Although the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla currently has several sponsors for its boat parade, the committee continues to seek a title sponsor and a grand prize for the 2014 best in show entry.
“I’ve been putting in phone calls to other people to try and find a title sponsor,” chairman Pres Davenport said during the flotilla board’s Monday, July 28 meeting.
Coldwell Banker Sea Coast Realty made a donation of $1,000, with Motts Channel Seafood, Tower 7 Baja Grill, Dockside Restaurant and several others also making contributions of $250.
The committee discussed several new fundraising options to recruit a title sponsor. Davenport suggested certain businesses might be more likely to donate a large sum if part of the money went to charity.
“My recommendation is that we move forward with a test program on it,” Davenport said. “Anybody who contributes over a threshold, a portion of that money goes to the flotilla and a portion goes to an education charity.”
Vice chairman Ryan Rhodenhiser said the board had received 16 vendor applications to date. Rhodenhiser and Davenport offered the idea of giving vendor space to companies that decorate a boat.
Members also discussed tying the Festival in the Park into Small Business Saturday, as they both fall on Nov. 29, 2014. No decision was reached, but the board agreed to further investigate that idea, among others, and regroup at the next meeting Aug. 25.
“A lot of things going on,” Davenport said, “but no real conclusion yet … just progress.”
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