Sponsorship

Thanks for Being a Part of Our 20th Anniversary

Twenty years. Over $1 million raised. Thousands of paddlers, spectators, and community members at Burlington's waterfront every August. The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival isn't just a race. It's one of the most visible, most beloved community events in Vermont.

Support us and our annual pledge partner: Two community-based cancer support organizations, one waterfront, and a sponsorship that connects your brand to all of it.

How to Sponsor

Put your brand on the festival. Marketing sponsorships get your logo on banners, t-shirts, hats and festival materials, with packages at every level.

View the 2026 Sponsor Package for reference

Put your team on the water. Register a company team to race in the festival. Your crew paddles, fundraises and joins the fun on the water.

Learn About Registration

Community Bank and Northfield Savings Bank in their sponsored boats race in the
2026 Division C Semi-Final race.

Put your logo on a dragon boat. Make a three-year commitment of $6,000/year to get your brand featured on a boat that's seen by thousands each summer at the Burlington waterfront. An estimated 12,000 impressions per summer on the water, at practices, at festivals and at competitions. Limited availability. Contact info@dragonheartvermont.org to learn more.

Two Great Causes

Dragonheart Vermont is a 200+ member dragon boat club and breast cancer charity that has raised more than $1 million for Vermont cancer organizations since 2006. The festival is our largest annual fundraiser and the engine behind our community giving.

Our Annual Pledge Partner is chosen each year to share in the charitable giving of our participants. See our fundraising history to view the organizations and donations that we've made over our 20+ year history.

Why Sponsors Come Back

We don't just take your money and put a logo on a banner. Our sponsors become part of the event — and they come back year after year because of it. Here's what they say:

Every time I come away from that event each year I always say, 'Oh my god, that was my favorite one.

- Nicholas Martin, Director of Business Development, Burlington Telecom

It's easy to say yes. Great members of the community who are doing great things, raising a million dollars in 16 years. 'Will you help us?' Yeah, absolutely. We're going to help every single time, every year, for sure.

- Bill Sargent, Program Director, WOKO / Hall Communications

You want to sponsor? You're not going to regret it. There are so many great things that will happen when you do. You're giving back.

- Breeanna Blanchette, Branch Manager, Union Bank

We chose Dragonheart Vermont because we believe in supporting our community in as many ways as we can. We care about people in our community and the causes that are out there.

- Jorie Spaulding, Marketing Manager, Burlington Telecom

It's become such a huge camaraderie thing — all these people focused on this sport that is also all about health and wellness. It's really incredible when you think that the vast majority of what we are doing down at the waterfront is all done by volunteers.

- Lynn Bryan, UVM Health Network

Ready to Sponsor?

Our 2027 Sponsor Package is not available yet. Contact us and we'll send it to you when it is available.