Show your customers how much your business cares about the Evanston community!

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1 evanston/north shore We encourage people to shop Evanston; a portion of your sales supports three highly respected organizations whose services help residents get back to work! Show your customers how much your business cares about the Evanston community! Join the Evanston Works Together: 4 Tuesdays in August campaign and we will promote your commitment to helping our comevanston Works Together: 4 Tuesdays in August is simple: Why People like to know that the businesses where they shop, work, and with whom they share their community represent similar interests and a sense of social responsibility. Traditional marketing and advertising methods are not enough to capture the hearts and minds of customers, employees, and the community. More and more, consumer decisions are ty by helping build a stronger, attractive, more vibrant atmosphere in which to live and work. 1. You sign up to donate 5% of your sales revenue from the 4 Tuesdays in August 2013 to our joint initiative. A vibrant community is a growing community, and a grow- 2. We run local advertising to generate awareness of your participation with Evanston shoppers, driving them to your stores to support you and this cause. How Together we help unemployed area residents by providing broad and comprehensive supportive services to our clients who are out of work and looking for jobs. These services include: 3. You build emotional connections with your customers, something that generates customer loyalty. Connections, Youth Job Center, and the YWCA Evanston/North Shore get support that we will use to help unemployed Evanstonians get a chance to get back on their feet. It s a win-win for us all! for all. And leaders in community growth reap the greatest gains, through name recognition and customer loyalty. case management job development with local employers resume and interview-skills building job search training clothing and transportation support Results The services our organizations provide help hundreds of Evanston residents gain employment skills, stabilize their lives and get themselves and their fami- community works!

2 Advertising and Publicity Activities in Support of Participating Stores & Restaurants Full Page ads for the month of August in the Evanston Roundtable listing all participating stores and restaurants E-advertising on Roundtable s website as well Full Page ads for the month of August in the Evanston Review listing all participating stores and restaurants E-advertising on Review s website as well ABC News Chicago Channel 7; Guest Chef Segment for Participating Restaurant to Promote Campaign Full Social Media and e-list publicity from YWCA Evanston/Northshore, YJC, and Connections for the Homeless e-materials for participating stores and restaurants to use to alert their customers Signage for windows of participating stores and restaurants Flyering of Evanston commercial and residential areas in August evanston/north shore Connections for the Homeless YWCA Evanston/North Shore Youth Job Center

3 Your business will be listed in full and half-page advertising in local media during the month of August as a participating retailer in the Evanston Works Together campaign. communities in August (door to door) to advertise Evanston Works Together. All participating businesses will be recognized on the City of Evanston website. You will also receive A Window Display Sign to promote your Company s participation Your Company Name displayed on YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Youth Job Center, and Connections Corporate Sponsors Web pages Your Company Name in the YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Youth Job Center, and Connections annual reports Reduced price advertising in Evanston Roundtable newspaper and website (call Connections for details) Your Company Name on all YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Youth Job Center, and Connections social media sites Your Company Name listed in all YWCA Evanston/North Shore, Youth Job Center, and Connections print and Targeted Press Releases on your generosity sent to all local media outlets Please contact Joe Moag at x 133 or jm@cfthinc.com with questions about how your business can get involved.

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5 Participation Agreement: Store Name (exactly how you want the store listed in promotional materials): Store Address: Store Owner/Manager (please print): Store Phone Number: Store Signature Date This agreement commits the above named store to having its name listed in any and all advertising and promotion around the Evanston Works Together: 4 Tuesdays in August, 2013 retail campaign, and commits the above named store to tender 5% of its sales from the four (4) Tuesdays in August to Connections for the Homeless, Inc., no later than October 31, Connections for the Homeless will evenly divide all revenue from this campaign between all sponsoring non-profits of the campaign. Please fax completed form to: 847/ Connections for the Homeless Contact: Joe Moag, 847/ x133 of jm@cfthinc.org