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The Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Timken Grand Parade is one of the largest in the nation, and the Enshrinement Festival has been voted one of the top 100 attractions in North America by the American Bus Association. The Timken Grand Parade typically features approximately 125 entries, including spectacular floats, marching bands, helium balloons, clowns, unique specialty units, football greats, and the current class of enshrinees.

The Timken Grand Parade is viewed by approximately 200,000 spectators along the 2.2-mile route as well as by millions more viewing it via the national television broadcast.  The 2007 Timken Grand Parade was broadcast on 200 stations, representing more than 85 million households.  For the past six years, the parade has also been aired on Fox Sports Net Ohio that covers all but four counties in Ohio, and reaches into portions of Kentucky and Indiana.

Previously, the Festival received an “International Festivals Association Broadcast Award” for its taped presentation of the parade.  This award is very prestigious as it is the top award in the Best Full-Length Program category for festivals with a budget of $500,000 and above.

We would be very pleased to welcome you as a Timken Grand Parade sponsor. There are various sponsorship opportunities available, and one of the most exciting is sponsorship of a helium balloon.  This sponsorship provides outstanding promotional benefits on a local, regional, and national level, as follows:

• A banner with your company name precedes the balloon of your choice on the parade route. 
• Your employees can be part of the excitement by serving as balloon handlers.  Many companies provide logo T-shirts for their employees to wear as they perform this fun task, so you can really get a great deal of added exposure on the television broadcast.

For more information on this or other sponsorship opportunities, contact sponsorship manager Eric Belden, at 330.458.2055