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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES13-’14

Help inspire students to embrace science, technology, engineering and math. Help spark their curiosity and creativity. Together, we can foster the next generation of risk takers, critical thinkers, problem solvers, leaders and world-class innovators.

Destination Imagination (DI) is celebrating 30 years as a leading educational program where student teams from the United States and around the world learn and experience the creative process from imagination to innovation.

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125,000 Participants AnnuallyEvery year, Destination Imagination, Inc. impacts more than 125,000 participants.

38,000 VolunteersOur programs receive support from 38,000 volunteers, who help run our programs around the world.

48 States 30 CountriesParticipants from more than 48 US states and 30 countries have participated in DI.

1,500,000 AlumniSince our incorporation as a non-profit in 1999, our programs have reached more than one million participants.

OUR IMPACT

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WhoUp to seven members can be on a team, and students from kindergarten through university level participate. Each team has an adult Team Manager to help students stay on track but does not directly help the team develop its solution to the Challenge.

WhatThere are seven new Challenges to choose from each year. Each of the Challenges is developed by a team of educators and industry experts who target a particular area of the curriculum and its related standards of content and performance. The areas of focus include: Technical, Scientific, Structural, Fine Arts, Improvisational and Service Learning.

WhenEach season takes place during the school year, culminating with Global Finals in May. Depending on the Challenge, teams typically spend two to four months developing and practicing their Challenge solutions.

WhereThe teams’ solutions are assessed at regional, state and country tournaments. While most schools run DI as an after school program, some school districts incorporate the program into their elective curriculum. Every year, local volunteers help run 200 tournaments around the world.

WhyTeams in our program learn higher order thinking and improve in creative thinking, critical thinking and collaborative problem solving. Our participants learn and experience the creative process, develop new friendships and learn to work together.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

21st Century Skills and the Destination Imagination ProgramDestination Imagination encourages students to have fun, take risks, focus, and frame challenges while incorporating STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), the arts and service learning. Our participants build on their strengths while learning patience, flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving process. Teams showcase their solutions at a tournament.

TechnicalThe Technical Challenge prompts students to complete tasks by using engineering, research, strategic planning and related skills.

ScientificThe Scientific Challenge blends the research and curiosity of science with the thrill and creativity of the theater arts.

StructuralThe Structural Challenge asks teams to design, build and test load-bearing structures out of specific materials.

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StructuralThe Structural Challenge asks teams to design, build and test load-bearing structures out of specific materials.

Fine ArtsIn the Fine Arts Challenge, students flex their acting and artistic muscles as they explore some of our most fascinating works of literature and media.

ImprovisationalThe Improvisational Challenge is all about spontaneity and story-telling. Teams receive topics and produce skits right on the spot.

Service LearningThe Service Learning Challenge is designed to engage students in community service to address real issues through personal expression.

Early LearningThe Early Learning Challenge was created just for 4- to 7-year-old children to work together on performances complete with characters, props and scripts.

Your organization can partner with the Destination Imagination (DI) program in a variety of ways. Becoming a DI sponsor aligns you with a powerful educational program that reaches across the United States and around the globe.

Strategic Partner$250,000 per year

Strategic Partners support everything DI. Share our vision of making an impact on children discovering creativity. Your brand will be seen around the world by those engaged with DI. This opportunity allows you to be the key supporter behind the world’s largest program that teaches the creative process from imagination to innovation and offers the most comprehensive benefits and exposure to our worldwide audience.

International Sponsor$100,000 per year

Our most passionate and popular endeavor we have is our core DI program. The International Sponsor’s brand will be seen by all of our participants as they work year-round to complete challenges in hopes of being invited to Global Finals. Your brand will be associated with the main prize in most eyes with DI, Global Finals!

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GET INVOLVED

Challenge Sponsor$70,000 per year or $180,000/3-yr commitment

Interested in sponsoring one challenge that speaks to your organization? Be a Challenge Sponsor. You will have the opportunity to sponsor a specific challenge that participants are working on for three to four months. Whether it’s for workforce development or brand and media recognition, you will have a direct impact on developing the skills of each child collaborating on the sponsored challenge.

Website Sponsor$40,000 per year or $100,000/3-yr commitment

Feature your organization’s name, logo and link on Destination Imagination’s website as our website sponsor. DI becomes a hub for everything each team needs, especially during tournament season. Our site is the go-to resource every team uses for acquiring information on challenges and supplies.

Program Sponsorminimum $5,000

Join our Program Sponsors and be recognized as a supporter of the Destination Imagination organization. Your sponsorship will assist us in achieving our mission to develop opportunities that inspire the global community of learners to utilize diverse approaches in applying 21st Century Skills and creativity.

Team Scholars minimum $1,000

As a Team Scholar, your funding will be applied to our scholarships offered annually at Global Finals. Students apply to receive scholarships that assist them in their higher educational endeavors.

Additional Benefits

VolunteerismCorporate employees will be offered the opportunity to become Destination Imagination, Inc. volunteers in one or more capacities: Team Managers, Appraisers, Community Partners with Service Learning teams and donations of professional expertise with Destination Imagination, Inc. Volunteering affords the opportunity to learn key team building, innovation and problem solving skills within the DI community of programs.

Media RecognitionSponsors are acknowledged in press releases, interviews, website and social media. Corporate logos are included in all print material where appropriate. Sponsors are also afforded the opportunity to be featured throughout the program year on DITV - the online broadcast of Destination Imagination events and training materials.

PhilanthropyBy supporting Destination Imagination, Inc. organizations help more than 125,000 program participants each year learn to become world-class innovators while developing key skills such as perseverance, self-determination and courage. Challenge Program Sponsors are instrumental in developing the workforce leaders of tomorrow.

Community AccessDestination Imagination has an active community of more than 1.5 million alumni, 38,000 annual volunteers and 125,000 participants. Sponsoring organizations have the opportunity to build brand loyalty with this vast network of passionate individuals. Destination Imagination allows organizations to connect with our participants in 48 states and 30 countries through print materials and online communications.

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Interested in learning more about partnering with Destination Imagination?

Join our family of past, present and future partners today!

Contact our Partnership Development Team:

Email sponsor@dihq.org

Call 856.324.4707 or 856.324.4787

Or mail this contact page :

Mail toDestination Imagination 1111 S. Union Ave., Cherry Hill, NJ 08002

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