tournament program
Present the award/prize during the dinner from the podium
Other Opportunities: Further Information:
Golfing - $200 per person or $750 per foursome Jeanne Hellert
Executive Director
Signage on the Course: BNSME (716) 662-2279
Tee Signs – 1 @ $100 or 3 @ $250 bnsme@bnsme.org
Exclusive 150 Yard Marker sign, one hole w/ two signs @ $250
To get involved in our 2009 event, contact Lisa Scherer, 716-853-1381 x11