Retooled, Reenergized, and Refocused!

AIDS WALK TM SPONSORSHIP July 19, 2015 OPPORTUNITIES Benefiting

and HIV/AIDS programs and services throughout the Bay Area. 29th ANNUAL AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO

ince 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised $85 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area, and has grown into the largest AIDS fundraising Sevent in Northern . 2014 AIDS Walk In 2014 alone, 20,000 participants, many of whom were members of nearly San Francisco Statistics: 600 corporate and community teams, raised more than $2.2 million for Project Inform and 43 Bay Area AIDS service organizations – a record-breaking number of Number of Participants: 20,000 co-beneficiaries. Along with the restored Grants Program, this will ensure thatmore money goes to more groups than ever before, serving the greatest unmet needs in the Number of Volunteers: 1,500 fight against AIDS. Those are just some of the reasons why the Bay Area Reporter called the 2014 AIDS Benefiting AIDS Organizations: 43 Walk San Francisco a “crowning achievement” – and why so many others have called it “the best AIDS Walk in years.” Number of Teams: 581 In 2015, AIDS Walk San Francisco will continue to benefit Project Inform and Number of Corporate Teams: 199 provide grants to dozens of other organizations that work to stop new infections and support people living with HIV/AIDS throughout the Bay Area. Number of Corporate Sponsors 53 By becoming a sponsor of the 29th annual AIDS Walk, you can make a significant contribution to the fight against AIDS and play a central role in one of the most Total Raised: $2.2 millon longstanding and respected AIDS fundraising events in the world. Your partnership will be highlighted within the AIDS Walk’s extensive promotional campaign, which extends into virtually every medium and conveys the extraordinary energy of one of the country’s most highly embraced community events. “As the leading provider of HIV testing services in the US, we are proud of our partnership with AIDS Walk San Francisco and its lead beneficiary, Project Inform – an organization who’s goals are so strongly in line with ours. Both through our sponsorship and by organizing a large team of our employees, AIDS Walk San Francisco provides us with an ideal opportunity for Quest Diagnostics to better educate and serve the Bay Area community.” - Ricky Kim, Quest Diagnostics | Director, Product Management, Infectious Diseases Photo by Fred Goldsmith

This year’s refreshed Opening Ceremony highlighted the 2014 co-beneficiaries and the direct, tangible services that AIDS Walk San Francisco supporters help them provide. 2 PROJECT INFORM

Project Inform fights the HIV epidemic by assuring the development of effective treatments and a cure; supporting individuals to make informed choices about their health; advocating for quality, affordable health care; and promoting medical strategies that prevent new infections. Project Inform is perhaps best known for 29 years of leadership in speeding dozens of safe and effective HIV medica- tions to people who most need them; educating hundreds of thousands of people with HIV and their providers about HIV care; and making sure that people with HIV have unfettered access to quality, affordable health care services. Today, we are also fighting to end the hepatitis C epidemic, which affects more than 3.5 million people in the US, including 300,000 of the nation’s 1.2 million HIV-positive people.

Nationally, we: • Have answered over a million calls from people living with HIV, their caregivers, families and medical providers seeking care and treatment information; • Lead advocacy to find the cure for HIV; • Represent the needs of people with HIV and hepatitis C to researchers developing new and better medications; • Fight to make sure that all people with HIV and hepatitis C have quality, affordable health care, treatments and prevention services; • Fight to make sure that HIV and hepatitis C medications are priced fairly; • Advance innovative ways to prevent HIV that use medications to help people remain uninfected; and • Advance policies and programs that bring greater urgency, focus and effectiveness to the Project Inform supporters nation’s response to HIV and hepatitis C. rally against cuts to government HIV programs. In California and the Bay Area, we: • Assure that 38,000+ Californians get free HIV medications who could not otherwise afford them; • Lead efforts to make sure that national health care reform is implemented in ways that meet the needs of people with HIV and hepatitis C; • Educate thousands of people with HIV and hepatitis C about how to stay healthy; • Participate in research to assure that California is responding in the strongest possible way to HIV and hepatitis C.

