Dear Grads’ Supporter,
With September upon us, hockey thoughts come to the fore. We at the Cumberland Grads are extremely excited about the upcoming Junior “A” season. As the new owners of the team, we have worked very hard to ensure that this season proves to be an exciting and enjoyable one for all Grads fans, partners and players.
We’ve been busy! While I would need more space to list all of our accomplishments thus far, I can tell you that our goal is to ensure that Grads Junior “A” hockey is a “win win” for anyone and everyone who associates themselves with the team. We will be ‘first class’ in everything that we do, and to that end, thus far, we have:
Made our games more ‘family friendly” by moving our Sunday home dates to 3PM versus 7PM (will improve attendance)
Obtained a firm commitment from the City of Ottawa to expand the Navan Memorial Arena with the addition of a dedicated Grad’s dressing room as well as a dedicated visitor’s dressing room for 2007 (will improve player recruitment)
Completely revamped our website to make it more fan and sponsor friendly
Started the planning of our new private box for viewing games – “The Gradzone” which will be available for various uses, including by our official sponsors
Negotiated a contract with Greyhound to provide 47 seat highway coaches, versus school buses, for all of our out of town games
Most important to you, we have completely redesigned our official sponsorship program to make it as worthwhile as possible for you to participate with the Grads in this winning partnership. This year you will be able to partner with the team in a variety of areas, all of which I have included in this package. We would welcome the opportunity to have you involved. As a non-profit company whose aim is to provide a first class entertainment vehicle for our fans and official sponsors/partners, we rely on friends like you to help us achieve our goal. To you we promise that your firm will be publicly recognized as partnering with a dedicated, first class organization. Join us – the fastest game in town!
Steve Barban
President, Cumberland Grads Junior “A” Hockey Club
