BIG NEWS!

 Dear Potential Sponsor,

We’re back! After a 2-year hiatus, the 40th Annual Havelock Chili Festival is back in 2022, bigger and better than ever before. This year the Chili Festival will be a 1-day event held on Saturday, September 24, 2022.  

We know that Businesses like yours are eager to give back to our local community and we greatly appreciate your support. Our partnership with our business and community partners afforded us the opportunity to award $44,000 to local nonprofit organizations here in Havelock. Additionally, approximately 40 nonprofit organizations were able to participate in the Festival to sell products, promote programs, raise awareness, etc. Thousands of members of the surrounding area and personnel from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point were in attendance and the event was covered by the New Bern Sun Journal, County Compass, Havelock News and local television stations. We are looking forward to making this year’s festival an even greater success. We are currently running an advertising campaign on WCTI-12 and will launch a new campaign soon including new sponsors.

Your sponsorship enables us to host this annual festival for our community and provides incredible visibility and recognition of your direct efforts in our community. Once your business becomes a sponsor, the Havelock Chili Festival will then promote your sponsorship through our website, Facebook page, and other marketing strategies. The following page outlines sponsorship levels for the 40th Annual Havelock Chili Festival.  

If you would like to participate in this year’s event as a sponsor, please contact us for more details! 

We're currently booking entertainment acts and will announce our line-up soon! If you are interested in performing at the 2022 Havelock Chili Festival on Saturday, September 24, 2022, please contact us at HavelockChiliCommittee@outlook.com.

The Havelock Chili Festival was created as a means for nonprofit organizations to raise funds and awareness for their causes. 

Proceeds from the Havelock Chili Festival benefit nonprofit organizations in our local area. 

In 2019, over $11,500 in funds were distributed to a variety of organizations, schools, and causes, 

including $1,000 in scholarships and $2,000 in STEM grants to Havelock elementary and Middle schools.

We invite nonprofit organization vendors (food, snacks, and information),
as well as 

for-profit merchandise vendors (handcrafted, commercial, etc.) to participate. 

Click below for all the Vendor Application details.

We are seeking Community partners to help us execute another successful Havelock Chili Festival, Havelock’s largest annual community event. Last year we were thrilled to distribute $21,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations, middle- and high-school clubs and athletic teams, and 7 scholarships to Havelock high-school seniors.

We are in our 42nd year and are working to make the festival bigger and better than ever! This year’s Chili Festival will be back to our traditional 3rd weekend in October, being held on Saturday, October 19, 2024. Thanks to the generous sponsorship of the Havelock Rotary, we are bringing back the much-requested Wings Competition this year!

We know that Businesses like yours are eager to give back to our local community and we greatly appreciate any support you can provide. Our partnership with our business and community partners afforded us the opportunity to annually award academic scholarships to Havelock seniors, as well as over $69,000 to local nonprofit organizations here in Havelock in the past 7 years. We were also able to give nonprofit organizations the opportunity to participate in the Festival to sell products for fundraising, promote programs, raise awareness, etc. Thousands of residents of the surrounding area and personnel from Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point were in attendance at our 2023 event, which was covered by the New Bern Sun Journal and local television stations. We are looking forward to making this year’s festival an even greater success.

Your sponsorship enables our nonprofit organization to host this annual community festival and provides incredible visibility and recognition of your direct efforts in our community. Corporate sponsors help us in our marketing and media advertising efforts. Once your business becomes a sponsor, we will promote your business through our website, Facebook page, and other marketing strategies. The following page outlines sponsorship levels for the 42nd Annual Havelock Chili Festival. We are a 501-3c4 organization.

The form below outlines sponsorship levels for the 41st Annual Havelock Chili Festival.  

If you would like to participate in this year’s event as a sponsor, please contact us for more details.