Sponsor Team CdLS

Over the course of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon weekend, CdLS team sponsors will have exposure to more than a million spectators and fellow runners. Sponsorship of Team CdLS is available at a range of levels. If you would like more information regarding team sponsorship, please contact us

As an Elite Start Sponsor, your company’s name and logo appear on Team CdLS singlets, commemorative t-shirts, weekly training guide email bulletins, at the pre-race pasta dinner, and post-race victory celebration. Your company’s name and logo appear on Team CdLS advertisements, promotions and collateral materials, including two issues of the Foundation’s bi-monthly newsletter, Reaching Out (with a readership of 15,000), the Team CdLS page and calendar on the Foundation Web site (60,000 hits per year), and all email blasts and direct mail pieces (7,000).

Your sponsorship is mentioned in all Team CdLS related publicity efforts (news releases are issues in media markets where runners reside) and you can request news releases in specific markets. Your photo with our Team CdLS ambassador—a young girl with CdLS—is included. Your company’s name and logo appear on all award certificates given at the victory banquet.

Signage and recognition: Your company name and logo appear on a full-page black and white “thank you” advertisement in the Chicago Tribune on Tuesday, October 14. The Tribune has a circulation of 1.7 million. Weekly demographics are as follows:

The CdLS Foundation also provides a full-page acknowledgement advertisement in a local paper of your choice on October 14.

Your company is permitted banner-size signage at all Team CdLS events. Full acknowledgement is given in the 2009 CdLS Foundation Annual Report.

Targeted sampling: Your company can provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags.

Full promotional rights: Your company is permitted use of the CdLS Foundation logo on advertisements and promotions communicating its commitment to the cause.

Special presentation: You receive six tickets for your company spokesperson and guests to attend the pre-race pasta dinner and the victory celebration after the marathon. You get a full-page ad (4” x 7”) in the banquet program and your logo printed on all attendee name badges.

Help us make every mile count by sponsoring the pre-race pasta dinner and the post-race victory celebration. As a Victory Sponsor your company name and logo appear on commemorative CdLS t-shirts.

Your company will receive four complimentary tickets to the pre-race pasta dinner held at Lou Malnati’s Restaurant in downtown Chicago and the post-race victory celebration. Your company name and logo appear in a full page ad (4” x 7”) in the post-race victory celebration booklet. You also get to meet the Team CdLS Ambassador—a young girl with CdLS—and receive publicity on the Foundation Web site (with more than 60,000 hits a year). Your company logo and link appear on the Team CdLS Web page and Foundation calendar. You receive acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (with a readership of 15,000), in our weekly email training guides, and in all event advertisements, email blasts, direct mail pieces (7,000), press releases and signage, and the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report.

Your company’s name and logo appear in a half-page black and white “thank you” advertisement in a local paper of your choosing on Tuesday, October 14.

You can also provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags. Your company’s name and logo will appear on all award certificates given at the victory banquet.

With the Golden Corral Sponsorship, your company name and logo appear on commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts. You receive two complimentary tickets to the pre-race pasta dinner held at Lou Malnati’s Restaurant in downtown Chicago and the post-race victory celebration. Your company name and logo will appear in a full page ad (4”x 7”) in the victory banquet booklet. You will meet the Team CdLS Ambassador—a young girl with CdLS—and receive publicity on the Foundation Web site (with more than 60,000 hits a year). Your company logo and link appear on the Team CdLS Web page and Foundation calendar.

You receive public acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (with a readership of 15,000), in our weekly email training guides, and in all event advertising, email blasts, direct mail pieces (7,000), press releases, signage, and in the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report.

Your company can provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags. Your company’s name and logo will appear on all award certificates given at the victory banquet.

Be a star by having your company’s name and logo on all Team CdLS commemorative t-shirts. Your company name and logo also appear in a half page advertisement (4” x 3.5”) in the post-race victory celebration booklet. You meet the Team CdLS Ambassador—a young girl with CdLS—and receive publicity on the Foundation Web site (with more than 60,000 hits a year). Your company logo and link appear on the Team CdLS Web page and on the Foundation calendar.

Your company receives public acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (with a readership of 15,000), in our weekly email training guides, all event advertising, email blasts, direct mail pieces (7,000), press releases, signage, and the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report. Your company can provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags.

What better way to support a great cause and receive recognition with your company name and logo on commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts. Your company name and logo also appear in a quarter page ad (4” x 1 3/4”) in the post-race victory celebration booklet. You will get to meet the Team CdLS Ambassador—a young girl with CdLS—and receive publicity on the Foundation web site (with more than 60,000 hits a year). Your company logo and link appear on the Team CdLS Web page and on the Foundation calendar.

You will also receive public acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (with a readership of 15,000), in our weekly email training guides, event advertising, email blasts, signage, and the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report. Your company can provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags.

Be a winner and sponsor Team CdLS. This level of sponsorship provides your company the opportunity to have your name and logo on commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts and weekly email training guides for runners. Your company name is listed in the post-race victory celebration booklet and receives publicity on the Foundation Web site (more than 60,000 hits a year). You receive acknowledgement in the Foundation 2009 Annual Report. Your company can provide promotional certificates for product(s), or products themselves, in all runners’ goodie bags.

Help a runner reach his/her fundraising goal by sponsoring him/her personally with a gift. As a sponsor, your company name and logo appears on all commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts. Your company name and logo are listed in the post-race victory celebration booklet and the weekly email training guide for runners. You also receive public acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (readership of 15,000) and in the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report.

Be a pacesetter by donating $500 to Team CdLS. As a sponsor, your company name and logo appear on all commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts. Your company name and logo are listed in the post-race victory celebration booklet. You also receive public acknowledgement in our national newsletter, Reaching Out (readership of 15,000) and in Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report.

General support allows runner to make it all the way, 26.2 miles! As a Finish Line sponsor, your company name and logo appears on all commemorative Team CdLS t-shirts. Your company name and logo are listed in the post-race victory celebration booklet. You also receive public acknowledgement in the Foundation’s 2009 Annual Report.

Post-race Victory Celebration Program: Advertising Rates