RUN WITH THE SUNA 3-Kilometer Family Fun Run/Walk and Competitive 5-Kilometer and

10-Kilometer Races benefitting the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind

SPRING 2017

Sponsoring Organizations

Leadership and participation in the organization and conduct of the RUN WITH THE SUN come from the membership of the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and the North Texas Association of Energy Engineers. Information about each organization and their activities may be found at their respective websites: www.NTREG.org and www.NTAEE.org.

Purpose

• The RUN WITH THE SUN is an event intended to assist The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind to reduce their electric bills via much-needed energy efficiency improvements to their office building.  By doing so we plan to be an enabler of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind to better perform their Mission - serving the needs of the estimated 154,000 blind and visually impaired people in their 11-county service region. Under their current financial constraints, the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind provides employment and services to only approximately 1,100 blind and visually impaired persons. Our mission enables their mission.

• The RUN WITH THE SUN also seeks to educate the running community, introducing them to clean energy options which enable a clean-air lifestyle.

Plan

• Saturday, Sept. 17th, 2016 - Members of the North Texas Renewable Energy Group (www.NTREG.org), teamed with the North Texas Association of Energy Engineers (www.NTAEE) will perform a no-cost full energy audit of the 70,000-sqft office facilities of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, located at 4306 Capitol Avenue in  Dallas, TX.  

• Tuesday, Oct.25th, 2016 - The advisory committee to the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind, composed of members of the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and the North Texas Association of Energy Engineers, will present a statement of findings and recommendations to the Board of Directors of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind.  This report will detail the discoveries of the audit and will propose energy efficiency alterations which can be made to their office building.  The aim of this activity is to bring down the amount of energy wasted – and thus the amount the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind spends on electricity.

Plan, (continued)

• The energy efficiency improvements made to the offices of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind  shall be funded by lenders participating in the programs of the Texas PACE Authority (More here: http://www.texaspaceauthority.org/), pending the approval of the Board of Directors of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind.   The statute authorizing PACE in Texas (SB 385) was passed by the Texas Legislature in 2013 and The Texas PACE Authority is now expanding to counties and municipalities across Texas.

• It is the intent of the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and the North Texas Association of Energy Engineers to assist the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind in the accelerated repayment of their P.A.C.E.  program loan and to raise awareness in our community of clean energy alternatives via an ANNUAL foot-race:  THE RUN WITH THE SUN.

The Race Events

• Benefitting the Dallas Lighthouse for Blind, the first annual RUN WITH THE SUN is an outreach event to the community of active runners here in Dallas - Fort Worth.

• The fundraising goal is $75,000.  Funds are raised from runner registration fees: Competitive Runs:5 Kilometer - $30*  / 10 Kilometer  - $35*  Family Fun Run/Walk: 3 Kilometer - $15*    

The Race Events (Continued)

Exclusions to Paid Registration for the RUN WITH THE SUN• *Runners / Walkers under the age of 10 or 65++ have no registration fee. 

We're just glad to have them out there running and learning about Solar and Renewable Energy and the contribution [S&RE] makes to clean air. ** Companies or Sponsor organizations may submit group registrations and wear T-Shirts or other attire promoting their businesses.  For every 4 PAID team registrants (regardless of level), the fifth runner/walker participates FREE of CHARGE.

The Race Events (Continued)

• Location: Dallas, TX – Bachman Lake Park (paved trail) Site of run available here:http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/1224138217. One complete circuit is 5

kilometers. Two circuits equals 10 kilometers.

• Date: SPRING 2017

• Time: 7AM – 4PM, Central Standard Time• Convocation: 9:00 AM• 10K Event – Pistol at 10:00 AM• 5K Event – Pistol at 10:45 AM• 3K Event – Pistol at 11:30 AM

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

• In addition to the registration fees from the runners, we are seeking CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP at the levels indicated here, to make the RUN WITH THE SUN event a successful part of the effort to reduce the energy costs of the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind and assist them in their mission to serve the needs of the blind and visually impaired.

