Sponsorship Opportunities Aids Walk San Francisco

AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO TM July 16, 2017 SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO

ince 1987, AIDS Walk San Francisco has raised more than $88 million for HIV programs and services in the Bay Area, and has grown into 2016 AIDS Walk Sthe largest AIDS fundraising event in Northern California. San Francisco Statistics: In 2016, the event funded a new, cutting-edge program of care for older Participants: 10,000 people living with HIV launched this year at Zuckerberg San Francisco Participants’ Sponsors: 50,000 General Hospital’s Ward 86; meals for thousands of people living with HIV served by Project Open Hand; and advocacy on crucial health care policy Volunteers: 1,000 affecting people with HIV/AIDS by Project Inform. Additionally, the event Benefiting AIDS Organizations: 35 provided grants to a broad array of other vital HIV/AIDS organizations in all Teams: 461 seven Bay Area counties. AIDS Walk San Francisco will continue to fund Corporate Teams: 256 critical work in 2017 while uniting thousands of caring people dedicated to ending HIV/AIDS. Corporate Sponsors: 27 As a sponsor of the annual AIDS Walk, you will make a significant contri- Total Raised: $2.1 millon bution to one of the most long-standing 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 this most widely embraced community event. Photo by Fred Goldsmith

“As the leading provider of HIV testing services in the U.S., we are proud of our partnership with AIDS Walk San Francisco – an organization whose goals are so strongly in line with ours. Both through our sponsorship and by organizing a large team of our employees, Quest Diagnostics has an ideal opportunity to better educate and serve the Bay Area community.” – Clu Connors, Quest Diagnostics | Director, Regional Customer Marketing – West 2 AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION

he AIDS Walk San Francisco Foundation is the governing body of AIDS Walk San Francisco. The Foundation’s Board of Directors is intimately familiar with the AIDS Walk and the Tcommunities it serves. The Board oversees the event’s production and finances, and it determines how the event’s net proceeds are distributed. The Foundation’s mission is to raise funds for San Francisco Bay Area HIV/AIDS service organizations that enhance the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS, and to promote HIV education, prevention, and testing. For individual Board Member bios, visit: sf.aidswalk.net/About.

AIDS Walk San Francisco Foundation Board of Directors. Seated, left to right: Robert Mansfield, Treasurer; Serafina Palandech, Chair; Linda Walubengo. Standing, left to right: Frank De Rosa; Bryce Kumagai; Richie McAllister. Not pictured: Susannah Dunlap; Isaac Rodriguez.

3 ONE WALK: DOZENS OF BENEFITING ORGANIZATIONS

In 2016, the event funded a new, cutting-edge program of care for older people living with HIV launched this year at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 86; meals for thousands of people living with HIV served by Project Open Hand; and advocacy on crucial health care policy affecting people with HIV/AIDS by Project Inform. Additionally, the event provided grants to a broad array of other vital HIV/AIDS organizations in all seven Bay Area counties. In 2017, AIDS Walk San Francisco will again provide funding for critical programs like these and dozens of others. As a sponsor of this powerful event, your organization will be a part of a united community committed to ending HIV/AIDS in the Bay Area and beyond.

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

Photo by Daniel Ransom

On World AIDS Day, 2016, more than 25 Bay Area HIV/AIDS AIDS Walk San Francisco awards San Francisco General Hospital’s organizations gathered to receive their AIDS Walk grants. Ward 86 at UCSF with a $100,000 grant that funded the launch of its new Golden Compass program. Pictured above from left to right: UCSF Chancellor, Sam Hawgood; Ward 86 Medical Director, Mon- ica Gandhi; AIDS Walk Founder & Senior Organizer, Craig R. Miller; *Listing from 2016. Final roster for 2017 still in progress. and ABC7 San Francisco General Manager, Bill Burton. 4 PRAISE FOR AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO

