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OUR IMPACT

How Orange Crush Festival Strengthens Communities, Supports Students, and Transforms the Culture

Orange Crush Festival is more than an event—

it is a community engine, a youth empowerment platform, and a multi-city economic driver.

As a Veteran-Owned, HBCU-centered, trademarked cultural organization, we measure our success not just in attendance numbers, but in lives impacted, communities engaged, opportunities created, and local economies supported.

Below is the real, measurable impact that Orange Crush Festival brings to Georgia’s coast, students, universities, and small businesses.

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1. ECONOMIC IMPACT & LOCAL BUSINESS GROWTH

Each year, Orange Crush Festival drives hundreds of thousands of dollars in local spending, benefiting:

✔ Hotels & short-term rentals

✔ Local restaurants & cafés

✔ Gas stations & convenience stores

✔ Ride-share & transportation companies

✔ Retail stores & shopping centers

✔ Food trucks & small vendors

✔ Bars, lounges, and nightlife venues

The 2026 festival is projected to generate:

• $250,000–$400,000+ in tourism revenue across Savannah, Tybee, Hinesville & Allenhurst

• 80–150 temporary jobs across three cities

• 40+ Georgia-based small businesses activated as vendors

We believe festivals should leave cities better off than they found them —

and we operate with that responsibility in mind.

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2. HBCU SUPPORT, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT

Orange Crush Festival directly uplifts the student communities that built this event’s legacy.

Student Impact Includes:

• Paid internship opportunities (media, logistics, photography, event ops, tech, marketing)

• Campus ambassador programs supporting SSU, GSU, FAMU, CAU, and more

• Partnerships with HBCU academic departments

• Portfolio-building roles for creators, videographers, DJs, artists, and journalists

• Crush The Mic talent pipeline giving emerging artists real, paid performance opportunities

• Student entrepreneurship partnerships for merch, promotions, creator content, and brand activations

We envision Orange Crush as more than a weekend —

but an HBCU accelerator for the next generation of leaders, creators, artists, and entrepreneurs.

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3. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS

We work directly with:

• Local residents

• Neighborhood associations

• City departments

• Downtown business alliances

• Local youth programs

• Faith-based organizations

• Nonprofits and community groups

Our goals include:

✔ Reducing strain on local services through structured planning

✔ Supporting community-owned businesses

✔ Hiring, training, and empowering local young adults

✔ Providing free youth-accessible programming

✔ Strengthening city–festival communication

✔ Promoting positive public messaging and responsible tourism

By transforming an unmanaged spring-break weekend into an organized, vetted, city-aligned festival, we shift the narrative while uplifting community stability and safety.

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4. PUBLIC SAFETY, STRUCTURE & RESPONSIBLE TOURISM

Unlike past unregulated versions of spring break:

✔ We provide fenced activation zones

✔ We hire licensed, insured private security

✔ We partner with EMS and trained medical staff

✔ We coordinate with local police, fire, and safety departments

✔ We implement credentialed admission and regulated vendor operations

✔ We invest in safe infrastructure, controlled access, and crowd-flow systems

Our safety-first approach means:

**Fewer emergencies.

Fewer conflicts.

Less community disruption.

More controlled and respectful tourism.**

This is what veteran-led event management looks like —

professional, coordinated, responsible.

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5. VETERAN-LED SERVICE & HUMANITARIAN VALUES

Orange Crush Festival is built on:

• Service

• Discipline

• Structure

• Responsibility

• Community uplift

• Youth protection

• Leadership

• Legacy building

Our founder, a 100% Permanent & Total Disabled Veteran, brings a mission-focused approach rooted in:

✔ ethical leadership

✔ conflict prevention

✔ strategic planning

✔ trauma-awareness

✔ community responsibility

✔ youth safety and dignity

We use military discipline to bring order to large-scale youth events while centering compassion and service.

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6. ENVIRONMENTAL & COASTAL STEWARDSHIP

We believe that large events must protect the places they use.

Our environmental impact programs include:

✔ Volunteer beach cleanup partnerships

✔ Waste management & recycling initiatives

✔ Water safety awareness

✔ Partnerships with SSU Marine Biology students

✔ Vendor rules eliminating hazardous waste

✔ Site restoration commitment for parks and coastal areas

The festival footprint always ends cleaner than it began.

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7. CULTURAL PRESERVATION & BRAND PROTECTION

Orange Crush Festival is the only trademarked, officially recognized entity safeguarding the legacy of this historic cultural weekend.

We protect the brand by:

✔ eliminating unauthorized, unsafe pop-ups

✔ stopping misleading advertising

✔ controlling the narrative with professionalism

✔ promoting accurate information

✔ ensuring cultural respect and positive representation

✔ aligning with HBCU tradition and student culture

The culture deserves protection.

We provide it.

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8. YOUTH EMPOWERMENT THROUGH MULTIPLE PLATFORMS

Our impact extends beyond the festival:

Crush The Mic

— launching emerging talent

Crush University

— education, training, workforce, and leadership development

Crush Magazine

— student journalism, storytelling & media opportunities

Crush Coin Education Initiatives

— tech literacy & blockchain learning

Community cleanups & civic service projects

We build opportunities that continue long after the weekend ends.

THIS IS OUR IMPACT.

Not just a festival—

a cultural investment, an economic engine, an educational platform, and a community partner.

Every day, we work to make Orange Crush Festival:

✔ safer

✔ smarter

✔ more organized

✔ more uplifting

✔ more beneficial

✔ more community-centered

✔ more future-focused

For the students.

For the cities.

For the culture.

For the next generation.