Corporate Sponsorship Program - Current Opportunities

Sponsorship Description: We have your target audience!

Pinellas County UF/IFAS Extension offers classes to a wide variety of audiences. These classes are the perfect opportunity to reach the audience that needs or wants your products or services. Options are shown below for showcasing your products or advertising your business:

Exhibitors/Vendors

• Exhibitors/vendors will be provided one 6’ table for exhibiting. These spaces are limited to four (4) booths per class. Space will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.
• The cost for one 6’ table space is $100.
• Table spaces will be provided in the back of the meeting room, or in adjacent halls or lobby areas.

Food/Beverage Sponsors

• The cost for meal (breakfast and/or lunch) and snack sponsors for any one-day event or seminar will depend on the size of the class and what you want to offer.
• Meal sponsors will be provided a verbal "this meal was sponsored by" a minimum of two times from the podium by the seminar moderator.
• Snack sponsors will be provided a verbal "snacks sponsored by" one time from the podium by the seminar moderator.

You can partner with any of our Program Areas and reach approximately 25 – 150 new customers each class. For additional information regarding any specific program area, contact Extension staff below:

• Natural Resources - Commercial Horticulture (landscape and pesticide industry) - Jane Morse at jmorse@pinellascounty.org
• Natural Resources - Urban Horticulture (home lawn and garden; Florida-friendly landscaping) - Theresa Badurek at tbadurek@pinellascounty.org
• Family and Consumer Sciences (food, nutrition, finances) - Nan Jensen at njensen@pinellascounty.org
• 4H (life skills youth development) - Jean Rogalsky at jrogalsk@pinellascounty.org
• Marine (fisheries, coastal habitats) - Libby Carnahan lcarnahan@pinellascounty.org
• Sustainability (energy, green business, home and office) - Ramona Madhosingh-Hector at rmadhosingh-hector@pinellascounty.org

Class dates and times can be found at: www.pinellascountyextension.org. Look for the orange “Online Class Registration" button located at the top right corner of the screen.

Contact us soon as opportunities for each class are limited.

Contact Person: Sally Connor, 727.464.3347

Date Advertised: 06/04/10

Closing Date: [none]

Status: Currently seeking sponsors.