BACH Member Benefits

Mission of the Business Alliance for Community Health:

To promote philanthropy to ECHN while also addressing current health issues facing corporations/businesses and the community at large.

The general benefits to all members of BACH include:

• Generation and enhancement of business opportunities
• Enhancement of the company's image and reputation by building good will
• Expression of the commitment and values for sustaining quality local healthcare
• Provision of an avenue for the business to develop/test products, services and innovations through alliance projects
• Increase in the company's ability to attract and recruit potential employees and customers
• Expansion of volunteer opportunities for employees in leadership/management roles
• Hospital tours, if requested, arranged through the Corporate and Foundation Relations office for members and those interested in membership
• BACH members can offer discounts to ECHN employees and other BACH members as an incentive to create new business opportunities

Specific benefits according to donation level:

$500 - $999

• Certificate of BACH membership
• Invitation to participate at ECHN health seminars/discussions
• Invitation to quarterly BACH events
• Listing on the ECHN corporate membership webpage (bottom of page)
• Listing in ECHN's Annual Report
• Invitation to certain ECHN events/activities

$1,000 - $2,499

• BACH membership plaque
• All benefits of $500 level (listing on corporate webpage is mid-page)
• At least one health presentation of your choice at your job sit
• Private hospital tours for your company, if requested

$2,500 and above

• All benefits of previous levels (listing on corporate webpage is top of page)
• Company story published in ECHN Foundation's Neighbors & Friends and in general media outlets
• Invitation to all ECHN events/activities
• Invitation to annual President's Luncheon

For more information, you may view the Business Alliance for Community Health brochure and registration form.

What ECHN offers:

• Powerful mission and strong public image
• Access to customers/markets
• Strong public relations
• Relationships with community leaders and other influential people
• Organizational expertise and presentation of health issues to employees
• Increased public awareness of issues and causes
• Greater corporate/business visibility

Potential business partnerships:

• ECHN vendors
• Corporators
• Chambers and chamber members
• Churches and synagogues
• Local businesses
• Event sponsors

Possible business relationships with ECHN:

• Contributions and sponsorships for publications, events and activities
• Volunteerism with ECHN by providing pro-bono expertise either technically or by sitting on boards or committees
• Cause-related marketing, in which a business contributes a portion of the profits generated by specific marketing activities to ECHN
• Licensing and branding - business pays to use ECHN's name, logo and image to enhance the business's marketing activities and ECHN's visibility
• Social enterprises - partnership between ECHN and the business to generate revenues for ECHN from creating, testing, distributing or selling services and products