Coporate Sponsorship Program | Ad Sales | In-Kind Donations | Non-profit status

Corporate Sponsorship Program

Click here for a PDF file of our coporate sponsorship brochure. The Iowa City Eels Swim Club is a non-profit organization that was inspired by Irving Webber in the early 1900s to provide the people of Iowa City a venue for swimming. Presently, the Club has grown to a membership of over 120 swimmers, ranging from the beginning Frost swimmers to the experienced Eels swimmers. The Club is committed to instilling the spirit of success in its athletes through teaching the value of dedication, achievement of personal goals, and teamwork. It strives to develop integrity, self-confidence, physical fitness, sportsmanship and a winning attitude in its athletes, and in so doing, provide skills that will benefit them for life.

Maintaining swim equipment involves heavy maintenance due to the constant exposure to chlorine water. We are currently raising funds for the following:

Lane Lines -- $600 each (9 25-yard lane lines are needed for a 25-yard competitive pool)
Underwater Video Camera -- $1000 (Used for stroke analysis)
Timing Console -- $2000 (Used to control timing equipment during meets)
Touch Pads -- $800 each (8 pads are needed for a short-course meet; 16 to run a long-course meet)

The Iowa City Eels swim club hosts five swim meets over the course of the year. These include The State of Iowa Long Course Swimming Championship on August 3-5 at Mercer Aquatic Center and the Senior Short Course Championships in February.. Over 2500 swimmers and family members come from Iowa and surrounding states to compete in our meets. Hosting meets is a primary source of revenue for our team.

The Iowa City Eels swim club hosts five swim meets over the course of the year. Over 2500 swimmers and family members come from Iowa, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois to compete in our meets. At least half of these swimmers and families will stay in Iowa City for the duration of the meet. Visiting clubs need hotel accommodations, restaurants, recreation and sporting goods. Our website accumulates over 10,000 hits a month, and our meet invitations are widely read and distributed throughout the swimming community. Swimming families often based their accommodation and meal choices on information provided for them in meet invitations and program ads.

Irving Weber Invitational -- December 8-9 2007
Short Course Senior Championships -- February 29-March 2 2008
Spring Meltdown -- May 3-4 2008
Summer Kick-off -- June 7-8 2008
Long-Course Summer Champs -- July 31-August 3 2008

Olympic Level--$1,000
Includes:

Home-page ad on Club website
Full-page ad in 5 meet programs
Ad included in meet invitation

National Level--$500
Includes:

Ad on Club website
1/2-page ad in 5 meet programs
Name and address of business included in meet invitation

State Level--$250
Includes:

Business name displayed on Club website
Business card-size ad in 5 meet programs

Program Advertising

Please consider placing an ad in the meet program. In doing so, you will be helping our team and gaining exposure to the visiting swimmers and their families. The price of ads is as follows:

business card ad ………………………… ……… $ 25.00/per meet
1/4-page ad ……………………………………$ 50.00/per meet
Full-page ad ……………………………………$100.00/per meet

Check our our Corporate Sponsorship rates for sponsorship packages that cover the entire season.

The Iowa City Eels Swim Club is a non-profit organization that was inspired by Irving Webber in the early 1900s to provide the people of Iowa City a venue for swimming. Presently, the Club has grown to a membership of over 100 swimmers, ranging from the beginning Frost swimmers to the experienced Eels swimmers. The Club is committed to instilling the spirit of success in its athletes through teaching the value of dedication, achievement of personal goals, and teamwork. It strives to develop integrity, self-confidence, physical fitness, sportsmanship and a winning attitude in its athletes, and in so doing, provide skills that will benefit them for life.

Thank you for your consideration.

In-Kind Donations

It takes a villiage to put on a swim meet. Coaches, athletes, officials and hundreds of workers are all needed to make a good swim meet. At every meet, we provide hospitality to our officials and coaches and this means that we need lots of donations of food and drink for every day that we run a swim meet.

Please consider donating fresh or prepared food for the hardworking officials and coaches that work at our meets. Approximately 35 meals are needed for each session that we have a meet.