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 Developing
a Booster Club
(This is an article from the coaching tips book -“Reach
For The Stars”. For more information contact Angela
Lund of S.T.A.R.S. Leadership Training www.starsleadershiptraining.com)
Dance team seems to be a twelve-month sport. If you're
not practicing and performing, you're fundraising to pay
for those expensive uniforms and trips. It's better to have
one or two big fundraisers than lots of smaller ones. Make
the ones you do a success by being super organized. Be creative
and have fun with it!! In my beginning years of coaching
I sampled numerous fundraisers trying to locate a sure winner.
I decided what worked for my team and what didn’t.
What was successful and unsuccessful. I also found that
it is too large of a job to handle on my own and that a
Booster Club would be instrumental in the success of a program.
Here are some general ideas to get a Booster Club started
with your team.
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Let the parents know about the team’s
financial needs and tell them you need their help.
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Ask for a volunteer or for nominations
of someone to be in charge of organizing meetings about
fundraising. *Once someone is voted in refer to the position
as President.
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Then ask for a volunteer or nominations
for an assistant. (Vice President).
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Assign a person as treasure to keep
track of each dancer’s account and a secretary to
keep track of the meeting minutes.
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After they get comfortable with these
duties the organization will expand to include help with
other team issues.
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Create Bi-laws (these are just the basic
rules the group will follow, like a team constitution)
There are so many responsibilities of leading a team that extending
yourself to ask for help will benefit the team in the long run as
you will be more available for them. When fundraising remember:
1. Have quotas that each girl must reach and set team/individual
goals.
2. Form individual accounts
3. You might also consider giving the girls the option to fundraise
or pay the amount needed for designated items out of their own personal
funds as some might rather write the check verses fundraise.
4. Set a time limit for the fundraising.
Here are some ideas for large and small fundraisers.
Coupon Book Sales |
Bake Sales |
Car Washes |
Kiddie Camps |
Invitationals |
Popcorn Balls |
Carnivals |
Dances |
Garage Sales |
Pizza Sales |
Meat Sales |
Kick-A-Thon |
Raffles |
T-shirt Sales |
Shows |
Wrapping X-Mas Presents |
Pancake Breakfasts |
Business Solicitations |
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