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CORPORATE MEMBERSHIP
Corporate Sustaining Membership (CSM)
The companies that support our efforts are especially appreciated. Rather than being a traditional advertising or sponsorship model, this membership leaves the CSM in control, allowing access to our vast social media presence as well as participation in exclusive events. Click here to read more about what we do!
Whether your business wants to donate funds or be actively involved in cleanups or events, this program is intended to recognize companies that publicly support our cause. While the type of business isn’t as important as the motivation, CSM applications are vetted based on alignment with 4WDABC goals and principles.
For only $250/year, your benefits include:
- 6″ or 8″ CSM decal (your choice)
- Public listing on our website, along with available discounts if you choose to offer them
- Invitation to have a booth or presence at events such as the annual Show & Shine
- Ability to make one weekly post in the Buy/Sell/Trade Facebook group to promote your business (non-CSMs companies can post once per month)
- Ability to make one monthly post in the main Facebook group to promote your business (advertising posts are otherwise not allowed)
- Increased visibility among members as a provider for common purchases
- Ability to comment on questions on all socials to promote your goods that directly relate to the post
- Public recognition on our main social channels for support and participation of any events you choose to support
- Copies of our publications (such as the Backroader and calendar) for every store location (where stock is available)
- Your logo and link to your website in a 1/8 page ad in the Backroader Magazine
Engagement and Donations
Our Corporate Sustaining Members often want to support us in ways beyond simply maintaining a membership. Different CSMs have different needs and abilities; here are some of the ways our partners participate!
Discounts on purchases
Drive customers to your door! Knowing they can save money will put you at the top of the shopping list for purchases big or small. Our virtual membership card system will ensure that only active members are able to access this perk, and it’s up to you what to offer. This is the most popular way that CSMs support us, our members, and themselves.
If you choose to offer discounts, you can add details in the signup form below, update them in your account at any time, or email us at csm@4wdabc.ca and we’ll update your profile for you.
Donating prizes
Aside from offering discounts on purchases, this generates the most excitement in person and online – especially for the Show & Shine! The retail value of goods donated will count towards the following year’s renewal, and our team will endeavour to highlight these prizes on our social media as much as possible. The association benefits from the excitement about the prizes, and the CSM gets a big signal boost online from the official 4WDABC account.
- If you donate $500 or more in a year, a 1/4 page ad in the Backroader Magazine (you provide your own ad copy)
- If you donate $1000 or more in a year, a 1/2 page ad in the Backroader Magazine (you provide your own ad copy) and your membership fee will be waived next year
If you like, you can specify whether your donation should go toward general fundraising efforts, membership drivers, or other specific causes.
- Membership drivers are things like draws where the winner is selected from among active paid members; this helps encourage people to sign up or renew, and membership numbers are where our strength truly lies.
- Specific causes may be things like relief fundraisers for natural disasters, legal challenges, and so on. When we’re fundraising for such causes, we’ll reach out to CSMs for those targeted donations.
Donating funds
Some companies may choose to donate partial proceeds or collected donations to the association, which goes directly towards our maintenance and advocacy efforts. For those who simply want to support financially without much other engagement, this is another way to stay involved, get promoted, and it will count towards the next year’s renewal.
Donating food or materials
Let’s do lunch! Helping encourage volunteer turnout by donating hot dogs, burgers, pop, a bbq and staff to flip burgers; whatever works for you works for us. “Thank you” posts for these types of engagements tend to get a lot of positivity from the membership. With all the maintenance projects across the province, some CSMs donate materials at their cost or no cost, which helps us stretch every penny and get more done. Value for either (before tax) counts towards the following year’s renewal.
We are always working on ways to improve our support for our CSMs and are open to feedback. Please direct all questions or comments to csm@4wdabc.ca.
SIGN UP NOW
Fill out our registration form below to get started, please use the name, contact information, and mailing address for your company representative that will receive all communication and shipments