BECOME A PARTNER
Partnerships are vital to our success. When your business or organization aligns with the Vision Resource Center (VRC), you demonstrate a powerful commitment to inclusion, accessibility, and community well-being to your employees, customers, and stakeholders.
WHY PARTNER WITH VRC
The VRC serves as a crucial support center for the blind and visually impaired community. By becoming a partner, you help us sustain and expand essential services like socialization, support groups, transportation, and community outreach.
When you become our partner, you'll be:
Boosting Your Brand: Align your brand with a respected, high-impact organization dedicated to making the world more accessible.
Engaging Your Employees: Provide meaningful volunteer and team-building opportunities for your staff.
Investing in Your Community: Direct your resources to programs that provide independence and life skills to hundreds of local residents.
WAYS TO PARTNER
We offer several flexible ways for businesses, organizations, and foundations to collaborate with us:
Collaborative Community Events
Create Joint Events
Partner with us to host special events where your service or venue meets our mission on educating the community. This could include accessibility workshops, adaptive technology demonstrations, or sensory-friendly experiences.
Host an Awareness Day
Dedicate a day at your business to raising awareness, featuring VRC representatives, and sharing information with your customers.
Corporate Giving & Sponsorship
Program Sponsorship
Fund a specific VRC program.
Event Sponsorship
Become a named sponsor for key annual events, fundraisers, or awareness campaigns.
General Operating Support
Provide unrestricted funds that allow us to direct resources where the need is greatest.
In-Kind & Pro-Bono Support
Skill-Based Volunteering
Offer your company’s specialized expertise (e.g., marketing, legal services, facility maintenance, IT support) at no cost.
Product Donation
Donate new or gently-used items that directly benefit our members or our operations (e.g., computers, accessible software, office supplies).
Facility Use
Offer meeting space or venues for our programs, workshops, or events.
Workplace Engagement & Employee Giving
Employee Matching Gifts
We encourage companies to match their employees’ personal donations to the VRC.
Volunteer Groups
Organize a team of employees for a corporate volunteer day to assist with a project or event.
Cause Marketing
Launch a campaign where a portion of your product sales or services in a given period is donated to the VRC.
For questions about starting a partnership please contact:
Maureen Pacheco-González
Community Outreach and Engagement Specialist
vrccommunityengagement@gmail.com
(910) 483-2719 Ext. 14