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Stretch Your Non-Profit’s Budget: Earn 25% Back in Advertising with Pontiac Printshop & The Equity

Local non-profits and charities are the beating heart of the Ottawa Valley. Whether you are organizing a local fundraiser, hosting a community festival, or recruiting volunteers for a great cause, we know it takes a massive amount of hard work—usually on a very tight budget.

Recently, our parent company, Calumet Media, alongside our local newspaper, The Equity, announced an incredible new Community Non-Profit Support Program. This initiative offers free “standby” advertising space to help local registered non-profits raise awareness.

Pontiac Printshop in Shawville, we wanted to take that community support a step further. We are thrilled to introduce our part of the initiative: the 25% Cross-Promotional Advertising Credit, designed to help you stretch your event budgets and guarantee your message gets seen across the Ottawa Valley.

How the 25% Advertising Credit Works

While The Equity’s free standby ads are a fantastic resource for general, year-round awareness, they run only as space allows. If you are hosting a time-sensitive event – like a charity golf tournament, a holiday market, or a weekend fundraiser- you need guaranteed ad placements on specific dates to make sure people show up.

That’s exactly where the Printshop comes in.

When your registered non-profit or charity purchases promotional items, event signage, or custom apparel directly from Pontiac Printshop, you will automatically earn a 25% credit applied toward future, guaranteed advertising space in The Equity.

Buy What You Need, Earn What You Want

Most community events require some form of printed materials to be a success. With this new program, the money you spend on the physical items you already need will now work double-time to fund your marketing campaign.

Here are just a few ways local organizations can take advantage of this program:

  • Volunteer Apparel: Are you ordering bright, screen-printed t-shirts so your volunteers stand out in the crowd? That purchase earns you ad space.

  • Event Signage: Need vibrant outdoor banners, vinyl graphics, or lawn signs to direct traffic to your fundraiser? That purchase earns you ad space.

  • Donor & Sponsor Gifts: Want to say a professional “thank you” to your board members or sponsors with custom embroidered hats, polos, or mugs? That purchase earns you ad space.

How the math works: If your organization spends $400 outfitting your team with custom-printed event shirts from us, you automatically earn $100 in advertising credit for The Equity. You can then apply that $100 credit directly to an ad campaign to promote the very event you bought the shirts for!

Who is Eligible?

To take advantage of this cross-promotional credit, your organization must simply be a registered non-profit or charity operating in Quebec (holding an active NEQ with the Registre des entreprises du Québec or a CRA/Revenu Québec registration number).

Keep it Local. Maximize Your Reach.

By keeping your printing local with Pontiac Printshop, you don’t just get fast turnaround times and high-quality craftsmanship – you get a direct reinvestment into your organization’s voice.

Ready to stretch your non-profit’s budget further and make your next event a massive success? Let’s get your event gear printed and your ad campaign funded.

Stop by our shop at 133 Rue Centre in Shawville, give us a call at 819-647-2204, or request a quote online. Be sure to let us know you’re a registered non-profit so we can set up your 25% advertising credit today!

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