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1333 Alger St. SE | Grand Rapids, MI 49507 | Phone: 616.241.5616 | Fax: 616.264.6682 | yu@youthunlimited.org

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CONNECTING STUDENTSWITH CHRIST, THE CHURCHAND THEIR COMMUNITIES

YOUTH UNLIMITED is convinced God longs to reveal himself to students through

the local church. This is why we passionately strive to assist congregations as they

challenge students to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and live for him.

We believe a student’s involvement in the church is an integral part of their discipleship.

Therefore, we encourage, support, equip and partner with congregations across North

America through the creation and implementation of mission trips and events.

ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITIES

Youth Unlimited offers a variety of advertising opportunities for businesses that align with our goal to assist churches across the United States and Canada in challenging youth to commit their lives to Jesus Christ and transform this world for him. Each year, Youth Unlimited interacts with over 6,000 people including students, church leaders and parents via numerous points of contact, such as SERVE mission trips, LIVE IT conventions, Spiritual Life Guides, post cards, e-cards, e-newsletters, social media, our website and more.

TARGETED DISTRIBUTION

By advertising with Youth Unlimited, you’ll reach high school and middle school students, their youth leaders, parents and congregations and the communities they’re involved in across the United States and Canada who are eagerly seeking resources that align with their shared passion and faith.

COST-EFFECTIVE MARKETING

Youth Unlimited offers many cost-effective opportunities, offering both price/ad options as well as different advertising packages, each of which honors a discount of up to 10%.

MULTIPLE MARKETS

Advertise your products or services in multiple markets! Youth Unlimited’s 30+ events are each hosted in a different location in Canada or the United States, and over 180 churches participate in these events annually. Students at our events spend a significant amount of time interacting with the local community at the event before heading home and interacting with their own congregation and local community as well.

BENEFITS

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MAGAZINE ADS

The Youth Unlimited Magazine is a multi-page, ministry-specific publication which is sent out three times a year to over 1,725 churches, organizations, donors and people that Youth Unlimited is associated with. The intention of this magazine is to showcase and inform all of Youth Unlimited’s ministry efforts to our constituents. Each issue also contains a few relevant articles from experienced writers which will range from speaking into Youth Unlimited experiences to equipping and informing readers on other Kingdom-related causes. The Youth Unlimited Magazine is mailed across the United States and Canada.

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE ADS

Youth Unlimited’s faith-forming experiences equip over 1,600 people (each adult leader and student participant) with the guides, devotional material and resources needed for the duration of the event. Each year, these materials pass through the hands of thousands of high school or middle school students and hundreds of leaders from all across the United States and Canada. We intentionally open up ad space in these materials for Kingdom causes and the hope that we can help further the spiritual awakening that starts at these Youth Unlimited experiences. This is an especially ideal space for colleges to showcase their school to students making decisions about their educational future.

PARTICIPANT GIFT SPONSORSHIP

Youth Unlimited supplies practical gifts every year to students and leaders at 30+ events. By sponsoring these gifts, your name and/or logo will be printed on each one distributed. Gifts may include lanyards, string backbacks, water bottles and more. *Please note, other organizations’ names/logos and/or Youth Unlimited logos or text may be printed near your organization’s name.

NEWSLETTER

Each month, Youth Unlimited sends an e-newsletter to over 5,000 students, church leaders and donors in the United States and Canada who have participated in or expressed interest in a Youth Unlimited faith-forming experience. To better supply resources for the recipients of this e-newsletter, your logo with a link to your website can be placed within our e-newsletter where students and church leaders can easily find and connect with you.

EXHIBIT SPACE

Every other year, Youth Unlimited hosts LIVE IT, a five-day, convention-type of event where students learn about their value in Christ while exploring how to use their talents to spread God’s love to their friends, community and world. Exhibitors can engage with the students throughout the event and even have the opportunity to get involved in the lives of the high school students in attendance through serving in one of the track experiences (Arts, Athletics, Service or Leadership) during the event.

OPPORTUNITIES

ADVERTISING RESTRICTIONS

• Advertising space is limited. Ads are placed on a first-come, first-served basis.

• All advertising is subject to the Editor-in-chief.

• Advertisers retain the liability for all content (text, representation and illustration) of advertisements.

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MAGAZINE ADS

Ad Size 1 Ad 2 Ads 3 AdsHalf Page: $400 $375 $350Full Page: $650 $600 $550Inside Back Cover: $800 $750 $700Inside Front Cover: $950 $900 $850

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE ADS

Half Page: $400 Inside Back Cover: $800Full Page: $650 Inside Front Cover: $950

PARTICIPANT GIFT SPONSORSHIP $1,000

NEWSLETTER AD $25/month

EXHIBIT SPACE

Single booth $1,000Double booth $1,250*Details available upon request

PARTNERSHIP PACKAGE $3,250

(10% DISCOUNT)

• 3 Full Page Magazine Ads• Spiritual Life Guide Full Page Ad• Participant Gift Sponsorship• Newsletter Ad for 1 year• Complimentary Exhibit Space

STUDENT-FOCUSED PACKAGE $1,800

(7% DISCOUNT)

• Spiritual Life Guide Full Page Ad• Newsletter Ad for 1 year• Participant Gift Sponsorship

PRICINGAll pricing is in U.S. funds and at a per ad cost.

