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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5.a. MAY 2015 E-E-E Funding App-Starting Hearts MAY 2015 - EDUCATIONAL & ENRICHMENT EVENT FUNDING APPLICATION  Name of Event: Starting Hearts 1st Annual Golf Tournament at Vail Golf Club, featuring the $500,000 Challenge  Proposed Date(s): June 23rd, 2015  Amount of Cash Funding Requested: $6000  Producing Entity: Starting Hearts, a Colorado 501(c)(3) nonprofit • Name and Title of Person Completing the Application: Alan Himelfarb, ED • Business Address: #219, 100 W. Beaver Creek Blvd., Avon, CO 81620 • Physical Address: #219, 100 W. Beaver Creek Blvd., Avon, CO 81620 • Mailing Address: PO Box 2981, Avon, CO 81620 • Contact Info: o Main Phone: 970-949-1026 o Cell: 949-929-5715 o Fax: None o E-Mail Address: alan@startinghearts.org Please provide a brief description explaining how you would utilize the funding and how your proposal meets the funding criteria. You will have 5 minutes at the June 3rd CSE meeting to present your proposal. Limit your description to the space provided below, and do not attach any additional documentation. We will host the most unique golf tournament in Vail Valley history, attracting many new Colorado visitors and PGA teaching professionals to Vail. We will offer significantly more prizes than ever before, including one or more $1 million hole-in-one shots, multiple contests with high-value prizes including a Mustang convertible, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, and vacations in St. Andrews and Pebble Beach. We expect a complete sell- out of both player tickets and sponsorships. The $6,000 grant will be used to underwrite a portion of our costs for marketing to front range guests, meals, prizes, and related costs required to conduct a first class event. The Town of Vail, as the only Platinum Sponsor, will enjoy featured exposure in all marketing materials, including radio and print media, flyers, posters, and an aggressive social media campaign including activity on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and email blasts to targeted lists. Participants and donors will be upscale clients from CO and other states, while sponsors will include many local businesses. Our Heart Rod Bus and instructors will be on-site to demonstrate CPR/AED use and promote the Vail Valley as one of the best prepared communities in the nation to respond to sudden cardiac arrest with citizen first responders and ready availability of medical devices. This event will redefine the state-of-the-art charity golf tournament and raise the bar for others. Proceeds from this endeavor will help fund new AED placements, including Bighorn Park, Lionshead, ball fields, and Ford Park, as well as continuing education for our civic-minded citizens.