Partnership Opportunities for Marketing with

South Suburban Parks and Recreation

Email Sarah Nielsen SarahN@ssprd.org for details on becoming a sponsor.

Race Participants Demographics

  • The target market for the races includes active adults and families, in which both youth and adults can participate.
  • Average 300 participants per race, for a total of 3,000 participants in 1 year.
  • 60% of participants are females with the highest percentage ranging in ages 30-50 years old.
  • High Line Canal Premiere race with most exposure in its 39th year running with 850 participants between the 5K & 10K races; making it our largest and longest running race in our race series.   

Title Sponsor for Race Series

  • Company name with race title
  • Company name & logo on all: race registration websites, race series t-shirts/swag giveaway, race series SSPR printed promotional materials
  • Company banner displayed on race days
  • Exhibitor on race days
  • Company name in our catalogue that is mailed out to 130,000 South Suburban residents  (dependent upon printing deadlines)  
  • At least 4 announcements on race day to the crowd with company recognition

Title sponsor for individual race

  • Company name & logo on all: race registration website, race t-shirts/swag giveaway, SSPR printed promotional materials
  • Exhibitor on race days
  • Company name in our catalogue that is mailed out to 130,000 South Suburban residents    
  • At least 4 announcements on race day to the crowd with company recognition   

Race Photography Sponsor

  • Company logo displayed and printed on all of race photographs taken and distributed to participants.
  • Photos will be posted on social media and distributed to runners to share on via their social media outlets, download and print.
  • Amount of “reaches” (number of people who see the photos) by sharing on social media for smaller races could be around 1,000, for the High Line Canal Run, could reach a couple thousand based on other race data

 

Additional Opportunities

Ability to reach 5,000 specific participants through race email database with sponsorship

Registration website with company’s logo with link sending people directly to company’s website that 90% of participants register through.  

  • One single race registration page averages a minimum of 1,500 views.
  • Logo on race shirt
  • Booth/exhibitor space on race day
  • Banner posted on race day
  • Shout outs/Tags/Plugs  on SSPR Social Media promoting service, donation, product or event
  • Company name on awards/medals for specific programs
  • Announcements on race day to the crowd with company recognition