Sponsorship Information

The 14th Annual Big East Regional Youth and Jackpot Show

May 8 – May 10, 2020

Contact: 413-205-5009 or bigeast@thebige.com

Sponsorship

The Big East is 3 days of youth and cattle, making it Southern New England’s largest junior beef show -- preserving valued agricultural traditions and a way of life, as well as building the young leaders of tomorrow. Participants are youth and active agricultural families from 6 New England states, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, West Virginia and Canada. If you are interested in sponsoring our best traditions and brightest hope, please see the following opportunities available and e-mail us at bigeast@thebige.com.

Click here for a sponsor form!

Pay your donation online!

ADDITIONAL SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

Family Pasta Dinner – Four $500 sponsorships available

This sponsorship will make your farm or business a host of the Annual Family Pasta Dinner. This event usually has over 250 people in attendance. Sponsor thank you tent cards will be placed on dining tables along with your organizations promotional handouts. A sign will be posted at the hospitality center.

Pizza Party – Three $250 sponsorships available

This sponsorship will allow your farm or business the opportunity to mingle with the exhibitors and their families. A sign of appreciation will be posted on the buffet table and the hospitality center.

Hospitality – Three $250 sponsorships available

This sponsorship will allow your farm or business the opportunity to mingle with the exhibitors as you sponsor complimentary coffee and donuts each morning in the hospitality area. Signs of appreciation will be posted on the hospitality center.

Ice Cream Social – Two $250 sponsorships available

This sponsorship will allow your farm or business the opportunity to mingle with the exhibitors and their families. A sign of appreciation will be posted on the buffet table and the hospitality center.

Skill‐A‐Thon – Two $100 sponsorships available

This event is a popular event for all youth, testing their working knowledge of the beef industry. Hosting this event on Saturday morning allows you to give a token of your business or farm to each participant plus your logo on all Award certificates and a sign denoting our appreciation will be placed near the contest area.

Hospitality Photo Booth – Two $100 sponsorships available

This area is a popular area where previous year’s photos are available at a reduced prices to our exhibitors. Sponsoring this event you a a sign denoting our appreciation placed near the photo area.

Trade Show Booths – $100 a table

Trade Show booths are available at $100 each for the weekend. A table will be provided. Please contact Mike Gauvin at mrgauvin1@verizon.net or 401‐932‐0836 for a trade show booth reservation. For questions call 413-205-5009 or email bigeast@thebige.com.

Retail Booth

Retail booths are available this year to any association, company or group interested in selling items at the Big East. No food items will be allowed. Please contact Mike Gauvin at mrgauvin1@verizon.net or 401‐932‐0836 to have your products reviewed by The Big East Retail Committee by April 1.

Awards

Donors are needed to support the division winners in each breed. We need Division Champions, Reserve Division Champions, and Breed Champions. Cash Award Donors for Reserve Breed Champions, Supreme Showperson, Reserve Showperson, Supreme Heifer, Reserve Heifer, Supreme Steer and Reserve Steer. Click here for an award form.

T-Shirt Sponsorships – $25 a listing

Thank you for all who participated as T-Shirt donors for 2019!!

At every Big East a T-Shirt is produced that is given away to all the show’s exhibitors as a memento. On the back of this special T-shirt, your farm, business and individual sponsorships can be purchased for $25 to help offset the cost of producing the T-Shirts for our exhibitors. Extra T-Shirts are made and also made available to all the weekend attendees as a fund raiser for the show. Click here for a T-Shirt Form.

For more information on the sponsorships please contact: bigeast@thebige.com or call 413-205-5009.

The Big East event is sponsored and supported by the New England Junior Hereford Association, New England Hereford Association, Southern New England Simmental Association and Eastern States Exposition, as well as local businesses and farms that are committed to preserving agriculture in the northeast.