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Hornets Get Teamwork From Local Community

Saline High/Middle School partners with nationwide sports marketing company Side Effects Inc. to boost athletic department

Saline- The Saline High & Middle School athletic departments have partnered with nationwide sports marketing company Side Effects, Inc. out of Dayton, Ohio to build and nourish relationships within their local community. Side Effects, founded in 1996, specializes in connecting schools with sponsors to fund the purchase of much needed athletic equipment. The Hornets have a large beautiful LED football scoreboard, large sponsor boards on their gymnasium walls, and an outdoor wrap around their concession stand.

Kirk Evenson the Assistant Principal and Athletic Director at Saline High School had this to say about his experience with Side Effects Inc. "Side Effects has worked well for Saline; enabling us to meet the needs of our athletes and coaches by leveraging our advertising opportunities."


Side Effects partners with over 900 schools in 35 states throughout the country, providing scoreboards, score tables, digital trophy cases, wall wraps and more. The partnership is both profitable for schools and sponsors, giving sponsors multiple years of exposure on unique sports equipment and sets them up as the exclusive premier supporter of the school.

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This year the list of Saline High/Middle School supporters is lengthy and includes, IHA Family Medicine Hogback: Roger Chen MD, Emergent Health Partners, Gym America, Pizza House, Wexford Homes, Cleary University, KFC/Taco Bell, William Brothers Milan DCJR, Farmers Insurance, St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Saline Pharmacy LLC, Brown & Deline Salon, Dr. Katherine Kelly Orthodontics, Load One LLC, Main Street Financial, Real Estate One, Woodland Family Dentistry, Meijer, Koch & White Heating & Cooling Inc, Northstar Bank, Probility Physical Therapy, Kumon Of Saline, Bank Of Ann Arbor, CVS Pharmacy, Bernis Farms Preschool & Daycare, Robertson Morrison Inc., Michigan Power Rodding, Ben & Jerry’s, Jet’s Pizza, Bill Crispin Chevrolet, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Of Ann Arbor, and Woodland Family Dentistry .
For more information, or to become an advertising sponsor at Saline High/Middle School, please contact Side Effects, Inc at 937-704-9696.

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