Project Inform Executive • Lead efforts to heighten the state’s response to hepatitis C. Director, Dana van Gorder, advocating for cure-based research in San Francisco.

3 One Walk: Dozens of Benefiting Organizations

AIDS Walk San Francisco benefits Project Inform and dozens of other HIV/AIDS service organizations throughout the Bay Area. As a sponsor of this powerful event, your organization will be part of a united community that is committed to ending HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area and beyond.

AIDS Walk San Francisco co-beneficiaries* include:

360: Positive Care (UCSF) Healing Waters AIDS Community Research Consortium HIV Nightline/SF Suicide Prevention Quan Yin Healing Arts Center A & PI Wellness Center Homeless Youth Alliance Rainbow Community Center of Contra Costa AIDS Emergency Fund Huckleberry Youth Programs County AIDS Legal Referral Panel La Clinica De La Raza Shanti Project AIDS Project of the East Bay Larkin Street Youth Services St. James Infirmary Alliance Health Project, UCSF Let’s Kick Ass (LKA) UCSF HIV/AIDS Division at SFGH Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (part of Positive Maitri Compassionate Care (Positive Health Program) Health) Marin AIDS Project UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Bay Area Young Positives Technology and Information Exchange Core, National AIDS Memorial Grove TIE Core (CAPS) Black Coalition on AIDS/Rafiki Wellness Pacific Center for Human Growth Welcome Ministry Castro Country Club Partisquad West County Health Centers Community Awareness & Treatment Service PAWS (Pets Are Wonderful Support) (CATS) Westside Community Services Pediatric HIV / AIDS Program of Children’s Women’s Community Clinic Dolores Street Community Services Hospital & Research Center Oakland Envy La Clinica Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Positive Being - Healing Through Touch Diseases (WORLD) Face to Face Positive Resource Center

Praise for Project Inform’s Leadership of AIDS Walk San Francisco “The AIDS Walk not only raises much “The AIDS Walk has been a source of invaluable sup- needed funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS port for the AIDS Legal Referral Panel (ALRP) for many service providers, but brings the years. We look forward to working with Project Inform community together to connect on this to produce another successful event in 2015 that issue. Larkin Street is a longtime beneficiary continues the Community Partners Program and the restored Community Grants Program. More people are of the Walk, which provides irreplaceable living with HIV than ever before, and we must sustain help for our HIV program that offers testing the San Francisco Model of Care that serves some of the and prevention along with housing, most vulnerable members of our community.” medical and support services for HIV- positive youth. We encourage the community to continue Bill Hirsh, Executive Director, AIDS Legal Referral Panel to sponsor the Walk in 2015 and help us complete the fight against HIV and AIDS.” “Over the years, the large community of local AIDS Sherilyn Adams, Executive Director, service providers has come to depend on the crucial Larkin Street Youth Services funds raised and distributed by AIDS Walk San Fran- cisco. It is heartening to know that Project Inform “Project Open Hand participates annually in the maintains its commitment to the restored Grants AIDS Walk because it’s a great opportunity to Program for 2015. We urge corporate support for gather donors, volunteers, staff, clients, and this event because the funds we raise through it friends for a beautiful walk in in support of a cause that is near and dear to our cannot be replaced by any other source.” hearts. We look forward to working with Project Brett Andrews, Executive Director, Inform to make the 2015 event an even bigger Positive Resource Center success. We encourage our community partners to continue working together to ensure that the Walk remains strong and successful.” Kevin Winge, Executive Director, Project Open Hand *Listing from 2014. Final roster for 2015 still in progress. 4 One Walk: Dozens of Benefiting Organizations

