Programs Eligible for Sponsorship

Aero Clubs
Take your brand to new heights by sponsoring Eglin’s Aero Club! With a fleet of aircraft and several hundred members, this special market may be your target.

Arts & Crafts
Be associated with an elite market that marches to a different drummer and is able to display their accomplishments on a virtual gallery at www.af-artscrafts.com. These craftsmen and artisans include framers, photographers, potters, woodworkers, auto hobby enthusiasts and more plus instructors. Eglin offers classes in everything from belly dancing to wood turning to guitar lessons. You can get a picture framed, a gift engraved, or a car repaired at the Arts & Crafts Center. Arts & Crafts centers along with our Wood Working and Auto Hobby Shops also host shows, exhibits and competitions. Arts & Crafts and Auto brochures also offer advertising opportunities.

Bowling
One of America's favorite pastimes is alive and well on Air Force bases where we rack up about 200,000 lines of bowling each year. The Bowling Center Snack Bar is a favorite place for lunchtime dining serving over 500 customers daily. From leagues to LaserStorm, family promotions and Armed Forces tournaments, this program has an opportunity for sponsorship that is right up your alley! Advertising opportunities are available for menus and scoring monitors.

Child Care/Youth
Want to influence the decision makers of tomorrow? - There are 700 children cared for daily in the Eglin Child Development Center Complex and Family Child Care Provider homes. Additionally, Youth Programs reach over 500 youth and their parents every day offering a variety of services and activities from nutrition and fitness, sports and athletics to arts, adventure, cultural events, leadership and more!

Clubs
An Air Force Club is the place to be for food, beverage and entertainment. Your brand can by part of the experience! Reach more than 4,000 members (and countless nonmembers) through direct mail pieces, email and web marketing, monthly calendars and on premise promotions to achieve maximum sponsor recognition. Promotions include NFL season activities, gourmet and wine tasting events, themed social hours, comedy shows, membership drives, an annual scholarship program exclusive for members only and more! Monthly calendars also offer advertising opportunities.

Fitness & Sports
Image is everything and yours will be associated with the most ambitious segment of the Air Force market when you support our Fitness & Sports programs. Members of the Eglin community make over 2000 visits a week to the Fitness Center. You'll find opportunities for sponsorship in national competitions, the Gate-to-Gate Run, My First Tri, a wide range of intramural sports, fitness and health classes, health fairs, fitness competitions, training programs and other activities that improve health and wellness, mission performance and combat capability.

Golf
Target your message to reach the men, women and junior golfers who account almost 100,000 rounds of golf at Eglin each year. Our full service programs include PGA lessons, pro shops, rental programs, and tournaments for men and women of all ages and abilities from novice to pro and an active junior golf program.

Libraries
Reach the well-defined market that looks to the Eglin Library for 24/7/365 access to provide information via web sites and electronic resources, delivered to the desk top as well as in our facility. Programs range from traveling exhibits and autograph sessions to summer reading, special literacy programs, a variety of family fun programs, story hours, and special programs for families of deployed military. The Library supports a large number of college students enrolled in over 100 majors.

Outdoor Recreation
For an image that's off the beaten path yet on target with the latest trends check out Eglin’s Outdoor Recreation program. Customers enjoy a variety of outdoor adventures - backpacking to canoeing, and bicycling to swimming with the manatees and a montage of activities that foster family and individual well-being and fitness. Eglin boasts one of the largest Air Force Outdoor Rec operations with a rental/sales and classroom center, two marinas, two beaches, two FAMCAMPS, a vehicle storage site, multiple picnic sites and pavilions. Special events include beach volleyball tournaments, cardboard boat regatta, Volkssport, beach blast parties, fishing tournaments, and much more.

Tickets and Tours
Each year thousands of Air Force members and their families use Eglin’s full service Information, Tickets and Tours as their entertainment and travel connection - concerts to sporting events, amusement park admissions and travel from airlines to cruises and more. Reach this lucrative market through travel fairs, vendor promotions, customer appreciation programs and surveys.

Tops In Blue
Broaden your reach by sponsoring the Air Forces' expeditionary entertainers, "Tops In Blue". This Broadway-style show is comprised of active duty men and women who reach nearly half a million people during its annual 9-month tour. Local audiences run 1,800 and more depending on the venue. Through sponsorship you'll share the spotlight with this amazing group that reaches virtually the entire Air Force community and numerous civilians through their open-to-the-public performances.

Contact Eglin's Director of Commercial Sponsorship at 850-882-8651 or at 96svs.svk.sponsorship@eglin.af.mil

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