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Great Rivers Habitat Alliance, would like to ask you to consider making a donation to our largest fundraiser of the year. Corporate partnerships are key to accomplishing the GRHA conservation mission. Your shared interest, commitment and valuable donation serve to help GRHA tackle the policies permitting wholesale flood plain development and encourages thoughtful alternatives. Our members all share a love for hunting, fishing and the great outdoors, as well as an appreciation of wildlife.
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Great Rivers Habitat Alliance would like to ask you to consider making a donation to our largest fundraiser of the year. On September 15, 2012, GRHA will be hosting its dinner with friends at “The Big House” at Grant’s Farm. Over 250 premier guests will enjoy an evening filled with live music, raffles, drinks, a silent auction, a live auction, and a fabulous dinner. Our guests will certainly have a night to remember. Your shared interest, commitment, and valuable donation serve to help GRHA tackle the policies permitting wholesale flood plain development while encouraging thoughtful alternatives.
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We hope that through sponsorships, and a Live and Silent Auction, we will be able to reach our target goal of $100,000. The members of Great Rivers Habitat Alliance would like to ask for your support. In recognition of your sponsorship, we are able to offer you several exposure opportunities. Sponsorships are vital to the continuation of GRHA’s efforts. Sponsors will have the opportunity to participate at varying levels and will be recognized based on their participation level, in addition to helping make a fun and exciting evening for everyone who cares about the future of the Confluence Flood Plain.
2012 Board of Directors
Adolphus A. Busch, IV, Chairman Don C. Musick, III, President James T. Blair, IV David Bub Gary Delgman Adam Gubin Charles C. Hager, Jr. Rick Holton, Jr. Tim Kaufmann David Lehman Bob Luby Bob Morrison Lawrence V. Niemann, Jr. Andy Spann Philip von Gontard Patrick Wittenbrink Executive Director Dan Burkemper
GREAT RIVERS HABITAT ALLIANCE PO Box 50014 Saint Louis, MO 63105
WEB www.grha.net
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance is a 501(c)3 charitable organization
Corporate Partnerships
We are pleased to announce the opportunity for key contributions to be made towards this memorable evening. Sponsors will have the opportunity to make a tax-‐deductible donation at varying levels and will be given recognition in relation to their participation level. Corporate partnerships are key to accomplishing the GRHA conservation mission. Corporate partners can aid our efforts through sponsorships, cash, merchandise and/or service donations, philanthropic gifts, employer matching gifts and underwriting the cost of any of our high quality banquet items. Your shared interest, commitment and valuable donation serve to help GRHA tackle the policies permitting wholesale flood plain development and encourage thoughtful alternatives. Please consider helping us continue this valuable work.
Live & Silent Auction Donations Our members all share a love for hunting, fishing and the great outdoors, as well as an appreciation of wildlife. A donation centered around outdoor activities or conservation would be tremendously appreciated and can help raise the profile of your company or services. We are anticipating sold out attendance once again and our guests will comprise the best and brightest leadership in the conservation and business community. Attached are live and silent auction donation forms, which you may simply complete and scan/email back to us. Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to give us a call; otherwise, we will get back to you regarding the rest of the details and make plans for delivery of your donation. Thanks again for your generous consideration of this request.
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance
Purus Vodka ice sculpture GRHA 2011 Dinner with Friends
Title Sponsorship $25,000
• Shared corporate identity with GRHA banquet title. • Corporate identity on all event collateral (media,
websites, and auction brochures). • First and last full page corporate ad in Auction Brochure. • Corporate identity and information on GRHA website (one
year range). • Corporate identity shared on social media outlets
(Facebook, Twitter). • Corporate presence on all marketing materials. • Corporate presence at event (donated materials from
sponsor, signage, etc.). • Table seating for ten. • Membership for ten. • Tax-‐deductible contribution.
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance 2012 Sponsorship
“Friends of GRHA” $10,000
• Corporate identity on all event collateral (media, websites, cups, auction brochures).
• Half page corporate ad in Auction Brochure. • Corporate identity and information on GRHA website
(one year range). • Corporate identity shared on social media outlets
(Facebook, Twitter). • Table seating for ten. • Membership for five. • Tax-‐deductible contribution.
Table Sponsor $5,000
• Corporate identity on all event collateral (websites, auction brochures).
• Quarter page corporate ad in Auction Brochure. • Corporate identity shared on social media outlets (Facebook,
Twitter). • Table seating for ten. • Tax-‐deductible contribution.
