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Join Us in Chicago This Year
Last year we tackled Atlanta and Seattle as main event venues, this year we meet in the middle of the country and take on Chicago! Care to join us there? Advocates will be chained for 24 hours, and we will have exhibitors, sponsors, booths, and other events to be announced. We'd love for you to travel there to be chained with us, or set yourself up in your neighborhood, town, or your own backyard! We accommodate all participants, in whatever way works for you. Whether you want to be chained in Chicago with us, or in your own local neighborhood, make sure to fill out the registration forms to get you started. Here are the details on the Chicago venue: Dogs Deserve Better Dog advocates will live chained to doghouses for 24 hours, starting at 11:15 a.m. June 28 through 11:15 a.m. June 29, 2008. Come out to Opening Ceremonies at 11:00 a.m., as DDB Founder Tammy Grimes kicks off the 6th Annual Chain Off Campaign; other speakers TBA. 11:00am - 5:00pm exhibits and booths for local and national rescue groups, nonprofits, for profits, sponsors, and other exhibitors with evening event (TBA) to follow. • Admission to public is free and they are allowed to bring vaccinated, socialized and leashed dogs to the event • Exhibit Spaces are available to vendors and nonprofits. See the current list of exhibitors, below. • Contact Cynthia
Drobitsch at cynthiadrobitsch@sbcglobal.net or at • Contact Cara
Wilson for
sponsorship information at 425-922-7269 Dog advocates
who will live chained in Chicago: 1. Tammy Grimes, founder of Dogs Deserve
Better 2. Dawn Ashby, DDB Public Liaison and
Rescue Coordinator 3. Nancy Elizabeth Green 4. Rhonda Sims 5. Brittany Ashby 6. Laura Vancura 7. Marla Dakes 8. Sandy Lynn 9. Kristin Hubbard 10. Kim Jayne 11. Cory Ferguson 12. Julie Ferguson 13. Samantha (Sammy) Ahlman 14. Gordon Bakalar 15. Kylie Shafferkoetter 16. Jenny Lawson 17. Rocky Shepheard List of Chicago Exhibitors: The Childrens Museum of Oak Lawn www.cmoaklawn.org/ RAFFLE PRIZE DONATIONS MISC. DONATIONS Pet-Friendly Hotels Near the Event This year help us blow last year's 108 total out of the water by chaining yourself in your own backyard, your neighborhood, a local park, or with us in Chicago! Join up 'in packs' to make a local event of it, or take it low-key in a one-woman or one-man show in your own backyard. However it works for you, it's ok by us! We've got more excitement than ever, with a large event in Chicago where activists will be chained, and new ways to fundraise in groups or on your own. We'd like to see 200 people, and at least one from EVERY SINGLE STATE, living chained to doghouses sometime during the week from June 27th through July 7th. We can do it! You can do it! In addition to being our biggest awareness campaign of the year, this is also our biggest fundraising event of the year, last year raising over $20,000 for our work with chained and penned dogs. $20,000? Let's blow that out of the water this year too, with a goal of $60,000 raised during Chain Off! Be part of it! You can fundraise even if you're not going to live chained to the doghouse...join an online fundraising 'team' in your state, start your own fundraising page, and make it happen.
Here's how it works: Fill out the form, below, with your contact information, what state you live in, and where and when you plan to be chained. You will then be taken to our page to officially register ($10 per participant) to get your t-shirt and certificate as well as create your fundraising page on our affiliated fundraising site. You then add your own picture and text, send us the link, and start sending it out to your friends and co-workers for sponsorship! We will add your name and contact information to the website, as well as a link to your fundraising page to bring more people and up your totals.
Let's get out there and kick
butt in 2008 for Chained Dogs Read the Chain Off 2008 Preliminary Press Release in .pdf format
Just a few simple rules to live by: 1. If you say you'll do it, don't back out. 2. Get friends and family to sponsor you on this sheet (like a walk-a-thon) or at this link so you can raise money for our work while you're whiling away the hours. 3. Send this release to your local media outlets, letting them know you are participating in their area, with your contact information, date, time, and place. 4. Be mindful of your purpose in chaining yourself...to put yourself in the dog's paws. So please, 'rough it'. Sit on the ground (a blanket is ok but no chairs), but don't spend the time reading or watching TV. Speak to the media and others interested in your activities, of course, but only get off your chain to use the restroom as needed, unless there's an emergency! 3. Make sure to take photos and send us a write up of your success for the website. 4. Chain yourself from 8-24 hours anytime from June 27th through July 7th. AND THAT'S IT! Could it get any simpler? Join us today.
Want to Exhibit at the Chicago Event? Download this Form. Sponsor Chain Off 2008: Unchain our World! See below for how YOU can sponsor the event. We'd love to have you, and we think it's such an exciting cause that you can't help but want to have your name/logo on it too! For more information on sposorship opportunities, please contact Cara Wilson at 425.922.7269, cara.wilson@hotmail.com Gold
Sponsor
As
a Gold Sponsor, you will receive: Print promotion,
logo on event pamphlet and t-shirt; on-line promotion,
logo and link on website; product placement via gift
bags or special arrangement; vendor space at event.
$2000 As
a Silver Sponsor, you will receive: On-line promotion,
logo and link on website; product placement via gift bags
or special arrangement; vendor space at event.
$1000 Bronze
Sponsor
As a Bronze Sponsor, you will receive: On-line promotion, logo and link on website; product placement via gift bags or special arrangement. $750 Support
Team Sponsor
As a Support Team Sponsor, you will receive: Recognition on website. Team
Sponsors to Date (most sponsored through our firstgiving.com/dogsdeservebetter page): $100 Donate
Toward the Event
If
you'd like to sponsor via regular USPS mail, send
this
sponsor form or you may call 1.877.636.1408 to use Visa/Mastercard/AmEx Dogs Deserve Better is a 501c3 nonprofit education/legislation/rescue organization. Your donations are tax-deductible according to IRS guidelines. |
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