Green Band Boosters fundraisers are an attempt to raise money for 2 purposes.
1) The general fund - for use and benefit of all instrumental music students
2) Student trip accounts - individual student efforts for their own trip expenses
Current fundraising efforts:
Craft show - General fund
Band show - General fund
Calendars/tag day - General fund
Cookie Dough- Trip accounts
Corporate donations - General fund
Entertainment books - Trip accounts
Fruit sale - Trip accounts
We are currently selling Entertainment Books. The profits from each book sold is determined based on the number we sell collectively. These profits are deposited at the end of the sale into the student's trip account. Trip account money accumulates from year to year. Information was sent home this past week with your student regarding the Entertainment Books, If you did not receive anything, please ask them to bring it home. It's probably in their band locker! :)
Our Monthly Fundraisers Schedule:
August - TAG DAY
September - ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
September - BAND SHOW
October - FRUIT SALE
November - CRAFT SHOW
December – (nothing planned – ideas needed)
January - (nothing planned – ideas needed)
February - (nothing planned – ideas needed)
March - COOKIE DOUGH, CAR WASH TOKENS, ZAP-A-SNACK
April - COOKIE DOUGH, CAR WASH TOKENS, ZAP-A-SNACK
May - (nothing planned – ideas needed)
June - (nothing planned – ideas needed)
July - (nothing planned - ideas needed)
FUNDRAISER DETAIL:
Fundraisers for trip accounts benefit the students by allowing them to voluntarily participate to the extent they are able or willing in order to accumulate money for trips such as Band Camp, Disney (where applicable), Cedar Point, etc. Without the trip account fund, parents would be asked to pay the full amount in order for the student to participate. Some students raise enough money to pay their own way each year. The Band Boosters feel the need to offer opportunities for students to earn trip account money, but cannot organize each and every effort without parent volunteer support. We have the ideas - we currently need the help. As well, the Band Directors also support and will cooperate with these efforts, but we don't feel we can ask them to sacrifice "educational " time for fundraising involvement.
Again, Student/Parent benefit - Student/Parent involvement.
Running a fundraiser, with the help of a few other parents involves:
Developing the idea.
Setting dates & times.
Organizing the activity or products.
Distributing.
Collecting & accounting for the money.
With the correct, well planned effort it can be rewarding...and actually very easy.
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