Amazing Book Race Sponsors
also is currently seeking sponsors for our annual Amazing Book Race. The race is a local fundraising event that will help fund Ottawa-based literacy programs. As a sponsor, you would show your support for a valuable community program and in return receive a range of promotional opportunities.
Since 2005, also's Amazing Book Race has raised funds through individual pledges and sponsorship by a host of organizations, such as Starbucks, Running Room, Metro, Ottawa Public Library, and Ottawa Citizen.
The race offers sponsors a number of compelling benefits, such as:
- the opportunity to attach your company to a fun, high profile event and to a long-standing, well-respected, and effective Ottawa literacy advocate
- the opportunity to build the local pool of employment-ready workers
- visibility at key downtown locations during the day of the race
- a range of sponsorship options to suit sponsor interests
We do hope you will give serious consideration to this opportunity.
For more information, please contact Sparrow McGowan at bookrace@also-ottawa.org.
One participant's experience…
"We, On the Book Cathy Amey Sarah Emma participants, had a fabulous time and, even more importantly, we were inspired! After successful completion of all 14 checkpoints we felt like Amey Cathy Emma Sarah.
People on the street commented on our shirts which had our initials in upper and lower cases... comments like ... "does that spell something?" then, "what are you doing?" " why?" ... which gave us a wonderful opportunity to talk about ALSO. We felt like ambassadors who really made a impact in the community that day. It was, indeed, one of these encounters where the person we were talking to about "being on the book case" mixed us up to make us ACES! He was thrilled with his observation and so were we...The OC drivers we met were real players they go right into the spirit and were very helpful too. Your volunteers are also amazing. Their words of encouragement were much appreciated. We appreciated the water bottles. Your superb and detailed organization of the whole event made it very pleasurable for us.
Cathy and I were thrilled that both our daughters wanted to be part of our team. Cathy's younger daughter is excited for next year and wants to join us... another Sarah, so we will be the On the book CASES. To spur us on in our training for ALSO's Amazing Bookrace 2010, we would like to know where our team placed in the group who completed 14 checkpoints. We appreciated the water bottles. Your superb and detailed organization of the whole event made it very pleasurable for us. Many thanks."