“The AIDS Walk not only raises much needed “AIDS Walk is a key event in San Francisco. funds and awareness for HIV/AIDS service It raises HIV awareness and it gives all of us providers, but brings the community together to – people living with and affected by HIV – a connect on this issue. Larkin Street is a longtime chance to come together and contribute to the beneficiary of the Walk, which provides fight. Our communities thrive because of our irreplaceable help for our HIV program that offers love, strength, and hope. The funds AIDS Walk testing and prevention along with housing, raises support life-saving HIV treatment and medical, and support services for HIV-positive prevention services in San Francisco. We’re youth. We encourage the community to continue excited to work with the AIDS Walk San to sponsor the Walk in 2017 and help us complete Francisco Foundation to make AIDS Walk 2017 the fight against HIV and AIDS.” another big triumph!” Sherilyn Adams, Executive Director, Lance Toma, Executive Director, Larkin Street Youth Services Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center

“AIDS Walk San Francisco is of critical importance to “Shanti is very grateful to be a part of AIDS Walk the well-being of the entire AIDS Service Organization San Francisco. In a time of continued government (ASO) community, not just to AIDS Walk San Francisco funding reductions, Shanti, along with so many other Foundation. The AIDS Walk San Francisco AIDS service organizations, values the financial Foundation is thoroughly committed to expanding the support it receives from participating in the Walk. grants program, and to continuing the Community It allows us to collectively provide all the services Partners program, which allows ASOs to build teams people living with HIV in San Francisco require.” and retain the revenue.” Kaushik Roy, Executive Director, Eve Meyer, Executive Director, Shanti SF Suicide Prevention

“Over the years, the large community of local “For many years since the start of AIDS Walk San AIDS service providers has come to depend on the Francisco, WORLD has been honored to walk, lend our crucial funds raised and distributed by AIDS Walk support as a community partner, and be chosen as a San Francisco. It is heartening to know that AIDS beneficiary of the Community Grants Program. We Walk San Francisco Foundation will continue its encourage all AIDS Walk San Francisco sponsors and funders to continue alongside WORLD and AIDS Walk commitment to augment the Grants Program for San Francisco Foundation with renewed energy as our 2017. We urge corporate support for this event community strives to make possible the vision of an because the funds we raise through it cannot be HIV-free generation.” replaced by any other source.” Cynthia Carey-Grant, Executive Director, Brett Andrews, Executive Director, Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Positive Resource Center Diseases (WORLD)

“Our new AIDS Walk-funded program will allow “Alliance Health Project (AHP) believes we now have the us to provide the best possible care to all of our very real opportunity to create the first HIV-free genera- patients, whether they have been living with HIV tion. Doing so requires an increased investment in a for three years or 30.” range of vital services at a time when HIV/AIDS funding is diminishing and threatened. AIDS Walk San Francisco Dr. Monica Gandhi, Medical Director, is an incredibly vital resource for the entire Bay Area Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s community of people living with HIV and the service Ward 86 organizations they rely on.” Lori Thoemmes, LMFT Director, UCSF Alliance Health Project

5 PROMOTIONAL RECOGNITION

ur sponsors enjoy tremendous exposure 2016 Promotional Statistics: Owithin the AIDS Walk Point-of-Purchase Displays & Posters: 7,500 San Francisco campaign, which BART & Muni Posters: 315 generates millions of media Street Banners: 300 impressions that highlight our Website’s Unique Visitors: 500,000 sponsors and their support of the E-communications Sent to Supporters: 500,000+ event and community. Print & Digital Advertisements: 45 Print Letterhead*: 3,000 Sponsors are featured on: * also used digitally • BART and Muni Advertisements • Street Banners Sponsor logos are • E-communications featured exclusively on • Mailed Materials Street Banners installed along major thoroughfares • Point-of-Purchase Displays and intersections. and Posters • Newspaper, Magazine, and Online Advertisements

More than 7,500 Point-of- Purchase Displays and Posters are distributed throughout San Francisco. Photo by Donna F. Aceto

Every year AIDS Walk San Francisco is promoted via an assortment of different BART and Muni advertisements.

