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We invite you to participate in this truly unique event. Boca
Grande Charities takes great pride in creating a fun and engaging
experience for kids. It really is the “World’s Greatest Kids Fishing
Tournament.” This is the greatest because everyone involved, from
the anglers, to the volunteers, to the sponsors and the captains,
has made a commitment to protect the resource with a catch and
immediate release event. Conservation of the tarpon fishery is a
primary goal of the event as well as honoring the local, historical
traditions that the Boca Grande area tarpon fishing community has
built over the years. The kids that participate are educated on how
to properly catch a tarpon and they are all caught and released as
quickly and as healthy as possible.
The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament
Saturday June 6, 2015
Noon – 2:00 PM
Team Registration Cookout & Festival
Location: Boca Grande Community Center
5:15 PM
Opening Ceremony & Presentation of Military Colors from Lemon
Bay High School ROTC, War bird Flyover & National Anthem
Location: Boca Grande Lighthouse Beach
5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Tournament Fishing Begins
Location: Boca Grande Pass
9:00 PM
Awards Ceremony with Entertainment, Pizza, Ice cream!
Location: Boca Grande Community House
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Our 2015 platinum+
supporting Partners:
Grande Aire Services, Inc.
Yellowfin Yachts
Columbia Sportswear
National Christian Foundation
Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation
Gasparilla Outfitters
Lemon Bay Conservancy
Charlotte County Schools
CCM Graphics Solutions
ROI Media
The Boca Beacon
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OUR MISSION: To provide a fun and competitive event for
youth that encourages goodwill, sportsmanship and conservation while recognizing the Boca Grande community
and its tarpon fishing history and traditions.
The Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament is also great because
the event focuses on support for children’s’ medical needs and educational
needs. We connect the community towards these goals.
The motto for the tournament and what the kids leave
with is, “Kids helping Kids!”
In 4 short years the Gasparilla Island Kids Classic and our kids who have
participated, have raised over $120,000 for the charities we support!
Your contributions and support enable us to donate 100% of the tournament entry fees to our charities.
How your contributions used:
They are used for: Captain and Angler prizes, trophies
Event Expenses - Insurance,Tents,Entertainment, food etc...
Media - web site, filming, radio
Promotional expenses - print ads, TV ads, radio spots
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If you want to align your business brand image and offer financial
support to ensure we continue our responsibilities as good
stewards teaching our area youth the empathic fundamental skills
to be great, then this event encompasses this and more.
As a Florida non-profit 501c3, we rely on the strength and generosity
of our sponsors and partners to help make this event special.
Sponsor levels
Presenting sponsor (1) $7,500
Premier logo visibility on all promotional materials
Presenting sponsor on YouTube
Show
Premium Website Exposure
(1) Full page ad in tournament magazine & advertorial
Official Tournament Shirts- Premium Logo Placement
Premium Logo visibility on tee
shirts-banners- posters-facebook
(1) Team Entry to participate in
the event
(6) Official Tournament Shirts
(6) Front row seats on spectator
VIP boat
Direct links to sponsor site from the
official tournament web site and
Facebook page
Exposure on live event radio broadcast and all pre-event ads
Platinum sponsor $5,000
Silver sponsor $500
Premier logo visibility on all promotional materials
Recognition on YouTube Show
Premium Website Exposure
(1) Full page ad in tournament magazine & advertorial
(1) Team Entry to participate in
the event
(4) Official Tournament Shirts
(4) Front row seats on spectator
VIP boat
Premium Logo visibility on tee
shirts-banners- posters-facebook
Direct links to sponsor site from the
official tournament web site and
Facebook page
Exposure on live event radio broadcast and all pre-event ads
Logo visibility on banners
Website link
1/2 Page ad in Tournament
Magazine
(2) Official Tournament Tee Shirts
Direct links to sponsor site from the
official tournament web site and
Facebook page
Exposure on live event radio
broadcast
Gold sponsor $1,500
(1) Team Entry to participate in the
event
(2) Official Tournament Tee Shirts
(1) Full Page ad in Tournament
Magazine
(2) Front row seats on spectator
VIP boat
Logo visibility on banners- posters
Logo with direct links to sponsor
site from the official tournament
web site and Facebook page
Exposure on live event radio
broadcast
Bronze sponsor $250
Logo visibility on banners
Website link
1/4 Page ad in Tournament
Magazine
(2) Official Tournament Tee Shirts
Direct links to sponsor site from the
official tournament web site and
Facebook page
Exposure on live event radio
broadcast
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Who do we support?:
Englewood Community Care Clinic’s Sports First Aid Program
First aid kits that will be used for youth sporting organizations.
