When I raced in Manitoba, the government, the local casinos, and sports clubs of various sorts had a deal where if members of the sports clubs volunteered in the casino selling bingo cards etc. for an evening, a certain amount of money would be given to the sports club. My club decided to use that money for jerseys made a deal with the members that if we would volunteer, we would get "points" toward a jersey ... 2 or 3 nights and we'd have a jersey. So I did, and I still have that jersey.

Does the government in your area have something similar to support local sports clubs? It might be worth looking into that sort of thing as well as other grants and funding available.

But if a business is going to be convinced to put money into your club, they will likely want something back, and that something might be that your jersey is designed with their logo promenently displayed ... or that you agree to do a flyer drop for the company ... or that if you do a newspaper article or radio spot promoting your club, you will acknowledge your sponsor. Businesses want customers ... so whatever you decide to do should in some way bring more customers in for that business.