Calypso Communications to Provide Pro-Bono Services For New Boy Scouts Endeavor

Calypso Communications, a full-service marketing, public relations, and design firm headquartered in downtown Portsmouth, has volunteered its services to the Daniel Webster Council of the Boy Scouts of America for an innovative new fundraising initiative planned for this summer. The Scouts will be celebrating the organization’s adventurous side and its 100th year anniversary with an event sure to shake up New Hampshire. Partnering with Over the Edge, a North American fundraising organization, the Council is planning Xtreme Descent 2009, an August 15th rappelling journey down the side of a Manchester office building. All proceeds from Xtreme Descent will benefit the many programs of the Daniel Webster Council.

Over the Edge – Testing the Ropes from Mike Teixeira on Vimeo.

The fundraiser will take place at the 24-story Brady Sullivan High-Rise at 1000 Elm Street, Manchester, New Hampshire. Calypso Communications will develop fundraising, promotional, and marketing materials, including a logo for Xtreme Descent, as well as provide public and media relations throughout the region.

This is not the first time the Boy Scouts have collaborated with Calypso. Last autumn, Calypso Communications generated fundraising materials and public relations efforts to promote the New Hampshire Moose Parade, a unique event that culminated in a black-tie gala where elaborately painted moose statues were auctioned off. All proceeds from that event also benefited the diverse youth and educational programs of the Daniel Webster Council.

“We are always delighted to work with the Daniel Webster Council on behalf of the young people and great programs it supports throughout New Hampshire,” shared Kevin Stickney, founder and president of Calypso. “We had a lot of fun and success last year and we hope to repeat that experience with Xtreme Descent. The Council and its leaders are highly unique and creative in developing fundraising opportunities.”

Mike Kaufman, scout executive, expressed similar enthusiasm. “When we got the chance to exclusive rights to the Over the Edge experience in our state, we had to take it,” explained Kaufman. “We chose to work with Calypso Communications because of their creative energy and enthusiasm, which will be reflected in the materials they design. We chose Over the Edge because of its tremendous 20-year record of pulling these events off safely. The equipment, practices, and procedures that they use are approved by Federal and State OSHA, Workers Compensation, and Industrial Rope Access Trade Association.”

Businesses and individuals interested in “going Over the Edge” by sponsoring or participating in Xtreme Descent may visit www.XtremeDescent.org, or call Joe Wiltrout, director of finance services for the Daniel Webster Council, at 603-625-6431 ext.117. For information on Over the Edge, please visit www.OverTheEdgeUSA.com.

For more information contact
Sharon Delaney
Calypso Communications
sdelaney@calypsocom.com
603-431-0816