BrethrenCon Thrives on Corporate Sponsorships and Donations

For each of the past four years, on the Saturday closest to International Talk Like A Pirate Day in September, SBS has hosted the Buccaneer Bash, a swashbuckling party to help fund philanthropic causes related to raising awareness and funding for maritime conservation projects and causes from the Great Age of Sail.

This year will be our second year of expanded programming and our fifth year for the Buccaneer Bash. Last year’s BrethrenCon – our two-day convention-style gathering of pirates and piratical mayhem - was a roaring success with over 300 pirates attending, shopping, enjoying live music and classes, and just being pirates. We raised over $700 for our charity-of-the-year, the Greater New Orleans Foundation. Our goal is to top those numbers this year, with more activities planned to entertain and to raise cash.

Here is where we need your help.

Donations are very important to our activities at the Bash; our budget for supporting maritime causes comes exclusively from donations and events like BrethrenCon.

• Activities like costume contests and talking-like-a-pirate competitions need prizes.
• Our silent auction depends on donations of the sort of plunder that makes a pirate take to the high seas.
• Corporate sponsorships help to defray our operating expenses.
• Lodging and food and beverage support helps us invite exciting guests to BrethrenCon.

We will be recognizing your generosity in various ways at BrethrenCon; all donors will be mentioned during the Buccaneer Bash, and appear in the convention’s gate book. Corporate sponsors will enjoy a variety of promotional opportunitunities.