6 DAY-OF-EVENT VISIBILITY

IDS Walk San Francisco provides Photo by Donna F. Aceto Asponsors with the opportunity for extraordinary involvement and powerful 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 • Checkpoint Host Distinction • Invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

• Your representative photographed Photo by Donna F. Aceto with celebrities Star of 30 Rock and Glee, Cheyenne Jackson, dazzles the AIDS Walk participants with his singing and Notable Speakers & Academy Award winning actress Cloris Leachman his smile. Celebrity Guests brings star power to the podium. Celebrity involvement activates the media and provides Celebrities have included: amped-up visibility for AIDS Walk San Francisco Gillian Anderson, Dan Ashley, sponsors. Wilson Cruz, Stockard Channing, Photo by Donna F. Aceto Alan Cumming, Dot Marie Jones, Leslie Jordan, Eartha Kitt, Cloris Leachman, Hal Linden, Mike Myers, Jai Rodriguez, Hal Sparks, Michael Urie, Robin Williams, and many others. Elected officials have included: Attorney General Jerry Brown, Mayor Willie Brown, Mayor Dianne Feinstein, Mayor Edwin Lee, Mayor Gavin Newsom, as well as leaders from More than 1,000 volunteers who interact with walkers in all levels of government. numerous ways throughout the day will wear T-shirts featuring sponsor logos.

Sponsors’ Day-of-Event visibility takes all forms at AIDS Walk San Francisco and attracts a tremendous amount of attention! 7 SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

We will work closely with you and your organization to tailor a sponsorship package that creatively meets your marketing and philanthropic goals. The following descriptions of benefits contain our standard packages and some recent special opportunities. 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 • Mentions in social media outreach • Logo featured on all outdoor advertising, including Street • Opportunity for a representative to address the crowd Banners, Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and during the AIDS Walk Opening Ceremony on the day of BART & Muni Posters the event • Logo featured on approximately 7,500 Point-of-Purchase • Logo on the AIDS Walk Stage Banner Displays and Posters distributed throughout the Bay Area • Checkpoint Host distinction on the day of the event • Acknowledgment in Press Releases • Logo on Volunteer T-shirts AIDS • Logo featured on all print advertisements • Logo on Award Items • Logo featured on all direct mail pieces • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo on AIDS Walk letterhead • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk WALK • Logo on all E-communications venue SAN FRANCISCO • “Featured Sponsor of the Week” designation on the AIDS • Twelve invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast TM Walk homepage for three week-long periods during the • Speaking opportunity at the AIDS Walk Kick-Off July 16, 2017 AIDS Walk campaign Reception, held prior to the event • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears • Opportunity to put your organization’s branded item in Presented by on every page of the AIDS Walk website throughout the the AIDS Walk Kick-Off Reception gift bag Your Logo Here campaign • Additional benefits as requested • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page

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PREMIER SPONSORSHIP $100,000

• Logo featured on select outdoor advertising, including Street Banners, • Opportunity for a representative to address the crowd during the Billboards, Bus Posters, Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters AIDS 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 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 AIDS Walk the AIDS Walk website throughout the campaign Kick-Off Reception gift bag • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk website’s Sponsor Page • Mentions in social media outreach Photo by Valorie Smith Photo by Bridgette Candice

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10 SPONSOR LEVEL BREAKDOWN (continued)

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 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

As Principal Sponsors, Williams-Sonoma Inc. and Levi’s are two of the AIDS Walk’s strongest partners. In addition, each year their employees field two of the highest- fundraising AIDS Walk teams.

MAJOR SPONSORSHIP $15,000

• Wordmark on select outdoor advertising, including Bus Posters, • Logo included in a scrolling sponsor box that appears on every page Public Kiosks, and BART & Muni Posters 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 campaign • Logo on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue • Six invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

Union Bank and Gap are longtime sponsors of the AIDS Walk. Their enthusiastic employees treat the event as a rallying team-building gathering, and are always among the first to arrive and the last to leave. 11 SPONSOR LEVEL BREAKDOWN (continued)

SUPPORTING SPONSORSHIP $10,000

• 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 • Banner placement on the AIDS Walk venue • Logo on one E-communication • Wordmark on a Sponsor Banner placed on the AIDS Walk venue • Four invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast

Last year, more than Photo by Jeffrey Chan 500 AIDS Walk San Francisco posters of various sizes were featured in BART stations, Metro stations, and many other forms of outdoor advertising.