PACKAGE OPTIONSUp-front, quarterly & monthly payment plans are available.

MINISTRY: Youth Unlimited materials are free resources to our data-base of constituents. To that end, we will only accept advertisements that will appeal to these demographics.

OFFENSE TO GOOD TASTE: Indecent, vulgar, suggestive or other advertisements that, in the opinon of Youth Unlimited, may be offenseive to good taste will not be accepted.

DISCRIMINATION: Advertisements that express or imply discrimination on grounds of race, national origin, sex, age, martital status or disability will not be accepted.

ALCOHOL/TOBACCO: Advertisements for alcohol-related and/or any tobacco-related products will not be accepted.

POLITICS: Advertisements promoting any politics or political views will not be accepted.

MEDICAL: Advertisements that lead to self-diagnosis for self-treatment of serious medical conditions will not be accepted.

DATING SERVICES: Advertisements for dating services will not be accepted.

MISCELLANEOUS: Advertisements that contain fraudulent, deceptive and misleading statements or illustrations, attacks of personal nature or abusive reference to goods and services of others will not be accepted.

CONTENT STIPULATIONS

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Please follow these guidelines when submitting files:

1. All ads should be submitted electronically.

2. The preferred file format is PDF. (PDFX1A is best.) Files should be saved at 300dpi at the final, printed size with embedded fonts and images.

3. Adobe InDesign files are also acceptable. The InDesign Package should contain all image links and embedded fonts.

4. All color images, type and graphics need to be set to process color (CMYK). Spot colors are not used in the printing of Youth Unlimited materials. Remember: The size and resolution of images directly affects the quality of the final reproduction.

5. All bleeds and trim areas listed below should be adhered to in the electronic version.

6. For any further questions on other methods of submission, please contact Youth Unlimited.

GRAPHIC GUIDELINES

AD SPECSAll sizes are in U.S. inches.

Trim 8.25 x 10Live Area 7.75 x 9.5Bleed 8.5 x 10.25

Trim 5.5 x 8.5Live Area 5 x 8Bleed 5.75 x 8.75

Trim 8.5 x 11Live Area 8 x 10.5Bleed 8.75 x 11.25

FULL PAGEBLEED

TWO PAGE SPREADBLEED

Trim 8.25 x 10Live Area 7.75 x 9.5No Bleed Allowance

Trim 5.5 x 8.5Live Area 5 x 8No Bleed Allowance

Trim 8.5 x 11Live Area 8 x 10.5No Bleed Allowance

FULL PAGENON-BLEED

1/2 PAGEHORIZONTAL

BLEED

Trim 8.25 x 4.9375Live Area 7.75 x 4.4375Bleed 8.5 x 5.1875

Trim 5.5 x 4.1875Live Area 5 x 3.6875Bleed 5.75 x 4.375

Trim 8.5 x 5.4375Live Area 8 x 4.9375Bleed 8.75 x 5.6875

1/2 PAGEHORIZONTALNON-BLEED

Trim 8.25 x 4.9375Live Area 7.75 x 4.4375No Bleed Allowance

Trim 5.5 x 4.1875Live Area 5 x 3.6875No Bleed Allowance

Trim 8.5 x 5.4375Live Area 8 x 4.9375No Bleed Allowance

Trim 11 x 8.5Live Area 9.5 (total) x 8Bleed 11.25 x 8.75When designing spreads, set up 2 pagesside-by-side (5.5” X 8.5”) and plan for an inch of dead space between pages to accomodate spiral binding.

Trim 17 x 11Live Area 15.5 (total) x 11Bleed 17.25 x 11.25When designing spreads, set up 2 pagesside-by-side (8.5” X 11”) and plan for an inch of dead space between pages to accomidate spiral binding.

MAGAZINE

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE (STUDENT)

SPIRITUAL LIFE GUIDE (LEADER)

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ADVERTISING AGREEMENT

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ADVERTISER INFORMATION

Company ____________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Name ________________________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

City, State/Providence, Postal Code ________________________________________________________________

Phone ______________________________________________________________________________________

Email _______________________________________________________________________________________

BILLING INFORMATION (leave blank if same as above)

Company ____________________________________________________________________________________

Contact Name ________________________________________________________________________________

Address _____________________________________________________________________________________

City, State/Providence, Postal Code ________________________________________________________________

Phone ______________________________________________________________________________________

Email _______________________________________________________________________________________

ADVERTISEMENTS

Package (if applicable): o Partnership ($3,250) o Student-Focused ($1,800)

OFFICE USE ONLYPublication/Venu Size Cost Notes/Instructions Ad Submitted

o Magazine ________________ ________________ ________________ _______________

o Spiritual Life Guides ________________ ________________ ________________ _______________

o Participant Gift Sponsorship ________________ ________________ _______________

o Newsletter Ad (Number of months ______) ________________ ________________ _______________

o Exhibit Space (Booth: o Single o Double) ________________ ________________ _______________

____________________________________ ___________________________________ _______________Advertiser Authorization (Signature) YU Acceptance (Signature) Agreement Submitted

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