Title Sponsor Boeing GRHA 2011 Dinner with Friends
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance
Current Work
Our single-‐most important issue: GRHA is challenging the legitimacy of blighting productive farm ground, flood plain, and open space. GRHA and co-‐plaintiff St. Charles County have challenged the city of St. Peters to determine if natural flood plain and family farms can be called blighted under state law. The trial portion of the case has just concluded after over four years of legal wrangling. If victorious, taxpayers will no longer be forced to finance flood plain developments through Tax Increment Financing (TIF). • GRHA is working toward the reform of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; the entity ultimately responsible for allowing the mass destruction of our nation’s flood plains. GRHA has joined the National Wildlife Federation and several other like-‐minded conservation groups to form the Water Protection Network. This coalition of over 150 environmentally dedicated groups aims to change the Corps style of “business as usual” and to provide citizens with genuine accountability. • GRHA has partnered with the National Wildlife Federation to stop FEMA from disregarding the Endangered Species Act when it issues a flood plain map revision. This case is pending. • GRHA legally challenged the issuance of a Letter of Map Revision from FEMA to the city of St. Peters for its Lakeside 370 development. FEMA, as has been proven, disregarded its own regulations when issuing this revision, which now enables this property to be enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program, a program now over $20 billion in debt and growing. Unfortunately GRHA lost this case due, not to lack of merit, but to a system designed to thwart review. • GRHA issued a legal challenge to the city of St. Charles for blighting and issuing a tax abatement for approximately 100-‐acres near Highway 370 for more industrial development of the 100-‐year flood plain. This development has been delayed indefinitely. • GRHA has partnered with Ducks Unlimited to pursue several large private conservation easements in the 100-‐year Confluence Flood Plain. These easements preserve the land as it is in perpetuity, with the goal of eventually assembling enough parcels to effectively create a wall of protection against commercial development in the Confluence.
Victories
• Passage of Missouri Senate Bill 225 in 2007, which prohibits the use of tax increment financing in 100-‐year flood plains across the state and ensures the right to discharge firearms; a vital component in preserving hunting in the flood plain. This bill was spearheaded by close GRHA ally, the NRA. While it has been a huge step forward, it still contains exceptions for land within one-‐half mile of an interstate highway, making GRHA’s challenges in St. Peters and elsewhere still necessary. • GRHA halted the expansion of the Smartt Field Airport. Owned by St. Charles County, Smartt Field was slated to receive a runway expansion through a federally funded grant, which would have allowed light jets to land in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway; a flyway containing two-‐thirds of our nation’s migratory waterfowl. GRHA was able to convince the county council to pass on the expansion plan, saving taxpayers another flood plain folly, not to mention saving pilots the trouble of navigating through flocks of birds. • GRHA prevailed in court over the city of St. Peters when we proved city officials had misled its own residents about the true costs associated with issuing bonds to build the Lakeside 370 project. This resulted in the true costs being revealed and required the city to have all required permits in place before issuing the bonds, saving taxpayers money in the process. • GRHA halted “Shoe-‐String” annexations by the city of O’Fallon, preventing further wholesale commercialization of the Confluence Flood Plain.
Support Great Rivers Habitat Alliance – Become a Sponsor!
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance
Is proud to host the
2nd Annual Dinner with Friends …but we can’t do it without you
Saturday September 15, 2012
“The Big House” at Grants Farm
$25,000 Title Sponsor $10,000 “Friends of Great Rivers Sponsor” $5,000 Table Sponsor
Attached is my sponsorship gift of $______________. PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION BELOW.
Name:___________________________________________________________________________
Company Name:__________________________________________________________________
Address:_________________________________________________________________________
City:_____________________________________________ State:________ Zip:______________
Phone:___________________ Fax:___________________ Email:___________________________
Name should appear in printed acknowledgements as:
_________________________________________________________________________________ Please attach camera-‐ready logo for reproduction or send electronic files to Info@grha.net
Please return with payment by August 31, 2012
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance PO Box 50014
Saint Louis, MO 63105
For more information call 314-‐918-‐1007
Company/OutfitterName____________________________________________________________
Donor Name______________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________ City________________ State or Province_______
Postal Code _____________Country_________
Telephone_______________________________________Fax_____________________________
Email__________________________________________Website___________________________
HUNT INFORMATION
Number of hunters donation covers___________________________________________________
Number of Non-‐Hunters _______ Hunters per guide (1 to 1) (2 to 1) Other____________________
Number of Days of hunt_________________ Location of Hunt_____________________________
Hunting Season_________________
Can this hunt be taken in an alternate year? _______________If yes, what year? ______________
Game to be hunted_________________________________________________________________
Trophy fees/animals that are included_________________________________________________
Can hunt be upgraded? __________Game that can be added_______________________________
Cost of upgrade ___________Cost of extra hunter(s)____________ Non-‐Hunter(s)_____________
Transportation during hunt is mostly by________________________________________________
Is the trophy prep included? _____________ Is transportation to shipper included? _____________
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance Hunt Donation Form
TRAVEL/LODGING
Hunt arrival and departure point_______________________________________________________
Type of accommodations included in hunt_______________________________________________
Are there any special transportation charters not included in this hunt that are needed?
__________________________________________________________________________________
Type________________________________________ Estimated Cost_________________________
Accommodations needed but not included (before or after hunt)____________________________
Type________________________________________ Estimated Cost_________________________
WEAPONS
Weapon to be used__________________________ Alternate Weapons_______________________
Ammunition Needed_________________________Restrictions_____________________________
Value of Donation $____________USD
Is this donation a 100% donation? (Circle one) YES or NO__________________________________
______________________________________________
Signature of hunt donor/Date
Will you be able to attend the fundraiser? YES or NO Do you wish to exhibit? YES or NO
Please include or email a color photograph, brochure, etc. to provide maximum publicity.
GREAT RIVERS HABITAT ALLIANCE PO Box 50014 Saint Louis, MO 63105
EMAIL Ashley@grha.net
CONTACT Ashley Albers
Great Rivers Habitat Alliance Hunt Donation Form
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