First of its kind fundraiser 'Buy Everything In Our House' online auction by Ellerslie School
Hi!
I hope you are really well.
We are very excited to let you know about the first of its kind online fundraising auction that Ellerslie School is holding -
'Buy Everything In Our House'
August 12th - September 13th 2024
We would be incredibly grateful if local businesses, big & small, are able to donate a product, voucher or service voucher that we can link to one of the rooms, garage, shed or garden in our virtual house.
In return we will give you a very wide range of promotion to tens of thousands of would-be customers including schools, businesses, & sport & community groups across Ellerslie, surrounding suburbs, Auckland & NZ-wide:
- JUST CONFIRMED - digital billboard ads, generously donated by Lumo Digital
- please find attached our Sponsorship Proposal
- The Local Team from Barfoot & Thompson Ellerslie are the Event Sponsor, which adds another level of massive promotion for every business involved, via their extensive databases
- individual social promo we are making for businesses to share with their customers & followers pre & during the event, already being shared
- the already raring to go support of our over 550 families who are going to share the event with their family & friends, who will then carry this on
- planned on-line & print media coverage
We have had a fantastic response already including from:
Platinum Sponsors -
Wardrobe Direct Mt Wellington, Mitre 10 Mega Mt Wellington, Fresco Shades, Accessorise It Shutters & Blinds, Corso Interiors
Gold Sponsors -
Trade Winds, Upstart Press, Kiwi Self Storage, Rinnai
Silver Sponsors -
Bunnings, Loobie & Friends, Trade Tested
Bronze Sponsors including -
Resene, Nut Brothers, Panasonic, Harvey Furnishings, Bump To Baby & The Toy Wagon
Please:
- visit www.ellerslie.school.nz... homepage to see the businesses who are already supporting us, with this link being added to all of our promotion. Scroll down the home page & click on the two blue tabs
- watch the first of our promotional videos: vimeo.com...
Please let me know anytime if you have any questions & thank you for your consideration!
Take care,
Sarah
Buy Everything In Our House Sponsorship Proposal.pdf Download View
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Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.4% Yes! New Year, New Me
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21.5% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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68.1% Nah - not for me
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Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.
We want to hear from you: would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Keen for the details? Read up about the scrapped collection trial here.
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85.1% Same!
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14.9% Would have liked to try something different
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