The Chance of a Lifetime Gala is a high-profile event that attracts more than 2,000 guests each year - including many representatives of leading Chicago-area businesses and organizations - and garners a tremendous amount of media attention. It is an investment that makes sense: diabetes takes a high toll on businesses in terms of sick leave and health insurance costs.
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Due to individual and corporate contributions that support ground-breaking research, we're on the brink of a cure.
Partnering with JDRF can provide your company with the chance to reach out to your target market – and to leverage its advertising and marketing dollars. We have sponsorship opportunities ranging from $75,000 to $5,000.
Here is a glimpse of our 2006 Gala attendee demographics:
- Over 70% have a household income greater than $100,000
- 60% are in upper level management or executive positions
- 48% have a post graduate education
- 78% have children under the age of 18 at home
- 60% are between the ages of 35-54
- 81% would go out of their way to do business or think more favorably about a company that supports a charity like JDRF
- 89% travel in the US
- 73% order items from the internet
- 78% do fitness activities
Here are a few of the Illinois chapter’s major corporate sponsors:
Abbott Laboratories
Alberto Culver
Aldridge Electric
Allscripts
American Airlines
Aon Corporation
Bowne Chicago
Clayco
Deloitte
Discover Financial Services LLC
Dominick's
Exelon Corporation
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Hewitt Associates
LaSalle Bank
Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises
Kraft
Mesirow Financial
Motorola
NBC5 Chicago
The Northern Trust Company
Walgreens
WGN Radio
Williams/Gerard Productions
WLS Radio
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For more information about how you can be a JDRF sponsor
Contact Michelle Paulsen at 312/423-7193 or mpaulsen@jdrf.org.
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