• Sol-Mate: $3500 (GOLD)• Terawatt: $2000 (SILVER)• Gigawatt: $1000 (BRONZE)• Megawatt: $500• Kilowatt: $250

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Sol-Mate: $3500 (GOLD)• ALL Terawatt benefits + Executive Sponsor benefits.  (your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt sponsor on

the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN website, the North Texas Renewable Energy Group (www.NTREG.org) website,  race route signs, and RUN WITH THE SUN sign-in sheets.  Registrant data captured from the registration website will be made available to RUN WITH THE SUN sponsors at the Megawatt Level and levels above) and your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt sponsor on the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN marketing flyers distributed at various public locations (Starbucks Coffee, Whole Foods Markets, Central Market, Pace Setters, Luke's Locker, Run On!  New Balance Stores, Foot Locker, REI, etc.). Your company name will be advertised on local radio and prominently displayed on print and digital media locations, including website, race route signs, flyers and press releases.  Your organization can also distribute company marketing literature (tri-folds, business cards, etc.) at the RUN WITH THE SUN via a booth or table at the FINISH LINE area.  Your company may also participate in the Active Network Virtual Event Bags.  Corporate sponsors at this level are able to create virtual marketing deals for prospects and new customers in partnership with the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind. 

• Your Company name and logo will be included as a GOLD-level sponsor in a presentation folder encasing the certificates awarded along with medals for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers in each of the 5K and 10K run events.  Only the 5K and 10K events are competitive events. 

• Personal thanks and recognition by our celebrity guest speaker and 10K runner, 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympic Gold Medalist.  

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Terawatt: $2000 (SILVER)• ALL Gigawatt benefits (your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt sponsor on the 2016 RUN

WITH THE SUN website, the North Texas Renewable Energy Group (www.NTREG.org) website,  race route signs, and RUN WITH THE SUN sign-in sheets.  Registrant data captured from the registration website will be made available to RUN WITH THE SUN sponsors at the Megawatt Level and levels above) and your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt sponsor on the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN marketing flyers distributed at various public locations (Starbucks Coffee, Whole Foods Markets, Central Market, Pace Setters, Luke's Locker, Run On!  New Balance Stores, Foot Locker, REI, etc.)  + Exclusive Sponsor Benefits.  As a Terawatt-level sponsor, your company name will be advertised on local radio and prominently displayed on print and digital media locations, including website, race route signs, flyers and press releases.  Your organization can also distribute company marketing literature (tri-folds, business cards, etc.) at the RUN WITH THE SUN via a booth or table at the FINISH LINE area.  Your company may also participate in the Active Network Virtual Event Bags.  Corporate sponsors at this level are able to create virtual marketing deals for prospects and new customers in partnership with the North Texas Renewable Energy Group and the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind.

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Gigawatt: $1000 (BRONZE)• Megawatt benefits (your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt

sponsor on the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN website, the North Texas Renewable Energy Group (www.NTREG.org) website, race route signs, and RUN WITH THE SUN sign-in sheets.  Registrant data captured from the registration website will be made available to RUN WITH THE SUN sponsors at the Megawatt Level and levels above) and your Company logo displayed as a Gigawatt sponsor on the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN marketing flyers distributed at various public locations (Starbucks Coffee, Whole Foods Markets, Central Market, PaceSetters, Luke's Locker, Run On!  New Balance Stores, Foot Locker, REI, etc.)

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Megawatt: $500• Kilowatt benefits + your Company logo displayed as a Megawatt

sponsor on the 2016 RUN WITH THE SUN website, the North Texas Renewable Energy Group (www.NTREG.org) website,  race route signs, and RUN WITH THE SUN sign-in sheets.  Registrant data captured from the registration website will be made available to RUN WITH THE SUN sponsors at the Megawatt Level and levels above.

Corporate Sponsorship Opportunities

Kilowatt: $250• Your Company logo displayed as a Kilowatt sponsor on the 2016

RUN WITH THE SUN website, and on race route signs.

Why??

Before engaging in any venture, especially a new venture, it’s important to understand the “Why?” “Why is this a good thing to do?” This is the good we can do: • Help the Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind double or triple the number of

jobs they offer - providing good-paying work for blind and visually impaired people, giving people purpose, taking people off public assistance and increasing the tax base.  

• Build a case study for more energy efficient (less wasteful) building practices and the conversion of energy demand from coal, nuclear, even natural gas to clean solar and wind-generated power.  

• Start a domino effect among non-profit and for-profit enterprises alike. 

Why??

• Help the United States achieve energy independence and slow or eliminate pollution of the air we all share to breathe and reduce the effects of carbon emissions on global climate change. 

• Reduce the need to send the US military into harm's way constantly to defend the production and free-flow of oil from the Middle East.  

• Educate Future Generations: The Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind is located directly across Capitol Ave. from the Alfred W. Spence Talented Gifted Academy, one of two 80th percentile schools in Dallas ISD; Travis is the other.   Opportunity exists to engage the students as observers and learners in this project.

RUN WITH THE SUN – Corporate Sponsors

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RUN WITH THE SUN – Thank You!

Dallas Lighthouse for the Blind is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that focuses on improving and enhancing the lives of people with blindness and visual impairments in North Texas.