“AIDS Emergency Fund (AEF) is very pleased with “AIDS Walk San Francisco is of critical importance to the Project Inform’s stewardship of AIDS Walk. PI well-being of the entire AIDS Service Organization (ASO) enjoys overwhelming community support to con- community, not just to Project Inform. Project Inform tinue leading the event in 2015 and beyond. We is committed to maintaining the Grants Program it are pleased that the restored Community Grants restored in 2014, and to continuing the Community Partners Program, which allows ASOs to build a team Program will continue under its leadership, and and retain the revenue. Project Inform has also really that Project Inform’s work on AIDS Walk has delivered on its promise to work with co-beneficiaries resulted in greater resources and visibility for to increase their role and visibility in the Walk. AIDS the many agencies working to end AIDS. AEF will continue to be an Walk has been vital to HIV Nightline’s ability to keep its active and engaged community partner, working closely with Project hotline open and continue to provide services to the community. The rein- Inform to expand and further improve this vital community event.” vigorated spirit of AIDS Walk San Francisco as led by Project Inform brings excitement to our Board and volunteers, allowing us to continue raising much Mike Smith, Executive Director, needed funds to support people with HIV 24 hours daily.” AIDS Emergency Fund Eve Meyer, Executive Director, SF Suicide Prevention “Shanti is very grateful to be a part of AIDS Walk San Francisco. In a time of continued government funding “Alliance Health Project (AHP) believes we now have reductions, Shanti, along with so many other AIDS the very real opportunity to create the first HIV free service organizations, values the financial support it generation. Doing so requires an increased investment receives from participating in the Walk. It allows us to in a range of vital services – at a time when HIV/AIDS collectively provide all the services people living with HIV funding is diminishing and threatened. AIDS Walk San in San Francisco require.” Francisco is an incredibly vital resource for the entire Kaushik Roy, Executive Director, Bay Area community of people living with HIV and the Shanti service organizations they rely on. AHP is once again a proud grant recipient, thanks to Project Inform’s ful- fillment of its promise to restore and keep the Grants Program going. We look forward to continuing our relationship with Project “AIDS Walk is a key event in San Francisco. It Inform and the generous sponsors of AIDS Walk San Francisco to create raises HIV awareness and it gives all of us – another massively successful event.” people living with and affected by HIV – a chance to come together and contribute to the fight. Our Lori Thoemmes, LMFT communities thrive because of our love, strength, Director, UCSF Alliance Health Project and hope. The funds AIDS Walk raises support life-saving HIV treatment and prevention services “For many years since the start of AIDS Walk San in San Francisco. We’re excited to work with Francisco, WORLD has been honored to walk, lend our Project Inform to make AIDS Walk 2015 another support as a community partner and be chosen as a big triumph!” beneficiary of the Community Grants Program.WORLD looks forward to continuing this meaningful Lance Toma, Executive Director, relationship with Walk organizers under Project Asian & Pacific Islander Inform’s leadership. We encourage all AIDS Walk Wellness Center San Francisco sponsors and funders to continue alongside WORLD and Project Inform with renewed energy as our community strives to make possible the vision of an HIV-free generation.” “AIDS Walk San Francisco provides important support for Huckleberry’s HIV prevention workshops for youth Cynthia Carey-Grant, Executive Director, in public schools around the Bay Area. Project Inform’s Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases (WORLD) leadership of the event has brought new, refocused, and refreshed energy to the Walk, and we are proud to be a part of its success.” Douglas Styles, Executive Director, Huckleberry Youth Programs

