19th Annual Bethel Harvest Fest & Chowdah Cook-Off             
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2016
on the Village Common
Event description:  This event is a celebration of the harvest and beginning of the foliage season in New England.  50 arts & crafts, local foods and farms and community groups fill the village common.  Music accompanies the event from the gazebo.  Free horse-drawn wagon rides are provided and there is a chainsaw carving demonstration. The Chowdah Cook-off features local restaurants competing for the titles of “best chowdah” and is enormously popular, attracting hundreds of hungry tasters.  Expected attendance 2,500.

Official Title Sponsor $2000 –

• Distinction of presenting the event (ex. 19th Annual Harvestfest presented by your company)
• 28’ booth space to advertise your company and display information at event
• A banner (provided by you) prominently displayed at the event
• Your business name and logo on all applications, event poster, program, and flyers advertising the event
• Your company name and logo on www.bethelharvestfest.com promoting you as our Title Sponsor
• Presence in all newspaper press for the event
• Up to 40 tickets for the Chowdah Cook-off

Entertainment Sponsors $1000 – Allen’s Coffee Brandy

• 14’ space to advertise your company and display information at event
• A banner (provided by you) displayed at the event
• Your business name and logo on event poster, all applications, programs, and flyers advertising the event
• Your company name on www.bethelharvestfest.com promoting you as our Entertainment Sponsor
• Presence in all newspaper press for the event
• Acknowledgement at the event as Entertainment Sponsor
• Up to 20 tickets for the Chowdah Cook-off

Local Foods & Farm Sponsor – $1,000 – Stephens Memorial Hospital

• Banner for your business in local foods and farmers area and optional presence at the event highlighting the SMH Healthy Food initiative
• Your business name and logo on event poster, programs, and flyers
• Company name & logo on www.bethelharvestfest.com
• Presence in all PR for event
• Up to twenty tickets for Chowdah

Community Champion Sponsor - $1,000 -

• Banner for your business in community booth area and optional presence at the event highlighting the Varney Agency’s brand
• Your business name and logo on event poster, programs, and flyers
• Company name & logo on www.bethelharvestfest.com
• Presence in all PR for event
• Up to twenty tickets for Chowdah

Chowdah Sponsor $1000 – Partnership between Sysco Foodservices & Oakhurst Dairy

• 14' booth space to advertise your company and display information at event
• A banner (provided by you) displayed at the event
• Your business name and logo on event poster, all applications, programs, and flyers advertising the event
• Your company name and logo on www.bethelharvestfest.com promoting you as our Chowdah Sponsor
• Presence in all newspaper press for the event
• Acknowledgement at the event as Chowdah Sponsor
• Opportunity to speak at the awards ceremony and present trophies
• Up to 20 tickets for the Chowdah

Beverage Sponsor $1,000 – Pepsi Beverages Company

• A banner (provided by you) displayed at the event
• The opportunity to pour/serve beverage, as well as display and sell retail products
• Your business name and logo on event poster, program, and flyers advertising the event
• Your company name on www.bethelharvestfest.com promoting you as our Beverage Sponsor
• Presence in all newspaper advertising for the event

Youth Activity Sponsor, Wagon Ride Sponsor, Chainsaw Carving Sponsor – $500 each–Good Food Store/Smokin’ Good BBQ; Norway Savings Bank; Oxford Casino

• Banner/display for your business in youth activity area
• Your business name and logo on event poster, programs, press and flyers advertising the event
• Company name & logo on www.bethelharvestfest.com
• Company banner (provided by you) at Youth Tent or on Wagon Ride
• Up to 20 tickets for Chowdah