Sponsor Banners are installed at the AIDS Walk Start and Finish Line, by which all 10,000 walkers pass.

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

In addition to individual banners, the AIDS Walk San Francisco Sponsorship Acknowledgement Wall is erected at the Start Line for all to see.

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

12 SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

PRESENTING $150,000PREMIER $100,000GRAND $50,000 PRINCIPAL $25,000MAJOR $15,000 SUPPORTING $10,000EVENT $5,000 AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO TM July 16, 2017

Logo Embedded within the AIDS Walk 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 All 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 • 13 SPECIAL DAY-OF-EVENT 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- WALK billion dollars to fight HIV/AIDS. The following sponsorships provide specialized SAN FRANCISCO and focused opportunities for your organization to show its enduring commitment TM to ending AIDS. July 16, 2017

SIGN-IN HOST $10,000

Make a great first impression Sponsor Recognition as the Sign-In Host Includes: on the thousands of 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 day As the Aerobic Warm-Up Host, your organization will receive the following benefits: with the Aerobic Warm-Up prior to • Organization representatives will lead thousands of participants in the Aerobic Warm-Up from the 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 • Two invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast T-shirts, will energize thousands of participants as they get ready to walk.

Sign-In is an integral and highly visible part of the walker experience Photo by Jeffrey Chan on the morning of the event. Pictured above, recent Sign-In host Wells Fargo outfitted Sign-In volunteers in Wells Fargo-branded T-shirts, had Aerobic Warm-Up Hosts get the 10,000 participants pumped up their logo featured on all Sign-In signs, and displayed banners in the and ready to walk the 10K route, reaching the largest audience Sign-In area. possible right before the start of the Opening Ceremony. 14 SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES (continued)

VIP & STAR WALKER BREAKFAST HOST $25,000

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 • A voice blast sent to all Star Walkers will be sent out prior to the event, acknowledging your high-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

Macy’s showcased its brand of “star power” as host of the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast, which is attended by elected officials, celebrities, and other leading supporters of AIDS Walk San Francisco.

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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 10,000 walkers as • Logo placed on color posters stationed along the AIDS Walk San Francisco route they pass each Mile Marker along the • Opportunity to outfit Mile Marker volunteers with your organization’s T-shirt 10K (6.2-mile) route. Enthusiastic • Four invitations to the VIP & Star Walker Breakfast, held on the morning of the event volunteers will be placed at mile • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk San Francisco 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 10,000 walkers as they pass the • Logo placed on an 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 • Opportunity to provide branded table clothes to cover finish line tables as they arrive back to the venue after • Four invitations to the VIP Breakfast their 10K (6.2-mile) walk, as well as • Logo, with link, on the AIDS Walk San Francisco website provide each walker a snack and hearty 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 venue

As Finish Line Host, your organization will take full advantage of opportunities to engage with participants and gain exposure in an area visited by every AIDS Walk participant.

ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

AIDS Walk San Francisco is committed to providing • Corporate Matching Gift our sponsors with a maximum return-on-investment Incentive Programs through additional avenues of visibility, corporate • Post-Walk Concert and branding, and unique involvement. The following Total Announcement Host opportunities are available to your organization • Logo on Street Banners throughout the AIDS Walk campaign. Contribution Your organization’s branding will • Kick-Off Reception Host mark each walker’s journey six times amounts vary for these benefits – please contact the AIDS Walk San Francisco office for further details. • Water Sponsor throughout the Walk, prompting photo • And many more! opportunities and celebrations. 16 TOP AIDS WALK SAN FRANCISCO SPONSORS IN 2016

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Northern California’s largest AIDS fundraising event, AIDS Walk San Francisco, was created by Craig R. Miller in 1987 and has For more information about been produced by his organization, MZA Events, every year AIDS Walk San Francisco, please email since its inception. MZA Events produces the world’s longest- [email protected], call 415.615.9255, running, largest, and most diverse AIDS Walks, including AIDS Walk Los Angeles and AIDS Walk New York, and can provide or visit us at aidswalk.net. your organization with national sponsorship opportunities.