If I can add to what Suzan has shared - many of the business sponsors can give products that help build incemtive packages. We have even helped our businesses donate by creating the "free drink" or "free something" coupons for them to sign. We then put them in prize packets & the businesses honor the coupons when our readers show up at their establishment. The businesses also win, because there is usually a parent or guardian taking the child to the shop or restaurant! Judith M. Bergeron Smithville Public Library 507 Main Street Smithville, TX 78957 TEL: 512/237-3282 ext. 2424 CELL: 512-848-5377 FAX: 512/237-4549 email: [email protected] website: www.smithvillepubliclibrary.org
________________________________ From: Suzan Nyfeler <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, February 19, 2010 11:23:47 AM Subject: [ctls-l] Where to get money for summer programs Friends – I was just speaking with Diana Tatum with Texas Longhorns for Hire about her business. They’ve been bringing longhorns to communities for a long time and work closely with local sponsors. She had some novel ideas on where to get sponsor money – and not just for her business. Here are some ideas she’s passing on to you. Ask for money or sponsorship from banks, credit unions, card dealerships – especially Dodge, the Texas Longhorn Association, feed dealers (Purina), Petsmart, historical societies and western wear shops. Here’s her info: Diana Tatum; 37930 Bonnie Lake Drive South; Hempstead , Texas 77445 979-826-9185; 832-492-2014; http://ww.txlonghornforhire.com/ Remember that the Performer’s Showcase is March 12. Register at www.ctls.net. Check back next week and see the list of performers and exhibitors. Suzan Nyfeler Continuing Education Coordinator Central Texas Library System, Inc. 1005 W. 41st, Ste. 100, Austin TX 78756 512-583-0704, x17 800-262-4431 [email protected] ________________________________
