CALGARY, ALBERTA – Times are challenging for families right now as expenses and stresses are so high. Non-profit organizations help fill those needs for families. Switchback Creative is here to help by awarding $10,000 worth of services to the recipient of the Trailblazer Fund. Applications are open for 2025 and close November 15, 2024.

Here’s how it works

What we provide
Free access to our marketing expertise, collaborating with organizations to bring them quality branding, design and web development services that will take your organization to the next level. We also want to help you with marketing strategy along with the planning process. We will work with you to present your brand in the best light possible. We will help you blaze a trail based on a foundation that has already been set, or a vision taking shape in your organization.

We are hoping for a long term relationship that starts with this Trailblazer Fund and grows into lifelong friendship between our companies.

TRAILBLAZER PACKAGE INCLUDES: $10,000 worth of design or branding or website development services.

The two options for package services are:
Branding Development package: Creation of a new logo, branding elements go with the logo, all logo files in a variety of formats, style guide, brand guidelines book, sample ad template, social media graphics, business card design, social graphics, email signature, letterhead and postcard for general information, 2 custom template pieces to suit your needs.

Website Design and Development package: new website design and development, along with training on how to update your website. We will help you pull all the pieces together for a more functional

Organizations have the opportunity to gain insight into the operations of a full marketing and web agency, collaborate on creative briefs, brainstorming and approvals at many stages along the way. We want to help educate and support your team and will give you full visibility in understanding the behind the scenes of how it all works when putting branding work together.

What we provide
Free access to our marketing expertise and collaboration with recipients to bring them quality branding, design or web development services that will take their organization to the next level. We will help blaze a trail to greater heights based on a foundation that has already been set, or a vision taking shape for the non-profit organization.

“We created the TrailBlazer so that every year we could significantly help a charity organization take a big step forward. They, in turn, can do their mission’s work with better tools in-hand. In the past five years we have been able to help a community foundation, brain rehabilitation association, a children’s festival, public library and a museum through this program.” – Suzy Rounce, Co-Founder, Creative Director Switchback Creative

Past winners include: Airdrie Public Library, Canadian Biosphere Regions Association, Airdrie District Community Foundation, Airdrie Children’s Festival.

We are looking for passionate pitches submitted in a short video and application format on why they need our help and what their vision is for the future. Get your applications in by NOVEMBER 15, 2024.

Winner is announced December 15, 2024. For more information go to https://switchbackcreative.ca/trailblazer/

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Switchback Creative is a digital creative agency that has worked with more than 350 clients in 11 years building brands from ground level to multi-million dollar companies. This is sixth year we will award the non-profit TrailBlazer Fund.