Showcase Sponsorship Opportunity

The National Christian Homeschool Basketball Championships have been held in Oklahoma City since March of 2000. Since that time the tournament has grown from 100 teams to 300 teams. This year our Board of Directors decided to add some new features to the tournament that are not covered by team and player fees. We are committed to continuing our practice of having no gate charge for the National Tournament and to not increasing our team and player fees beyond current levels despite escalating costs for gyms, officials and other expenses.

In 2000 a number of familes from the Storm thought it would be a good idea to have a Coaches’ Hospitality Suite, giving coaches a place to find bracket updates, enjoy some refreshments, and get away from the pressures of the tournament while fellowshipping with other coaches from around the country. It was an immediate hit with the coaches, but it did mean taking on expenses not covered by fees. So, we asked the families of the OKC Storm to make donations to cover this expense. I am pleased to say that over the last 8 years Storm families have graciously donated almost $100,000 to cover the expenses for the Coaches’ Hospitality Suite. Storm families take great pride in demonstrating hospitality in this way, and the Coaches’ Hospitality Suite has remained popular with coaches, enhancing their Nationals Experience.

This year we we’re adding four new features to boost the Nationals Experience for everyone. They are:

The Showcase, a tournament showcase of talent, including a dunk contest and other exhibitions of individual skills. It’ll be great fun for all, but on top of that, coaches and scouts from around the country will be invited to The Showcase.
Sponsorship for The Showcase: $5,000

College Coach and Scout Hospitality Much like the Coaches’ Hospitality Suite, a central gathering place for coaches and scouts.
Sponsorship for College Coach and Scout Hospitality: $3,500

Trophies Just like everything else, Trophies go up a little every year. And we want to continue providing top quality trophies and medals. Furthermore, we’d like to add the All American Trophies.
Sponsorship for Trophies: $4,000

Media Expense Cultivating media contacts means important recognition for the tournament as a whole, and for individual players who might not otherwise get the kind of attention they deserve.
Sponsorship for Media Expense: $2,000

We’d like to see four programs step forward and underwrite these four very important expenses that have been included to enhance the Nationals Experience for all. We also will gladly accept individual or family donations. All donations are 100% tax deductible.

If you would like to make an individual donation click on the donate button.

If you would like to spearhead sponsoring one of these projects or just make a donation go to our sponsorship blog http://nchbcsponsor.blogspot.com/ We would love to have this year’s program say:

The 2008 NCHBC sponsored by HCYA
All American Trophies sponsored by Tulsa NOAH
Media Hospitality sponsored by CHSA
Or whatever program steps up to the plate to sponsor the event.

The fact is that virtually all of our programs have families that are capable of stepping in and helping make Nationals better than ever.