Experience the great outdoors during the 2009 Hunting and Fishing Expo at The Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. Space is available for local vendors and exhibitors to demonstrate/sell products and services, offer workshops, present educational seminars, and sponsor activities or contests.

	Download Participant Packet
	Online Vendor Registration Form
	Online Workshop/Seminar Registration Form
	Online Exhibitor Registration Form
	Online Sponsorship Registration Form
	Expo Floor Plan  (Early registrants can request booth location)
	Do you want your business name printed in the newspaper, on the yard signs or flyers, or mentioned on the radio?
	Frequently Asked Questions
	Info Request
	Schedule of Classes and Seminars
	View Directions to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center

What is the Hunting and Fishing Expo?

• Educational workshops and seminars
• Vendor booths by local retailers
• Exhibits from hunting/fishing organizations and associations
• Interactive activities
• A family-friendly event and cookout for all hunters and anglers in the area

Exhibitor Space

• 10' x 10' booth ($200.00)
• (2) Booths ($350.00)
• (3) Booths ($500.00)

Early registrants can request booth location. Click here for availability and Grand Hall layout

Media Sponsors

WKPT ABC 19	WAPK

Publicity Efforts

• Bristol Herald Courier and local weekly newspapers
• www.swcenter.edu website
• FM 94 “Live on Location”
• Voice Magazine for Women
• Media sponsorship
• Public service announcements
• Email blasts
• Newsletters
• Electronic marquee at the entrance of the VHCC campus
• Banner visible from Interstate 81and on Cummings Street in Abingdon, VA
• Area calendar of events
• Flyers and yard signs
• Word of mouth
• www.virginia.org, www.nhfday.org, www.dgif.state.va.us

According to www.sportsmenslinks.org

• 1 out of 7 Virginia residents hunt or fish
• There are 857,000 hunters and anglers in Virginia
• Virginia sportsmen spend $3.6 million per day
• You can “cast” your “bucks” and benefit from the $1.3 billion industry

Highlights

• Free Door Prizes
• Free Parking
• $2.00 General Admission, advanced tickets available- weekend passes $4.00
• Children under 12 admitted free

Activities and Exhibits

Schedule of Classes and Seminars

Donatations

• Country Boy Seed – Roy Barlow
• VA Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries – Sandy Mills
• Henry’s A Big Rock Sports – Larry Surber
• Crouses Hunters Paradise
• Voice Magazine for Women – Janice Jessee

	Download Participant Packet
	Online Vendor Registration Form
	Online Workshop/Seminar Registration Form
	Online Exhibitor Registration Form
	Online Sponsorship Registration Form
	Expo Floor Plan  (Early registrants can request booth location)
	Do you want your business name printed in the newspaper, on the yard signs or flyers, or mentioned on the radio?
	Frequently Asked Questions
	Info Request
	Schedule of Classes and Seminars
	View Directions to the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center