The Vernon Vipers will be kicking off a new campaign to help fill the seats at the Wesbild Centre but more importantly help build the new Tower of Care at the Vernon Jubilee Hospital. “Strength in Numbers” will start December 30, 2010 when the Vipers host the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. The goal is to raise $30,000 for the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation and all fans have to do is come and cheer on the Vernon Vipers.
The Vipers will have “Two Levels Of Care” for donations; if 2500 or more fans come to each of their 15 home games, December 30-February 20, then the Vipers will donate $1000 per game to the foundation, if there are more than 3000 fans per game, though the same dates, then the Vipers will donate $2000 per game to the foundation.
“It’s a you support us, we will support you kind of promotion” says marketing manager Heidi Schrader. “The Vipers donate thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, tickets and money to most charities that ask around Vernon and its surrounding areas and we want to show the community that we do what we can to give back to the City of Vernon. With this promotion we could possibly give $30,000 to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundations “Building a Tower of Care Campaign” “.
The new “Patient Care Tower” will house Emergency, Maternity, Pediatric, Surgery, ICU, Cardiac and Ambulatory Care Departments. An additional two floors will be built to accommodate future growth.
The Vernon Vipers have a great fan base right now and if each fan brought even one extra person to the game the Vipers would have well over 3000 fans a game and the hospital would have an extra $30,000 towards their fundraising efforts. “It’s a challenge to the people of Vernon as well,” Heidi says “we challenge them to come to the game and we would like nothing more than to write a check to the Vernon Jubilee Hospital Foundation. We only need 2500 fans to come out to have $1000 go to the hospital, but 500 fans aren’t much more to double the donation.”
The official kick off for the Vipers “Strength In Numbers” fundraiser will be December 30th against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, “We picked the December 30th game for the official kick off as our attendance is usually higher over the holidays and against Salmon Arm” Heidi also added “It will also be Student Night on the 30th and all high school students get in for only $5.00 so it should be easy for the attendance to get to 2500 and hopefully 3000.”
Businesses wanting to get involved are welcome to contact Heidi at the Vipers Office. For more information or to purchase tickets please contact the Vipers Office at 250-542-6022.
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