5 RECOGNITION IN PROMOTIONS

IDS Walk San Francisco is one of the Amost visible and recognizable events 2014 Promotional Statistics: in the , notable not only for Number of Point-of-Purchase Displays & Posters: 7,500 its size, but also for its diversity. People of all ages, races, and backgrounds come Number of BART & Muni Posters: 315 together each year in a massive, powerful, Number of Street Banners: 315 and inspiring demonstration of compassion in action. Website’s Unique Visitors: 500,000 Our sponsors enjoy tremendous E-Communications Sent to Supporters: 500,000+ exposure within the AIDS Walk Print & Digital Advertisements: 45 San Francisco campaign, which generates millions of media impressions that highlight Print Letterhead*: 3,000 our sponsors and their support of the event * also used digitally as part of our Green WalkerTM Program and community. Sponsors will be featured on: • BART and Muni Advertisements • Street Banners • e-Communications Sponsor logos are exclusively featured on • Mailed Materials Street Banners installed • Point-of-Purchase Displays along major thoroughfares and Posters and intersections. • Newspaper, Magazine, and Online Advertisements Photo by Donna F. Aceto

More than 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and Posters will be distributed throughout San Francisco.

6 DAY-OF-EVENT VISIBILITY

he AIDS Walk provides Photo by Donna F. Aceto Tsponsors with the opportunity for extraordinary involvement and visibility on the day of the event. Depending on your organization’s sponsorship level, recognition on the day of the AIDS Walk can include: • Opportunity for a representative to address the crowd during the Opening Ceremony • Logo on Stage Banner • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts • Banner placed at Start &

Finish Line Photo by Donna F. Aceto • Checkpoint Host Distinction • Invitations to the VIP & Star Star of 30 Rock and Glee, Cheyenne Jackson, dazzles Walker Breakfast the AIDS Walk participants • Your representative with his singing and his Academy Award winning actress Cloris photographed with celebrities smile. Leachman brings star power to the podium. Celebrity involvement activates the media and provides amped-up visibility for AIDS Walk San Francisco sponsors. Previous Notable Speakers and Special Guests at AIDS Walk San Francisco

Celebrities have included: Elected officials have included: Gillian Anderson, Dan Ashley, Attorney General Jerry Brown, Wilson Cruz, Stockard Mayor Willie Brown, Channing, Alan Cumming, Mayor , Dot Marie Jones, Leslie Jordan, Mayor Edwin Lee, Eartha Kitt, Cloris Leachman, Mayor Gavin Newsom, Hal Linden, Mike Meyers, as well as leaders from Jai Rodriguez, Hal Sparks, all levels of government.

Michael Urie, Robin Williams, Photo by Donna F. Aceto and many others. More than 1,500 volunteers will wear T-shirts featuring sponsor logos on the day of the event.

Sponsors’ Day-of-Event visibility takes all forms at AIDS Walk San Francisco and attracts a lot of attention! 7 Sponsor Level Breakdown

We will work closely with you and your organization to tailor a sponsorship package that creatively meets your marketing and philanthropic goals. The following description of benefits contains our standard packages and some recent special opportunities, but we are also happy to work with you to create a customized sponsorship plan.

Presenting Sponsorship $150,000

• Logo embedded within the AIDS Walk’s logo • Opportunity for a representative to address the crowd during the AIDS • Logo featured on all outdoor advertising, including Street Walk Opening Ceremony on the day of the event Banners, Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and BART & • Logo on the AIDS Walk Stage Banner Muni Posters • Checkpoint Host distinction on the day of the event • Logo featured on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Logo on Award Items • Acknowledgment in Press Releases • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo featured on all print advertisements • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the • Logo featured on any direct mail pieces AIDS Walk venue • Logo on AIDS Walk letterhead • Twelve invitations to the VIP & Star Walker AIDS • Logo on all e-Communications Breakfast WALK • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS Walk • Speaking opportunity at the AIDS Walk SAN FRANCISCO homepage for three week-long periods during the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception, held prior to the event TM July 19, 2015 campaign • Opportunity to put your organization’s branded • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page of item in the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception gift bag Presented by the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign • Additional benefits as requested Your Logo Here • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page • Mentions in social media outreach

