ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ON CABLE TV

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1 Swampscott High School Edward J. Rozmiarek Principal Frank Kowalski Lytania Mackey 200 Essex Street Swampscott, Massachusetts TEL (781) FAX (781) Support the Students and... ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ON CABLE TV IN SWAMPSCOTT, LYNN & NAHANT! ************************************************************************************ ******************** * All sponsors of the 2015 SHS TV Auction receive a full screen ad that will run from May through December on our Comcast and Verizon channels * You tell us what to say about your business and we ll add graphics and * $150 sponsors receive the same full screen message board ad plus...

2 * We ll film a one minute commercial for you at your site or in our studio, give you a copy, and air it daily on our channels from May through December Sponsors may donate cash, gift certificates, services or items ********************************************************************************************** ****************** Dear Potential Sponsor, Each May, the Swampscott High School TV Production students produce a four night Cable TV auction. It s our main fundraiser, a great learning experience for the students and our most watched event of the year, as hundreds of viewers phone in their bids on items shown to them by students, teachers and local celebrities serving as co hosts. We hope you ll consider being a sponsor of this year s auction. It will run from May 26th to May 29th on Comcast Channel 15 (in Swampscott) and Verizon Channel 40 (in Swampscott, Lynn and Nahant). All donations support the students TV Production program and earn you publicity during the auction and for six months afterwards. To become a sponsor, please fax or mail us the attached form or give it to a TV student. You can send in your check or item now, or we ll pick it up later at your convenience. Please or call me anytime with questions or if you d like us to send you an version of the attached form. Thank you for taking the time to consider our offer. Tom Reid SHS Teacher of TV Production (781) [email protected]

3 Swampscott High School Edward J. Rozmiarek Principal Frank Kowalski Lytania Mackey 200 Essex Street Swampscott, Massachusetts TEL (781) FAX (781) SHS TV AUCTION 2015 SPONSOR PLEDGE FORM if you d rather sign up by 1) Please print the name of the business, organization, family or individual sponsor: 2) Please print your phone number: 3) Please print your mailing address: 4) Please print your address: 5) Please print your website URL, if any: 6) Please print the name of owner/representative, if applicable: 7) If you are making a cash donation, please enter the amount: and/or 8) If you are donating items, services or gift certificates, please list them here: ITEMS/SERVICES TO BE DONATED VALUE ITEM/COUPON RECEIVED? 8a) All sponsors receive a six month listing on our cable station s message board. See the options on the back of the form if you d like to help us create the ad or just leave it to us.

4 8b) If the value of your donation is $150 or higher, we will contact you about creating a one minute commercial for your business that we ll air from May through December (if we ve previously made one, we ll call you to see if you d like us to re run it this year) Items above $150 receive the most publicity, but since this is a four night auction, donating multiple items also increases publicity (minimum value of $25 per item). Estimated value should reflect lowest available price with all current sales. We accept used items in excellent condition. Items should not require expenditures offer cash value gift certificates rather than half off certificates. Receipts sent next January for all donations. We will accept donations up through (5/29/15) but appreciate receiving them as early as possible. Thank you. Fax to , give to a student, [email protected] or mail to: Mr. Reid, Swampscott H.S., 200 Essex St., Swampscott, MA Contact us anytime before 5/29/15 at (781) or [email protected] Monetary donations: Please make checks payable to "Swampscott Public Schools" For student use only : Name of Student Contact Carousel ad created by Commercial needed Commercial created by Receipt Sent THIS SIDE OPTIONAL: Use if you d like to provide more information for your message board screen Businesses and Organizations: Your full screen ad will run from May through December on our message board in Swampscott on Channel 15 (Comcast) & in Swampscott, Lynn and Nahant on Channel 40 (Verizon) Please choose one of these three options to specify the content you d like on the screen: Option #1: Leave this side blank. We will create and run a colorful screen with your business/organization name, phone number, address, address, website URL and/or logo if applicable (previous sponsors: we will run last year s screen as long as no contact info has changed). Option #2: Check here. We will contact you later to discuss the wording and graphics for your screen:

5 Option #3: Provide more information now. We will definitely feature your business name and include any address, phone number, address and URL you provided on the other side. Please tell us below if there s anything else you d like us to include (please limit to words): 1) Additional information beyond your contact info, such as a slogan, a brief description of your products/services, etc. Please avoid comparisons, as in we re the best in town give factual information about products, services, specialties, upcoming events, etc. 2) Your Hours of Operation if you want us to include them: 3) Names of specific individuals, if you want the ad to include things like Ray Davies, Manager or Ask for Victoria : 4) Any other comments, requests or suggestions about your ad? Families and Individuals For families and individuals, instead of ads, we run screens thanking each of our family and individual donors. When we create your screen, would you like us to add a comment of words, such as Congratulations to Rachel and the Class of 2015 or Great job, Sean or Good luck, Cable Club? If so, please write the comment below (or request anonymity and we won t include you in our donor thank you screens, although we will still send you a receipt specifying the amount of your charitable donation):