Collecting for the Wallingford Fireworks Fund this weekend of March 1st

Yes – it is going to be March 1, 2012 in a couple of days and we still need help for the collections. If you have availability to stand out and collect donations it would be a huge help to us.

We are still looking for volunteers for the following dates and locations (weather permitting – at last check Friday looked to be the best day with a high risk of rain the other two).

This grouping below is for the efforts at the Wallingford Dunkin Donuts on South Colony and in Yalesville on Route 150 (Main Street):

Thursday March 1st from 6:30AM to about 9:30AM (two locations / two volunteers)
Friday March 2nd from 6:30AM to about 9:30AM (two locations / two volunteers)
Saturday March 3rd from 6:30AM to about 9:30AM (two locations / two volunteers)

At this time we have no one to man these locations. Obviously if it is raining at the time we will abandon efforts to collect at the times it is raining and if it is a steady rain we call it off all together

I am planning to stand out myself on Saturday March 3rd from 8:00 to about noon at the recycling center. If the weather is that iffy people will not go there and I will regroup at one of the Dunkin Donuts (most likely the one near my house on South Colony).

If you have the time available to stand and collect for us please reach out and get in touch with myself via Jason@Zandri.net

We need all the help we can get this year – it went right down to the wire in 2011 and it isn’t going to be any easier this year.

Please help us keep this decades old annual Wallingford celebration alive through fundraising for a third straight year.

Anyone wishing to make an outright donation can do so by sending in a check:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

Thanks again – we hope to be able to continue to be able to count on your support for the 2012 season.

The Wallingford owned Dunkin Donuts helps the Wallingford Fireworks Fund kick off their 2012 collection drive

As a recap to yesterday’s post I wanted to again call out the Wallingford Dunkin Donuts locations – South Colony Road, North Colony Road and in Yalesville on Route 150 (Main Street) for allowing us the dates to stand and collect for the 2012 Wallingford Fireworks Celebration.

We are still looking for a major sponsor to name the event after – if you’re a business or even an individual that can or wants to participate at this level you can find out more about the Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Naming Convention Sponsor level and other sponsorship opportunities in our prior post.

At the same time – we still need help for the collections. If you have availability to stand out and collect donations it would be a huge help to us.

We are still looking for volunteers for the following dates and locations (weather permitting):

Thursday March 1st from 6:30 to about 9:30 (two locations / two volunteers)
Friday March 2nd from 6:30 to about 9:30 (two locations / two volunteers)
Saturday March 3rd from 6:30 to about 9:30 (two locations / two volunteers)

We are also looking for two additional volunteers on Saturday March 3rd from 8:00 to about noon at the landfill and the recycling center.

If you have the time available to stand and collect for us please reach out and get in touch with myself via Jason@Zandri.net

We need all the help we can get this year – it went right down to the wire in 2011 and it isn’t going to be any easier this year.

Please help us keep this decades old annual Wallingford celebration alive through fundraising for a third straight year.

Anyone wishing to make an outright donation can do so by sending in a check:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

Thanks again – we hope to be able to continue to be able to count on your support for the 2012 season.

Donation collections for the Wallingford Fireworks Fund to begin on March 1

We’ve gotten the “go ahead” from the owners of the Dunkin Donuts shops in Wallingford to collect at the drive thru for the Wallingford Fireworks Fund.

The first day of collecting is expected to start on Thursday March 1 and we are also hoping to be out on Friday the 2nd and possibly Saturday the 3rd as well. Saturday we are also planning to man the landfill and the recycling center.

This is dependent on getting volunteers to stand out and help us.

We are looking for people that can stand from 6:30AM to 9:30AM each morning on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday we can use help from 6:30AM to 9:30AM at Dunkin Donuts. At 8AM we are hoping to get a couple of volunteers over to the the landfill and the recycling center from 8AM to noon.

If you have the time and ability to assist please let me know; you can give me a call on my cell 860 614 6069 but email is better for me – Jason@Zandri.net

Anyone wishing to make an outright donation can do so by sending in a check:

Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS FOR THE WALLINGFORD FIREWORKS FUND 2012 Fundraising Campaign

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS FOR THE WALLINGFORD FIREWORKS FUND
2012 Fundraising Campaign - this year's goal $30,000.00

The 2012 Program Guide and Sponsor Book will be handed out at ALL fundraising events (after first printing, on or about March 25th), this includes the annual dinner fundraiser, the donation solicitation collections (April and May) and any other events we'll be having until the July 4th fireworks show. (If there are still copies remaining for Celebrate Wallingford 2012 we'll hand them out there as well).

 

Friend of the Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration - $50.00

Donating sponsor's name is printed in the 2012 Sponsor Book

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Bronze Level Sponsor - $250.00

Donating sponsor's name is printed in the 2012 Sponsor Book
* 1 ticket to the dinner fundraiser.

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Silver Level Sponsor - $500.00

* 2 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
Photo / business card ad (one of four on a page) in the 2012 Sponsor Book

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Gold Level Sponsor - $750.00

* 4 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
Photo / business card ad (one of two on a page) in the 2012 Sponsor Book

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Platinum Level Sponsor - $1,500.00

* 10 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
Photos / business card ad (dedicated page) in the 2012 Sponsor Book
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The People's Press
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The Record Journal

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Executive Level Sponsor - ** $5,000.00

* 20 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
One page business write up and the business write up in the 2012 Sponsor Book
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The People's Press
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The Record Journal

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Lead Sponsor – ** $7,500.00

* 24 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
One page business write up in the 2012 Sponsor Book
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The People's Press
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The Record Journal

 

Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Naming Convention Sponsor - ** $10,000.00

This level of sponsorship grants the sponsor to have their name as part of the celebration event.