Premier Sponsorship $100,000

• Logo featured on select outdoor advertising, including Street Banners, • Opportunity for a representative to address the crowd during the AIDS Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters Walk Opening Ceremony on the day of the event • Logo featured on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and • Logo on the AIDS Walk Stage Banner Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Checkpoint Host distinction on the day of the event • Acknowledgment in Press Releases • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts • Logo featured on select print advertisements • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo on AIDS Walk letterhead • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo on select e-Communications • Ten invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS Walk • Speaking opportunity at the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception, homepage for two week-long periods during the AIDS Walk held prior to the event campaign • Opportunity to put your organization’s branded item in the AIDS Walk • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page of Kick-Off Reception gift bag the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page • Mentions in social media outreach

Photo by Donna F. Aceto

8 Sponsor Level Breakdown (continued)

grand Sponsorship $50,000

• Logo featured on select outdoor advertising, including Street Banners, • Mentions in social media outreach Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters • Organization representative individually acknowledged during the AIDS • Logo featured on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and Walk Opening Ceremony Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Logo on the AIDS Walk Stage Banner • Acknowledgment in Press Releases • Checkpoint Host distinction on the day of the event • Logo on select print advertisements • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts • Logo on one e-Communication • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS Walk • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue homepage for one week-long period during the AIDS Walk • Eight invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast campaign • Organization recognition at the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception, • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page of held prior to the event the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign • Opportunity to put your organization’s branded item in the • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception gift bag

Principal Sponsorship $25,000

• Logo featured on select outdoor advertising, including Street Banners, • Mentions in social media outreach Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters • Organization representative individually acknowledged during the AIDS • Logo featured on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and Walk Opening Ceremony Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Logo on the AIDS Walk Stage Banner • Acknowledgment in Press Release • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo on select print advertisements • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts • Logo on one e-Communication • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS Walk • Six invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast homepage for one week-long period during the AIDS Walk • Organization recognition at the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception, campaign held prior to the event • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page of • Opportunity to put your organization’s branded item in the the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception gift bag • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page

Sponsor logos are featured in rotation on the AIDS Scores of AIDS Walk San Francisco posters Walk website homepage, seen by more than 500,000 are posted on BART and MUNI in a variety unique visitors annually. of eye-catching ways.

9 Sponsor Level Breakdown (continued)

major Sponsorship $15,000

• Wordmark on select outdoor advertising, including Bus Posters, • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters page of the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign • Wordmark on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Mention in social media outreach • Wordmark on select print advertisements • Organization acknowledgment during the AIDS Walk • Logo on one e-Communication Opening Ceremony • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS Walk • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue homepage for one week-long period during the AIDS Walk • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue campaign • Six invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

supporting Sponsorship $10,000

• Wordmark on select outdoor advertising, including Bus Posters, • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters • Mention in social media outreach • Wordmark on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Wordmark on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue • Wordmark on select print advertisements • Four invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast • Logo on one e-Communication • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page of the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign

event Sponsorship $5,000

• Wordmark on select outdoor advertising, including Bus Posters, • Wordmark on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters • Wordmark on one e-Communication • Wordmark on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase Displays and • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area page of the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign • Wordmark on select print advertisements • Two invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast • Wordmark, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page

Photo by Donna F. Aceto

Sponsor Banners installed at the AIDS Walk Start and Finish Line, In addition to individual banners, the by which all 20,000 walkers pass. AIDS Walk San Francisco Sponsorship Acknowledgement Wall is erected at the Start Line for all to see. 10 SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

AIDS PRESENTING $150,000PREMIER $100,000GRAND $50,000 PRINCIPAL $25,000MAJOR $15,000 SUPPORTING $10,000EVENT $5,000 WALK SAN FRANCISCO TM July 19, 2015

Logo Embedded within the AIDS Walk’s Logo • Logo on Bus Kings • • Logo on Street Banners 60 40 20 10

OUTDOOR Logo/Name on Bus Shelters, Kiosks, and BART/Muni Ads Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name Name

