Bridge Dinner Sponsorships Available

Reserve your place on the program by June 24

(6/17/09) There is still time for you to be listed as a sponsor of the 9th Annual Iron Bridge Dinner, to be held August 16, 2009. Put your business name on the program for the 400+ diners expected to attend.

Local restaurants and food providers will prepare the elegant, one-of-a-kind dinner on the Iron Bridge for ticket-holders at sunset. Athletes from the Mohawk Athletic Association will serve the meal while local musicians serenade the diners. It is an incredibly beautiful and well-known event with tickets selling out at $30 within hours of becoming available. The Iron Bridge spans the two towns of Buckland and Shelburne, and this event celebrates all the connections there are between the two.

The event is one of the SFABA’s major fundraisers, and funds raised at the Bridge Dinner go to three organizations. This year we are also donating a portion of the ticket sales to local organizations that channels significant financial and human resources into our local schools. A beneficiary of ticket sales is the Mohawk Athletic Association. The high school athletes work exceptionally hard at this event to bring a top quality experience of dining service to the Bridge Dinner. A hat is traditionally passed at the end of the evening which, coupled with their portion of ticket revenues, usually provides the athletes with over $1500 for their programs.

There are three levels of sponsorship available to SFABA members: White Orchid Sponsor for a donation $1,000, Blue Iris Sponsor for $500 and Sunflower Sponsors for $250, and Daisy Sponsors for a donation of $100.

Each level of sponsorship gains different benefits. Some of the benefits include:

-One, two or four free tickets depending upon the generosity of your gift;
-A beautiful flower bouquet presented at the event indicating the level of sponsorship;
-Your business name on a Bridge Dinner banner placed by the Iron Bridge prior to August 16;
-Your business bame on formal invitations and menus received by each of the 400 guests;
-Your business Name on at least two print advertisements in local papers;
-Your business name in all news releases sent to area media;
-Your business name in the SFABA Business Bulletin sent to over 270 SFABA members and contacts;
-Your business name in a special event posting on the SFABA Website.

We expect our usual sold out attendance and strong media coverage (we are hoping national!), as this is a unique and highly photogenic event--a gala sunset street feast over the Deerfield River.

Please call the SFABA Office (413-625-2526) with your commitment as a sponsor by Wednesday, June 24, 2009.