2023 WORCA Sponsorship Opportunities
WORCA has the following sponsorship opportunities available for 2023:
Corporate Membership
Offering discounts to WORCA members
General Sponsorship
If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please email our Events and Sponsorship Coordinator, Kate Gayton, at kate@worca.com and cc trevor@worca.com. For Toonie Rides and the Women’s Enduro, please also cc toonies@worca.com. For the Back Forty, please cc events@worca.com and for Trail Nights, please cc trails@worca.com.
Corporate Membership
This is the easiest way to become a Bronze level Sponsor with a $500 contribution, or to reach a higher sponsorship category if you already have other contributions.
Click Here to purchase a Corporate Membership.
Then email trevor@worca.com to obtain codes for up to 10 WORCA memberships to be distributed to your staff.
Toonie Rides
For 2023 we are planning to run a mix of in-person and virtual Toonie Rides again.
Toonie Rides: We usually require a few different sponsors for each event to provide the following: one sponsor to provide course marshals and to set up and remove directional signs on the course; one or two sponsors for an après venue, food and drinks; and there is the option for one or more sponsors to provide prizes.
Virtual Toonie Rides: For each of these we require one sponsor to provide prizes and another sponsor to provide après deals.
Trail Nights
We will be running our volunteer trail nights every Tuesday from spring through to fall and we will be working on completing the new Flashback trail in Cheakamus (https://www.trailforks.com/trails/flashback-3/).
The cost to sponsor each trail night will be $675. This is an increase from the $500 fee last year because we have decided that we need to have two paid trail crew employees rather than just one to supervise the work of volunteers. The number of volunteers will be limited to a maximum of 30 per trail night.
The same as last year, WORCA will take on the responsibility of purchasing the food and drinks for volunteers.
The Back Forty
June 10th, 2023. This is the third year for this event and it has already sold out with 250 racers registered and lots more on the waitlist. The sponsorship levels for the Back Forty are as follows: Title $8,000, Presenting $5,000, Gold $3,000, Silver $2,000, Bronze $1,000.
Women’s Enduro - The Witsend
September 24th, 2023. This is a brand new event and we are in the early planning stages. We will be looking for several different sponsors for this event. We expect it to be very popular because there have been many requests for a women’s enduro race in Whistler.
View The Witsend sponsorship opportunity details here
Offering discounts to WORCA members
If you are a local business that can offer discounts to WORCA members, please let us know!
We will promote your business in the Member Discounts section on our website as well as in our newsletter and social media posts. All WORCA members have access to an online membership card in their Amilia account, so they can show this as proof to obtain discounts.
General Sponsorship
If you would like your logo to appear on our Sponsors website page, you can reach the different categories by a combination of the different sponsorship options (calculate the total value of your contribution for Toonies/Trail Nights/Special Events and let us know) and/or by making a separate cash donation. For sponsors that provide in-kind contributions, a minimum cash contribution of $500 is required for Silver level sponsorship or higher.
We promote our sponsors through our website, newsletters and social media channels and we can work on specific details with each individual sponsor.
If you have any questions about any of the sponsorship opportunities, please get in touch with us. We are looking forward to working with you to make 2023 a successful year for the trails and our community!
Trevor Ferrao
WORCA Executive Director