ADVERTISEMENTS Logo/Name on Point-of-Purchase Displays and Posters Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name Name

Acknowledgment in Press Releases • • • • Logo Featured in All Print Advertisements • Logo/Name on Select Print Advertisements Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name Name Logo on Any Direct Mail

DIRECT MAIL • Logo on AIDS Walk Letterhead PRINT, MEDIA, AND • • Logo on All e-Communications • Logo/Name on Select e-Communications Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name “Featured Sponsor of the Week” Designation • • • • Logo Rotation on AIDS Walk Homepage • • • • • • • Logo/Name, with Link, on Sponsor Page Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name E-COMMUNICATION Mention in AIDS Walk Social Media Outreach • • • • • • Speaking Opportunity During Opening Ceremony • • Individual Acknowledgment During Opening Ceremony • • • • Seat on Stage For a Representative • • • • • • Checkpoint Host Distinction • • • Logo on Stage Banner • • • • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts DAY-OF-EVENT • • • • Banner Placed at Start/Finish Line • • • • • • Logo/Name on Sponsor Banner at Venue Logo Logo Logo Logo Logo Name Name Invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast 12 10 8 6 6 4 2

Speaking Opportunity at the Kick-Off Reception • • Recognition at the Kick-Off Reception • • • • A Branded Item in the Kick-Off Reception Gift Bag BENEFITS

ADDITIONAL • • • • Additional Benefits as Requested • 11 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES

Founded in 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco – the largest AIDS fundraising event in AIDS Northern California – is part of a movement that has generated more than a half- billion dollars to fight HIV/AIDS. The following sponsorships provide specialized WALK and focused opportunities for your organization to show its enduring commitment SAN FRANCISCO TM to ending AIDS. July 19, 2015

SIGN-IN HOST $35,000

Make a great first impression Sponsor Recognition as the Sign-In Host Includes: on the 20,000 AIDS Walk • Three banners within the Sign-In Area San Francisco participants by • Organization logo on all Sign-In signs (over 400 signs produced) hosting the Sign-In Area. On the • Opportunity to outfit volunteers in branded accessories such as hats with your company’s logo morning of the event, when the • Opportunity to have members of your organization volunteer as a group at Sign-In walkers first enter the AIDS Walk • Opportunity to have your organization’s balloons in the Sign-In Area venue in Golden Gate Park, they see • Logo on the Official Registration Envelope (over 6,000 distributed) and experience the Sign-In Area, • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk San Francisco website located in Mother’s Meadow. • Logo, with link, on one e-Communication sent to registered walkers prior to the event • Six invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

AEROBIC WARM-UP HOST $10,000

Thousands of walkers start their As the Aerobic Warm-Up Host, your organization will receive the following benefits: day with the Aerobic Warm-Up prior • Organization representatives will lead thousands of participants in the Aerobic Warm-Up from the to the Opening Ceremony. As the AIDS Walk stage Warm-Up Host, your organization • Recognition in announcements made from stage prior to the Aerobic Warm-Up will be featured front-and-center from • Organization featured as Aerobic Warm-Up Host on AIDS Walk website and in one the main stage. Representatives from e-Communication sent to registered walkers prior to the event your organization, or an aerobic team • Logo, with link, on the sponsor page of the AIDS Walk website outfitted with your organization’s T- • Two invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast shirts, will energize 20,000 participants as they get ready to walk.

