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Sponsor Proposal2014 Antique Tractor Pulls

Connect your brand to thousands of Orange County families that attend andsupport the

PO Box 35 | 850 Route 17K | Montgomery, NY 12549 | (845) 457-2959 | www.ocfarmersmuseum.com

Your support will make a difference

The Orange County Farmers Museum has a prominent location on Route 17K in Montgomery, NYthat provides opportunities for historical farming education and fun family events that are well

attended by families from all over the region.

Connecting your brand to the Orange County Farmers Museum is a great way to get your advertisingmessage to a variety of families that need your goods and services and show your commitment to our

quality of life in a positive way.

As a sponsor, you will receive opportunities to promote your brand at all of our events, on the weighttransfer sled operating during Tractor Pulls, our website, social media and blog.

The Farmers Museum sponsor package is a great value and would provide consistent sponsor brandexposure over the year.


Orange County Farmers Museum - Sponsorship Proposal /

About the Orange County Farmers Museum

The Orange County Farmers' Museum is a private, non-profit organization solely supported bydonations, events and programs held on the grounds. The Orange County Farmers' Museum is

located within the historic Brick House Museum Park where we have 37.5 acres. In addition to ourexhibits, the museum provides various educational activities for children and adults. The OrangeCounty Farmers Museum has an extensive collection of farm implements from farms in OrangeCounty that date back to the 1700’s. This collection is primarily contained at the Orange County

Farmers Museum Montgomery, NY location, with an exhibit at our Annex location at Museum Villagein Monroe, NY. The Orange County Farmers museum is proud to say that many of these older farmimplements are in working condition, and offer insight to the history of agriculture in Orange County.

The Orange County Farmers museum recently raised money to fund the building of a new educationcenter, which is used by several organizations including the Orange County Farmers Museum 4-Hclub. This club is very active with over 30 members who attend the bi-weekly meetings with theirparents. This 4-H club is one of the few clubs that allow children the opportunity to learn current

farming skills and historical farming and living techniques.

The Museum is chartered by the New York State Department of Education Board of Regents.




In addition to club meetings, the Orange County Farmers Museum hosts a number of events that helpto support the museum and provide entertainment opportunities for the community.

The most popular event is the Antique Tractor Pulls. During the 2013 season, this series of eventsattracted more than 3642 (49% increase over 2012) visitors and is growing each year. The FarmersMuseum in cooperation with Grand Hollow Old Time Power Association plans to host 7 Tractor Pullsduring the 2014 season. In addition the museum host events that celebrate the history of OrangeCounty Farming and provide attendees with quality family oriented entertainment and life-long learn-ing experiences. These events would provide a quality opportunity for you to be seen by thousandsof potential customers.

New Goals IncludeBroadening and expanding our reach into the community and promoting the connection of the impor-tance of farming history and how it is important to today’s technology to our broader community. Weplan to achieve this goal by attracting visitors through advertising for our events, so that they can ex-perience living farming history first hand and learn to appreciate where their source of food comesfrom, its historical roots, and its future.

Some more popular events include Garden Tractor Pull Competitions that features a variety of gardentractors. We also partner with other organization such as Grand Hollow Old Time Power Association,The American Veterans Historic Museum, 124th NYS Volunteers, American Truck Club of Americaand various Scholarship Funds. The Farmers Museum plans to increase partnerships with other non-profit organizations, such as the Wallkill River School of Arts to increase the depth and attendance ofour current events. These partnerships truly provide opportunities for participants and attendees tobetter understand the quality of life offered in Orange County and the variety of quality arts and enter-tainment available to families that visit Orange County. In addition, these partnerships would expandthe marketing reach of your business to include the constituents of our non-profit partners as well asthe ones of the Farmers Museum.

We also plan to expand our blog this year to feature our farm implements and provide informationabout our sponsors and our events.

Mission StatementThe Orange County Farmers Museum operates in the public trust as a museum of service andinterpretation in connecting objects and ideas relevant to the farming history of Orange County, NewYork. We believe that our agricultural equipment collections have the power to educate, inspire andtransform individuals of all ages and the local community we serve.


Description of the Orange County Farmers Museum

The Orange County Farmers Museum is a 501c(3) non-profit corporation, chartered through the NewYork State Department of Educations Board of Regents. All current programs and maintenance func-tions are operated with the help of our volunteers. The museum started with one barn, a small work-shop, a small visitor’s center and a chicken coop. The museum has grown significantly, and now has ablacksmith shop, an enlarged workshop, a sawmill, a run-in shed and a memorial building to house a col-lection of antique farm equipment rarely seen in the Hudson Valley. The Farmers Museum recentlyadded an Education Center with heated restroom facilities.

In addition to events that are held, weekend activities include exhibits of farm machinery, the art of Black-smithing, sawmill demonstrations, exhibits of life on the farm and hayrides.

