We are a nonprofit organization that raises money to bring rare and international Power Rangers guests to pop culture conventions and signing events. You’re probably asking yourself questions like, “What is this all about?”, “Who is this program for?” and possibly the most important question – “what does this cost and what is my donation providing?” All valid questions with answers to these and mo
re here on our page. Ranger Sponsors International was designed to assist promoters and store owners in bringing rare and international Power Rangers guests to their event. The intent is for thee actors to be able to meet and interact with their fanbase. About 95% of the pop culture convention that fans attend are typically owned by one individual or family, and at most a small team of ten or less people. For their event to happen, they have to make so much in vendor booth and attendee ticket sales to bring in celebrity guests. Most celebrities require flights, hotel rooms, daily per diems and sometimes even a minimum required dollar amount to make at the event. Pennies add up and event expenses build. Budgets get spread thin, and by the time this happens, there’s little-to-no room for one or multiple international guests. That’s where we come in. The purpose of this organization is to cover the costs of rare and international guest flights, hotel stays and daily per diems. The guest’s international flights are often times double, potentially triple the price of a standard domestic flight. With significantly long flights and potential height differences, some tickets may need to be a premium ticketed seat, taking the need for funds even higher. Through donations and fundraising events, we can come along side conventions that are interested in having one or multiple international guests, whether that be with a promoter/owner of the signing/event, or a fan or group of fans that want to fully or partially sponsor an international guest for their local or regional event. A little more about us:
The idea for this first came about as a test run for Rangerstop Convention 7 in 2019. Benfield, the president of Ranger Sponsors International, came up with an idea to bring over four international Power Rangers actors for the event by reaching out to dedicated fans of the franchise. Each person approached was asked to give a minimum of 100-300 USD to make this possible. The response was accepted so well, eight international guests attended the event. These guests were sponsored through both a group sponsorship (small donations through multiple people) and other generous fans that solely sponsored a few of the guests as well. The guests in attendance were:
• John Tui – SPD Shadow Ranger / Mystic Force Solaris Knight
• Glenn McMillan – Yellow Ninja Storm Ranger
• Aljin Abella – Blue Jungle Fury Ranger
• Firass Dirani – Red Mystic Force Ranger
• Richard Brancatisano – Green Mystic Force Ranger
• Nic Sampson – Yellow Mystic Force Ranger
• Dwayne Cameron – Mercury Operation Overdrive Ranger
• James Davies – Black Dino Charge Ranger
The sponsorship idea continued into the following years of Power Morphicon 2022 and Rangerstop Orlando 2022, and were also a great success as well. With people still asking about making donations to other international guests, we felt it was time to make it official and create a centralized space where people can give and donate as much or as little to the cause. This is for the true fans that have been with the show for it’s 30 year run. The ones who attend every event and build relationships with other fans and the actors as well. Everything that you donate will go toward bringing these guests to their fans.
