Sponsor Prospectus – Pawn Wise
GENERAL INFORMATION FOR SPONSORS
- The Festival celebrates the health benefits of chess as a recreation for all ages
- 700 participants: players, children & parents, audience for panel
- Broadcast live via Chess 24 to global online community
- Guests: Hou Yifan, China — Evgeny Bareev, Canada — Dommaraju Gukesh, India — Tanitoluwa Adewumi, Nigeria (9)
FESTIVAL OBJECTIVES
- To host the 11th Canadian Seniors Chess Championship 2020
- To host the 1st Nova Scotia Mayflower Open, celebrating Nova Scotia
- To report the all-ages benefits of chess for youth and seniors
- To leave a legacy in Nova Scotia of chess recreation, sport & learning
WHY YOUR SPONSORSHIP MATTERS
- Our event will be broadly felt. The Department of Seniors, Nova Scotia, has supported Pawn Wise with a generous grant.
- International interest will focus on the panel, Chess Considered, where scholars will answer key questions on chess’s relation to scientific thinking, music, AI, sport, and the cognitive health of young and old
- Halifax has an opportunity to show a global audience the beauty of our city and the warmth of Maritime hospitality
- A significant cultural legacy will be left. Chess Nova Scotia will offer two province-wide programs: WaveLength: Chess for Seniors, and Brain Waves: The Nova Scotia After-School Chess Program.
FESTIVAL TITLE SPONSOR
- Name and logo attached to Festival plus one main event
- Support publicly acknowledged at Festival opening and closing
- Opportunity to publicly welcome guests
- Name and logo on Festival program, signage & website
- Inclusion of promotional item or flyer in welcome package
$15,000
FESTIVAL CELEBRITY
Hou Yifan, 4-Time Women’s World Chess Champion
- Sponsorship acknowledged in program & website
- Support publicly acknowledged at Festival opening
- Opportunity to introduce her at Scholastic Chess Exhibition
- Opportunity for private audience/lunch prior to Exhibition
- Presentation of farewell gift
$8,500
$2,100 to date
EVENT TITLE SPONSOR
Canadian Seniors Chess Championship 2020
- Name and logo attached to event
- Support publicly acknowledged at opening and closing
- Name and logo appropriately placed in program & website
- Name associated with handmade crystal trophies
- Opportunity to present trophies to winners
- Inclusion of promotional item or flyer in welcome package
$10,000
SPONSORED
EVENT TITLE SPONSOR
The 1st Nova Scotia Mayflower Open
- Name and logo attached to event in program & website
- Name attached to participation of celebrity player
- Support publicly acknowledged at opening and closing
- Opportunity to present NS artisan woodcraft trophies to winners
- Inclusion of promotional item or flyer in welcome package
$10,000
EVENT TITLE SPONSOR
Panel – Chess Considered: Four Questions
- Name and logo attached to event
- Support publicly acknowledged at opening and closing
- Name and logo appropriately placed in program & website
- Opportunity to host participants at pre-event dinner
- Inclusion of promotional item or flyer in welcome package
$15,000
$7,500 to date
SENIOR CELEBRITY PLAYER – SPONSOR
Grandmaster Evgeny Bareev, former #4 in world
- Sponsorship acknowledged in program & website
- Support publicly acknowledged at start of Seniors Championship
- Opportunity for private audience/lunch
- Presentation of farewell gift
$3,500
SPONSORED
JUNIOR CELEBRITY PLAYER – SPONSOR
Child prodigy, Dommaraju Gukesh, 13, India
- Sponsorship acknowledged in program & website
- Support publicly acknowledged at start of Mayflower Open
- Opportunity for private audience/lunch
- Presentation of farewell gift
$4,500
SELECTED INDIVIDUAL PANELIST – SPONSOR (6)
- Sponsorship acknowledged in program & website
- Support publicly acknowledged at introduction to panel
- Opportunity for private audience/lunch
- Presentation of farewell gift
$2,500
Sponsored (3)
SCHOLASTIC CHESS EXHIBITION – SPONSOR (5)
- Support for Tanitoluwa Adewumi – See: homeless-child-wins-chess-competition
- Sponsorship acknowledged in program & website
- Support publicly acknowledged at start of Exhibition
- Opportunity to meet Tanitoluwa Adewumi and his family
$5,000
Become a sponsor by filling out the Sponsorship Agreement
Sponsorship
Special thank you to the members and sponsors who have donated to make the Pawn Wise: Atlantic All Ages Chess Festival the best it can be.
DONORS – Members of Chess Nova Scotia
| $200 $200 $100 $200 $100 $200 $500 $1,000 $100 $200 $57.50 $102.50 | Anonymous Gordon Giacomin Tallal Younis Roger Langen Laurie Parker Stephen Saunders Jim Livingstone Ian Anderson Lloyd Lombard Bruce Fleury Jim Livingstone (donation of prize winning) Ken Cashin |
| $2,960.00 |
SPONSORS
| $1,500 $1,123 $10,000 $1,000 | Younis Medical Inc., Halifax Wayne’s Tailor Shop, Antigonish Langmat & Associates, Ottawa Confucius Institute SMU |
| $12,623 |
IN-KIND
| $600 $3,875 | Avajet Design (logo design) Chess 24 (web broadcast, memberships) |
| $4,475 |
GRANTS
| $11,680 | Department of Seniors, Nova Scotia |