Our current board consists of:

Frank Cass Jr. - PresidentHeather Tancredi - SecretaryMark Vitek - Vice presidentBarbara Doolittle - TreasurerRiki Lent - Director

The board of Trustees include:

Sam SamsonRich WeishaarSusan RothJim MalloyRobert Reynolds

Monthly membership/board meetings are well attended and offer the active membership an opportunityto vote on upcoming projects and programs.

The Orange County Farmers Museum has a website, www.ocfarmersmuseum.com that received353,000 hits and 55,800+ page views during the 2013 season. This has increased by 500% over the2012 season after a site re-design and SEO improvement. The board plans to expand the museum blogthis year to feature our farm implements and provide information about its sponsors and events.




Present and Past Sponsors

The Orange County Farmers Museum events and publications have been sponsored by manyorganizations, including but not limited to:

Ace World Wide of New York Ice TimeArkel Motors King BuffetBagel Cafe Landscape by RicardoChambers Sales Leo’sCherry Tire/Napa Moodna Creek RanchChinese Buffet Nat's Clean Up ServiceCongelosi Trailer Sales Rapid TireDaxxon Chinese Restaurant Showtime CinemaDevitt's Equipment Thruway MarketFranko's Pizza Wild Fire GrillGateway Diner Jorrey ExcavatingHeathers Child Place Montgomery MartHudson Valley Well Drilling HV Sunless TanningOrange County Trust Orange County Parks & RecreationGrand Hollow Old Time Power American Truck Clubs of AmericaDevitt’s Garden & Supply Messco Building SupplyOrange County Trust Company Superior AutoAmerican Petroleum Alana Tadry Creative Scholarship Fund



Farmers Museum Sponsorship: Year-Round Multi-Benefit Packages

Available sponsor levels and a basic benefit package are outlined below. A customized program can be created for eachsponsor, depending on your interest, or if you have a special program that they would like to support. Your donations willgo directly to the support of our programs. The Orange County Farmers Museum is a 501©3 Organization making yourdonation tax deductible.

Sponsorship Level

Title SponsorLimited to 2$1,000.00

● Exclusive rights to be the only sponsor in your business category during the 2014 event season.● Sponsorship acknowledgement on all Museum printed materials and 2014 educational workshop events.● Sponsored Business listing logo links to your website from our home pages Featured Supporter area.● Links on all social media outlets and weekly mentions for one full year.● Banner on Weight Transfer Sled, Premium location. (Sled Travels to County Fairs throughout NYS & PA).● Sponsorship engraving on one weight class of trophies for all events.

Presenting SponsorLimited to 5$500.00

● Sponsorship acknowledgement in all 2014 Museum Events.● Sponsorship acknowledgement on all printed materials and 2014 educational workshop events.● Sponsored Business listing logo links to your website from our home page.● Links on all social media outlets and bi-weekly mentions for one full year.● Banner on weight transfer sled. (Sled Travels to County Fairs throughout NYS & PA).

Third Level SponsorLimited to 7$250.00

● Choice of sponsorship acknowledgement in three 2014 events.● Sponsorship acknowledgement on printed material for all 2014 Tractor Pull events.● Sponsored Business listing on our website with link to your website.● Links on all social media outlets for 1 full year.● Sponsorship engraving on all trophies for 1 event.

Second Level SponsorLimited to 25$50.00

● Choice of sponsorship acknowledgement in one 2014 event.● Sponsorship acknowledgement on printed material for all 2014 Tractor Pull events.● Sponsored Business listing on our website with link to your website and social media outlets.● Sponsorship engraving on one weight class of trophies for 1 event.

First Level SponsorLimited to 50$25.00

● Sponsorship acknowledgement on printed material for 2014 Tractor Pull events.● Sponsored Business listing on our website with link to your website and social media outlets.


As a Title Sponsor there will be opportunities for you to provide materials at events, and be acknowl-edged in promotional materials. This exclusive Title Sponsor opportunity can include distribution of abrochure listing services or products your company provides, or be a promotional item give away thatyou provide to the Farmers Museum event guests or the opportunity to set up a booth at events as partof a special promotion. A full description of the advertising opportunities can be customized, we areflexible!

In addition, the museum will develop a short article that will be used to promote you on the FarmersMuseum blog. A Museum Board Members will work with you to develop the article so that it can appealto our large number of readers.

Donations of lesser values described here will be acknowledged on the Orange County Museum web-site.

Please tell us about yourself:

Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Business Name: ______________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________

Phone: __________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________

Contact (if different from above): _________________________________________________

Select Sponsorship Level:

Title Sponsor $1,000

Presenting Sponsor $500

Third Level Sponsor $250

Second Level Sponsor $50

First Level Sponsor $25

Please make checks payable to:

Orange County Farmers MuseumPO Box 35Montgomery, NY 12549

Contact Us

To become a sponsor, please contact Riki Lent with questions about the available sponsorships, andany special requests that you may have. Phone 845-926-2727 or by email [email protected].



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