Sponsorship & Donation Guidelines
Packit Gourmet is honored when our customers ask us to sponsor their exceptional adventures or provide donations to community-based outdoor organizations. We receive numerous requests each year for many worthy projects, so to be fair to one and all every opportunity is thoroughly evaluated based upon the responses given on our Sponsorship Request Form.
Currently, we commit to sponsoring approximately 2-3 adventures and/or events per year in support of our outdoor community and we hope to be able to increase that number as our company grows. If you’re undertaking a great challenge; embarking on an out-of-the-ordinary outdoor adventure; or volunteering for a cause in which Packit Gourmet would make a difference and would like to be considered for sponsorship, please read the guidelines below and send in your application. We read every submission and choose the most notable for sponsorship – good luck!
Guidelines for Sponsorship
Packit Gourmet is excited to learn about events held by community-based outdoor organizations and all of the great trips that our customers have planned but there are a few guidelines that will help you qualify for sponsorship. Please read through the requirements below before filling out a Request For Sponsorship form.
Donation Request
- Please submit all donation requests a minimum of two months prior to the event in order to be considered for a donation.
- All sponsored events must benefit the great outdoors and the people who enjoy them – wilderness cleanups, backcountry education, wild lands advocacy and promotion of wilderness exploration are all great examples.
- Tell us why your organization is remarkable! We want to hear about your organization and why we should donate to your event. Let us know!
Individual Sponsorship
- Please submit all sponsorship requests a minimum of two months prior to departure in order to be considered for sponsorship.
- All sponsored trips must take place in the great outdoors – hikes, climbs, paddling and sea ventures are all great examples.
- Tell us why your adventure is remarkable! The more interesting your trip is, the more likely you are to earn a sponsorship.
Group/Organization Sponsorship
- Please submit all sponsorship requests a minimum of two months prior to departure in order to be considered for sponsorship.
- Donations that benefit outdoor organizations or promote the introduction of those new to the outdoors will be considered.
- Tell us why your group or organization is remarkable! The more interesting your association or event is, the more likely you will be to be awarded a sponsorship.
Packit Gourmet will not provide donations or enter into sponsorships that do not meet the above guidelines. The amount of each donation or individual sponsorship opportunity will be considered on a case-by-case basis to be evaluated and determined solely by Packit Gourmet.
If you feel your event or sponsorship opportunity matches the above guidelines, please fill out our Sponsorship Request Form. All requests are accepted only through the submission of our electronic entry form attached to an introductory email. Please feel free to attach any photos or other information you feel would make your submission stronger. Please email all requests to trailfood@packitgourmet.com
Suggestions for Success
We receive a LOT of Sponsorship Requests and while we thoroughly enjoy reading about each and every one of them, as a small family business we are limited in the number of great events and adventures that we can sponsor each year. In order to help you get your request to the top of Everest (so to speak), we’ve put together a few tips noting the key elements that we look for in a request:
Have An Internet Presence
This could be a website, blog or even a very active FaceBook/Twitter account. We are proud of the events and adventures that we choose to sponsor and we want to shout them from the rooftops! When you have an internet presence, this allows us to link back to you so that others can learn more about your organizations or adventure and follow your progress.
Apply Early On
Most adventures take place during the summer months which is exactly when we are the busiest. If you apply early in the year you will allow us the time that is needed to outfit your adventure and possibly create a new meal just for you (we LOVE doing this!).
Be Realistic in Your Request
Sponsorships that ask for hundreds or even thousands of meals are not doable for us. We’re a small company and that level of commitment would eliminate the possibility of accepting any other sponsored adventures for the year. Our preference is to “spread the love” by supporting several “low volume” events and adventures rather that one that requires a “high volume” of support.
Provide Photos or Other Materials
Giving your adventure “a face” goes a long way toward gaining sponsorship. We want to get to know you! So feel free to send us photos of you and/or your members out on other adventures; or stories or trip reports you’ve created on your website or blog profiling previous events and adventures.
Make an Informed Request
It helps enormously if you are familiar with the products you are requesting. It’s important to us that sponsorships be devoted to adventurers that actually enjoy the products we will be providing. If you’ve never tried our meals or grocery items – your request will seem more like a general “fishing” trip for free food than a knowledgeable request for the food that best meets the needs of your adventure.
Sponsorship Request Form Instructions
- Allow Acrobat to download the Sponsorship Request Form to your computer’s Desktop.
- Complete the form by placing your cursor at the beginning of each entry field.
- When all entry fields are completed, place your cursor over the blue ‘Submit’ button and click to submit the information entered.
- A Pop-Up Window will appear directing you to select the option that best describes how you send mail: via a Desktop Application or via an Internet Email. Click the radio button that best describes your email client.
- If you select “Desktop Email Application”:
- the date you’ve entered into your form will be automatically attached to an outgoing email from your desktop email address as: “PackitGourmetSponsorshipRequestForm_data.fdf
- You may add a personal note to your email, photos, etc. When finished, email your application to Packit Gourmet.
- If you select “Internet Email Application”:
- A ‘Send PDF Data’ pop-up window will prompt you to rename your form in the ‘Save As’ box.
- PackitGourmetSponsorshipRequestForm will automatically appear, but you can personalize by adding a name to the beginning of the file name. For Example: LNT_Adventure_PackitGourmetSponsorshipRequestForm
- Then click ‘Save As’ to safely store the data you’ve entered in the renames file on your computer’s desktop.
- The data will appear as a .fdf file rather than the original .pdf file. For Example: LNT_Adventure_PackitGourmetSponsorshipRequestForm.fdf
- You will then need to open your email and create a new message from you to sponsorships@packitgourmet.com. Attach the .fdf data file to the mesage just as you would attach any file to an outgoing message and send.
- You may add a personal note to your email, photos, etc. When finished, email your application to Packit Gourmet.
- If you select “Desktop Email Application”:
- Save a copy for your records by selecting ‘Save As’ and renaming the file LNT_Adventure_PackitGourmetSponsorshipRequestForm.pdf
- Packit Gourmet will send you an email regarding your application for sponsorship in 2-4 weeks indicating acceptance or regrets.
Our Sponsorship Request Form is in PDF format.
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