Canon U.S.A. and Little League® Partner on the Picture Perfect Season with Consumer Photo Contest and Great Wall of Fandom
May 06 2015 - 11:04AM
Business Wire
Three Lucky Fans Will Win a Trip To The Little
League World Series in August
Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging
solutions, today announced the continuation of their
multi-year partnership as the official camera and printer
sponsor of Little League® Baseball and Softball, the world’s
largest youth sports organization. As part of the
partnership, Canon and Little League are
teaming up to present the "Picture Perfect Season,”
a initiative kicking off this month with the Canon Little League
Photo Contest powered by PIXMA Printers. By submitting their
photos based on three monthly themes, fans will have
the chance to win one of three trips to the Little League
Baseball® World Series in South Williamsport, PA and
see their photos on display in the World of Little League Museum in
the Richard “Hank” Bauer, Jr. Little League Photography Exhibit in
the World Series Gallery presented by Easton Foundations.
“Canon is thrilled to support the Little League
World Series, capturing special moments of fans, families and
players,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, president and COO, Canon U.S.A.,
Inc. “This year, through the use of our input-to-output solutions,
we’re taking the Great Wall of Fandom on the road and inviting fans
at the regional tournaments to show their support on the ground
through Regional Walls of Fandom. Culminating at Williamsport and
displayed during the tournament, we’re excited to share the power
of the printed image with fans across the country and deepen our
relationship with Little League.”
The Canon Little League Photo Contest powered by PIXMA Printers
kicks off with “Stepping Up to the Plate,” a theme focusing
on shots of game play. Whether it’s a Little Leaguer®
sliding into home base or catching a fly ball, these
images should capture the essence of what it means to be on the
field. Entries will be judged on the use of theme and on the
quality of the image and overall impression.
The contest is open to U.S. and Canadian residents aged 18 and
up. To submit your photos and read the official rules, visit
littleleague.org/canonphotocontest.
Last year, Canon built “The Great Wall of Fandom,” a real-time
installation showcasing photos and messages from fans around the
world, in support of the teams at the Little League Baseball World
Series. This year, Canon and the Little League community will be
using the Canon PIXMA MG7520 Wireless Inkjet Photo
All-In-One printer to bring the photos to life throughout the
entire journey, capturing and preserving moments from Opening Day
to the Regional Tournaments, both nationally and internationally,
and culminating at the Little League® Baseball World Series. Canon
will also be hosting the PIXMA Play and Print Experience loaded
with baseball-themed activities for kids, giving fans in
Williamsport another way to make their fandom real during every
moment of the action.
Beginning in late July and running through the end of the
tournament on August 30th, baseball fans around
the world can share photos and words of
encouragement via thegreatwalloffandom.com. Fans at regional
tournaments will also be encouraged to print and show their support
on their region’s very own Great Wall of Fandom. In both instances,
Canon will print high-quality versions of the photos and messages
on a Canon PIXMA MG7520 Wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One printer,
made possible via cloud connectivity, and add them to “The Great
Wall of Fandom.”
This year marks the 76th Anniversary of Little League, and part
of its longtime success in providing healthy youth sports
opportunities for 2.4 million children in more than 80 countries
can be attributed to the assistance provided by sponsorships. Canon
continues its partnership with Little League as one of 16 national
sponsors, which helps Little League maintain low-team affiliation
fees and provide valuable training and educational resources to
coaches, parents, umpires, and volunteers. Many of Little League’s
national sponsors also participate in enhancing the fan experience
at the Little League Baseball World Series Family Fun Zone.
“We are excited to continue our partnership with Canon as a
national sponsor of Little League and the Little League Baseball
World Series,” said Liz DiLullo Brown, Little League vice president
of Marketing and Strategic Partnerships. “Little League is more
than a youth sports organization, it is a youth leadership
organization, and thanks to the support of our national sponsors,
Little League is able to provide parents a healthy, affordable
recreational outlet for their children. Canon’s involvement with
Little League reminds us to capture and preserve the precious
moments that children make on Little League fields around the
world.”
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer,
business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to
the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding
Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue,
its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in
U.S. patents granted in 2014† and is one of Fortune Magazine's
World's Most Admired Companies in 2015. In 2014, Canon U.S.A. has
received the PCMag.com Readers' Choice Award for Service and
Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the
11th consecutive year. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the
highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100
percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the
products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to
its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental
responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured
LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design,
construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green
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About Little League®
Little League® Baseball and Softball is the world’s largest
organized youth sports program, with 2.4 million players and one
million adult volunteers in every U.S. state and more than 80 other
countries. Founded in 1939, more than 35 million people around the
world, from a U.S. president to community leaders to professional
athletes, can call themselves Little League graduates. And every
year, millions of people follow the hard work, dedication, and
sportsmanship that the Little Leaguers display at our nine baseball
and softball World Series events, the premier tournaments in youth
sports. For more information, visit LittleLeague.org, or follow
Little League on Facebook (facebook.com/LittleLeague), Twitter
(twitter.com/LittleLeague), and Instagram
(Instagram.com/LittleLeague). Follow all of the action from the
nine Little League World Series at llbws.org or on Facebook and
Twitter at hashtag: #LLWS.
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