Sponsorships available for RCFT’s Harlem Wizards event

Harlem Wizards Drew 1,100 Spectators Last Year; Sponsorships Help Businesses Reach Centralized Community Audience

The Harlem Wizards are returning to Riverhead this fall.The Wizards will perform at Riverhead High School Nov. 12, event producer Riverhead Central Faculty Association (RCFA) announced. The razzle-dazzle basketball team played to a packed house last year, taking on a team  put together by RCFA.

RCFA is seeking business sponsors to help defray the costs of the show, which has raised just over $20,000 for the organizations scholarship fund since the events inception in 2013.  With more than 1,100 spectators expected again this year, sponsorship is a great opportunity for local businesses to market themselves in the community, organizers said.

The highest level sponsorship, called the Slam Dunk, has been claimed by Stacy Braun and Associates. RiverheadLOCAL is the media sponsor for the event.
Three additional levels of sponsorship remain:

• Three Point, $500 – logo and website link on ticket sale website, half-page advertisement in program, two announcements at event, logo on team shirts, logo displayed in gymnasium;
• Rebound, $250 – logo and website link on ticket sale website; quarter-page advertisement in event program, one announcement at event, logo on team shirts, logo displayed at souvenir stand;
• Sixth Man, $100 – business card advertisement in event program and one announcement at the event; and
• Booster, $50 – Business name listed in the program,
  Interested parties should contact RCFA treasurer email Gregory Wallace.

  All remaining sponsorships include an advertisement in the program, which is handed out to all spectators and an announcement or announcements over the personal address system to the crowd during the event itself. Tier 2 and 3 sponsorships include larger advertisements in the program and displays of sponsor logos on promotional materials throughout the event.

  “Many of last year’s sponsors have already committed again to 2015, and I’ve just begun outreach,” Wallace said. “This is a great testimony to the value the Harlem Wizards offers its event sponsor and the value local business people get from helping the RCFA Scholarship Fund.”

Wallace said that he hopes to attract new sponsors, as well. “I think anyone who saw the energy in the gym last year knows how wonderful this is for our community,” he added. “Any business that wants the attention and goodwill of the people of Riverhead has something to gain by participating with a sponsorship.”

Ticket sales officially open on Oct. 15 online at and locally at Duffy’s Deli located in Jamesport and Riverhead Saf-T-Swim. Tickets are $10 for students and $12 for general admission in advance and tickets are $15 at the door, if available. Thirty court-side tickets will be available for $25. These include a meet-and-greet with the team before the game and will only be available for purchase at Duffy’s Deli and Riverhead Saf-T-Swim.

Source: Riverhead Central Faculty Association press release dated Sept. 20, 2015.