"The [YOUR BUSINESS NAME] 2012 Wallingford Fireworks Celebration"

* 30 tickets to the dinner fundraiser.
Sponsor would be on the cover of the 2012 Sponsor Book
Two page business write up in the 2012 Sponsor Book
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The People's Press
Sponsor will also appear on the sponsor thank you page in The Record Journal
Title sponsorship to be listed on the Wallingford Fireworks Fund blog for 2012.
Sponsor will be listed in all press releases as the Wallingford Fireworks 2012 Celebration Naming Convention Sponsor

 

* Early Bird benefit only - not valid after the event

** Sponsorship levels not valid for in-kind donations; these levels are monetary donations only

Wallingford Fireworks Fund 2012 Program Guide / Sponsor Book

2012 Program Guide / Sponsor Book Advertising Rates

We are a registered 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization
Our tax id# is 27-2576599

The 2012 Program Guide and Sponsor Book will be handed out at ALL fundraising events (after first printing, on or about March 15th), this includes the annual dinner fundraiser, the donation solicitation collections (April and May) and any other events we'll be having until the July 4th fireworks show. (If there are still copies remaining for Celebrate Wallingford 2012 we'll hand them out there as well).

AD BOOK DONATIONS:

All advertisements are black and white

Full page ad (5 x 8) – $250.00

1/2 page ad (5 x 4) – $150.00

1/4 page ad (2.5 x 4) – $80.00

OTHER ADVERTISING:

Personal dedication page – 300 characters (three lines) – $30.00

Personal dedication page – 200 characters (two lines) – $20.00

 

For more information, please contact:

Jason Zandri - (203)294-4647 - Jason.Zandri@wallingfordfireworks.org or visit our blog http://wallingfordfireworks.org/

Please make your donations out to: “Wallingford Fireworks Fund” and send to: Wallingford Fireworks Fund
c/o Jason Zandri
35 Lincoln Drive EXT
Wallingford, CT 06492

Preliminary information for the 2012 collection season / Conversation with Mayor Dickinson

Over the next few days and into next week I am going to get new posts online as to where we are and what we’re doing with the fund.

I placed a call to Mayor Dickinson regarding the date of the event; with July 4^th being on a Wednesday and Wallingford generally trying to have the show on a Saturday the town needs to decide on whether to have the show the week before on June30 or the Saturday after – July 7^th.

Either way, and regardless of which date is picked, the Mayor has indicated to me that the funds need to be donated to the town by the close of business on Friday May 25^th or Wallingford cannot commit to the event.

I asked regarding partnering with the Wallingford Fireworks Fund and paying the town services as Meriden does in their agreement with Westfield which allows Meriden to maintain their annual display but he said he could not foresee the town having the approximately $13,000.00 available to pay for police overtime, fire department services, public works and the like when they are staring down the proposed hikes in the cost of essential services in town.

So the bottom line folks – for the third year now we are on our own.

I am awaiting final totals from Mayor Dickinson and / or from Comptroller James Bowes as to the town services costs. At the same time I am going to solicit bids again from vendors as I did last year.

We needed to raise $25,000.00 last year and I have to imagine we’ll need to raise as much, if not a little more this year so that is the initial target I am going to set for 2012.

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MEETING IS TONIGHT - Wallingford Fireworks Fund sets meeting to form fundraising committee

The Wallingford Fireworks Fund will meet at Gaetano's Tavern on Main (40 N Main St Wallingford) on Wednesday February 8th at 7:30PM in the dinning area.

The meeting will be to recruit volunteers to work as part of the fundraising committee for the 2012 fundraising season which will kick off on March 1st.

For more information contact Jason Zandri at 860 614 6069 or via Jason@Zandri.net. You can also contact Craig Fishbein at his law offices - (203) 265-2895

REMINDER – MEETING IS WEDNESDAY – Wallingford Fireworks Fund sets meeting to form fundraising committee

The Wallingford Fireworks Fund will meet at Gaetano's Tavern on Main (40 N Main St Wallingford) on Wednesday February 8th at 7:30PM in the dinning area.

The meeting will be to recruit volunteers to work as part of the fundraising committee for the 2012 fundraising season which will kick off on March 1st.

For more information contact Jason Zandri at 860 614 6069 or via Jason@Zandri.net. You can also contact Craig Fishbein at his law offices - (203) 265-2895

REMINDER FOR WEDNESDAY – Wallingford Fireworks Fund sets meeting to form fundraising committee

The Wallingford Fireworks Fund will meet at Gaetano's Tavern on Main (40 N Main St Wallingford) on Wednesday February 8th at 7:30PM in the dinning area.

The meeting will be to recruit volunteers to work as part of the fundraising committee for the 2012 fundraising season which will kick off on March 1st.

For more information contact Jason Zandri at 860 614 6069 or via Jason@Zandri.net. You can also contact Craig Fishbein at his law offices - (203) 265-2895