Keeping the medical necessities available when they are needed.
Moffitt Cancer Centers Family First Program
Gasparilla Island Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament children participants fish
to help families cope with cancer. By sponsoring and participating in the
tournament your support can provide help to parents and their children
adjust to the changes that occur within the family when a parent has cancer. Information, preparation and support enables families to cope successfully in the face of serious illness.
All Children’s Hospital Music Therapy Program
Using music to achieve special goals in helping children and families cope
with pain, stress and fear of treatments.
Crownenshield Community House
We add to the general fund for maintenance and upkeep
Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Juvenile Tarpon Research Initiative STEM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Camp
We fund nets, TI handhelds, probe ware; water testing kits, computers,
microscopes, DNA Sampling kits, transportation, insurance, etc...
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Lemon Bay Conservancy’s Juvenile Tarpon Research Initiative STEM Camp
(A one-of-its-kind two-week camp where students study Water Quality, Tarpon Habitat)
The Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Conservation Initiative at Lemon Bay Conservancy Summer Camp Research
Opportunity is a collaborative project
between Lemon Bay High School,
L.A. Ainger Middle School, Charlotte
County Public Schools, The Lemon Bay Conservancy, Boca Grande
Charities, Inc. for the Gasparilla Island
Kids Classic Tarpon Tournament, and
the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation.
The Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Conservation Initiative at Lemon Bay Conservancy Summer Research Camp
will offer a two-week research based
STEM camp opportunity for middle and high school students in the
Englewood community. Charlotte
County Public School teachers and
students will work in collaboration
with the members of the Lemon Bay
Conservancy, University Professors,
as well as state and local experts
in order to provide students with
a meaningful experience learning
about the local ecosystems. Engaging area youth of Charlotte County Public Schools that will result in
a meaningful and long term mentoring partnership between members
of Lemon Bay Conservancy and
our students.
Selected student will attend a twoweek camp culminating data a completed research project that will be
documented and highlighted using
digital technology. Students will use
a variety of modalities to gather and
analyze data: TI handhelds, probe
ware, water testing kits, computers,
microscopes, etc. The research will
be gathered at the Wildflower Preserve. This is home to many juvenile
tarpon and other economically important fish. Students will conduct
research at the preserve and bring
their data back into the school lab
for analysis. This two-week summer
camp will occur in June 2015.
An Evening Reception for the Presentation of Projects: Parents, members of the Lemon Bay Conservancy,
and community members will be invited to enjoy an evening of science
project completion at Wildflower
Preserve. Project posters will be displayed in the hallway entering the
Lemon Bay Theatre. Light appetiz-
ers and refreshments will be served.
The evening will culminate with student presentations for the audience.
This STEM project bonds our local
community. The summer research
opportunity program begins at L.A.
Ainger Middle School and allows a
rising 8th grade student to continue a more in depth study at Lemon Bay High School. A new course
offered in the 2015-16 school year,
at Lemon Bay High School, the Senior Science Research. Propelling
student research to a degree found
at most Universities. This will help
our community in ways yet untold
as students embark on future career
paths! There will also be an Elsie
Bracken $1000.00 scholarship to be
awarded to a rising senior to help finance their future studies in science.
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