Sign-In Host Aerobic Warm-Up Host

Photo by Valorie Smith 12 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES (continued)

VIP & STAR WALKER $25,000 BREAKFAST HOST

Prior to the Opening Ceremony, a VIP As the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast Host, your organization will receive the following benefits: & Star Walker Breakfast is held for • Three banners at the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast Star WalkersTM (walkers who • Your organization’s logo on the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast invitations and RSVP forms have met a goal of raising more • Your organization’s logo on the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast e-confirmation mailing than $1,000), sponsors, elected • Opportunity to have your organization’s balloons displayed throughout the VIP & Star Walker officials, and celebrities. As the VIP Breakfast & Star Walker Breakfast Host, your • Opportunity for a representative from your organization to speak at the VIP & Star Walker organization will play a major role Breakfast presentation in the experience of our most high- • A voice blast sent to all Star Walkers will be sent out prior to the event, acknowledging your profile supporters. organization as the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast Host • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk San Francisco website • Ten invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

MILE MARKERS $10,000

Your organization’s logo will be seen The organization sponsoring AIDS Walk Mile Markers will receive the following benefits: six times by all 20,000 walkers as • Logo placed on color Mile Marker banners stationed along the AIDS Walk route they pass each Mile Marker along the • Opportunity to outfit Mile Marker volunteers with your organization’s T-shirt 6.2 mile (10k) route. Enthusiastic • Four invitations to the VIP Breakfast volunteers will be placed at mile • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website points to hold the marker and cheer • Recognition via Facebook and/or Twitter, with a combined following of over 20,000 people on walkers as they pass. • Logo on Sponsor Thank You Banner at the AIDS Walk venue.

FINISH LINE $10,000

Your organization’s logo will be seen The organization sponsoring the AIDS Walk Finish Line will receive the following benefits: by all 20,000 walkers as they pass the • Logo placed on impressive 45-foot inflatable arch marking the Finish Line most important part of the AIDS Walk • Opportunity to outfit Finish Line volunteers with your organization’s T-shirt route – the Finish Line! Enthusiastic • Opportunity to hand out a branded snack or other item to all walkers as they cross the Finish Line volunteers will greet and cheer on walkers • Company name on AIDS Walk Certificate of Completion as they arrive back to the venue after • Opportunity to provide branded table clothes to cover finish line tables their 10 kilometer (6.2 mile) walk, as • Four invitations to the VIP Breakfast well as provide each walker a Certificate of Completion, a snack, and hearty • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk San Francisco website congratulations. • Recognition via Facebook and/or Twitter, with a combined following of over 20,000 people • Listing on Sponsor Thank You Banner at the AIDS Walk

Additional Please contact Demetri Rizos at [email protected] or Opportunities call 415.615.9255 (WALK) for more information

AIDS Walk San Francisco is committed to • Corporate Matching Gift providing our sponsors with a maximum Incentive Programs return-on-investment through additional • Post-Walk Concert and avenues of visibility, corporate branding, Total Announcement Host and unique involvement. The following • Logo on Street Banners opportunities are available to your • Photo Finish organization throughout the AIDS Walk campaign. Contribution amounts vary for • Green Partner these benefits – please contact the • Kick-Off Reception Host AIDS Walk San Francisco office for • And many more! further details. 13 AIDS AIDS Walk SAN FRANCISCO’s WALK SAN FRANCISCO 2014 Top Sponsors TM July 19, 2015

Chevron has been an AIDS Walk San Francisco sponsor Levi’s is a perfect fit for AIDS Walk San Francisco. and participated as a team since 1999. Over the years, Donating and raising over over $915,000 in the last decade they have raised and donated an incredible $816,425! alone, they prove that their commitment is as long-lasting Their supply of “Human Energy” has helped fuel the and as durable as their denim! event’s success for 15 years.

Northern California’s largest AIDS fundraising event, AIDS Walk San Francisco, was created by Craig R. Miller in 1987 and has been produced by his organization, MZA Events, every year since its inception. MZA Events produces the world’s longest-running, largest, and most diverse AIDS Walks, including AIDS Walk Los Angeles and New York, and can provide your organization with national sponsorship opportunities.

For more information about AIDS Walk San Francisco, please email Demetri Rizos at [email protected], call 415.615.9255, or visit us at aidswalk.net. Created and produced by MZA Events. AIDS Walk Founder/Senior Organizer: Craig R. Miller. © MZA Events, 2014 14