Temple University Athletic Department Institutes Unique Fund Raising Campaign

Temple University Athletic Department recently introduced a unique fund raising campaign to attract new contributions from alumni, students and Owl fans across the country. Contributors who donate $29.95 or more will receive a Temple Owl, Hooter mascot FANPOLE. The Hooter FANPOLE is a handmade 13" high wooden totem of the Temple Owl mascot, suitable for all Temple Owl sports fans.

(PRWEB) November 27, 2004 -- College and university athletic departments need to find innovative ways to raise money for their sports programs. Maintaining facilities, meeting scholarship requirements, and abiding by gender equity mandates is a difficult task. It is hard enough to keep high profile programs like football and basketball afloat, but what about the less glamorous programs like gymnastics, soccer, baseball, hockey, and track and field?

The ideal athletic fund-raising program should reward supporters for their contributions, and demonstrate appreciation for donations in some tangible way. And if you can gain some high profile branding benefits out of the campaign, all the better.

FANPOLE is a fan support product that takes the place of the popular bobblehead. FANPOLE has the potential to rival and even out-perform the bobblehead, which will soon reach the end of its current product cycle.

FANPOLE is made of wood, is hand painted, is approximately 13" tall, and is more branding icon than toy, which alumni executives and professionals will be proud to display on their desks.

Temple University, Associate Athletic Director for External Affairs, Vic Cegles adopted this program, and with the help of Toronto-based fan support merchandise and marketing company, FANPOLE, has instituted just such a fund raising campaign.

Don Bader, President of FANPOLE had his art department design the Temple Owl Hooter mascot FANPOLE and an advertisement that appears on the Temple Owl website (www.owlsports.com). The campaign calls for alumni, students, and Owl fans across the country to ante-up a minimum donation of $29.95 in order to receive one of these unique limited edition sports collectibles.

Temple Owl fans can get their own Hooter FANPOLE by contacting Vic Cegles, Temple University, Inter-Collegiate Athletics, 1700 North Broad Street, 4th Floor Vivacoquq Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122-0842
Telephone: (215) 204-3860, victor.cegles@temple.edu.

Universities, colleges, high schools, and professional sports teams wishing to create FANPOLE marketing or fund raising campaigns of their own should contact Jerry Bader, Vice President Marketing for FANPOLE (www.fanpole.com). Telephone: (905) 764-1246, Email: jb@mrpwebmedia.com, Mail: FANPOLE, 10 Royal Orchard Blvd, #53081, Thornhill, ON L3T 7R9.

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