BoosterTrends Newsletter

December, 2006

Dear Readers,

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We encourage you to keep your letters, emails, comments and questions coming. Staying in touch with your needs is our key focus. As we work to help provide a support system for booster clubs we thank you for allowing us the ability to play a part in helping you and your club succeed. Together, we are making positive progress that counts!

Now, on to this month's issue.

in this issue. .

• Executive Directors Column
• Booster Club Membership Drive
• Coordinator Expansion Underway
• Dear Booster
• Vendor of the Month - My Team Ltd.
• Booster Tips
• Seeking Nationwide Support
• Do-It Yourself Fundraiser
• Spotlight of the Month - Atomic Sound Entertainment
• Fast Facts

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COLUMN
BUTTERING UP THE PRINCIPAL AND ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Want a more peaceful relationship with your principal and athletic director? Take a few minutes this year to publicly thank your principal and your athletic director for supporting your organization and your groups efforts. We all know from experience that a supportive administrator will make a powerful difference for your booster club and your program. Whether it's an email or a short article in your newsletter, a gift or a letter to to the school district office take the time to let others know how much you appreciate there support. Never take their support for granted! And if your like a large number of booster clubs who have struggled this year with getting that support, all the more reason to do what you can now to set a positive tone for the remainder of the year as well as the expansion and growth of next year. Yes, you may have to work hard to find and focus on the positives, but it's the small steps that can put your relationship on a better path for the long term. Happy Boostering Sincerely, Steve M. Beden President sbeden@boostercentral.org
BOOSTER CLUB MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
OPEN ENROLLMENT Open enrollment is now in process. This is the perfect time to register your club and take advantage of the club building tools, resources, training and support offered to members. If your club has not received a membership notice, email us today: NABCA Club Enrollment
COORDINATOR EXPANSION UNDERWAY
The NABCA is now recruiting Area Coordinators nationwide. - Unlimited opportunity - No competition - Part-time or Full-time - Help make a difference in your community! To find out more email us your contact information and one of our qualified staff members will personally contact you or click here to learn more: Coordinator Opportunity

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BoosterTrends Archive

DEAR BOOSTER
Dear Booster, I was asked to sit on a committee to find out if a booster club give scholarships. I can't find any other sources of help so I am hoping you can help answer the question. Thanks a million! Terri L. Clio Tiger Booster Club Dear Terri, Yes. It is important to know that scholarships must have a set criteria (example: must be awarded based on a student's need or merit). The members of the committee selecting the scholarship recipients should not be related to any of the potential recipients and you should have some method of ensuring that the scholarship funds are used for their intended purpose by the recipients (for example, you could give the funds directly to the college or university for the student). Send us your Dear Booster.... article and we will select one each month to share with the readers of Booster Trends. To submit your email send to: dearbooster@boostercentral.org.
VENDOR OF THE MONTH
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BOOSTER TIPS
Prospecting Local Businesses: "Keep your name on their brain". When prospecting local businesses for support or encouraging parents to become active members of your club the key to success is to give ample opportunities for them to see, hear and view your club in action. One of the most productive ways to accomplish this is to develop a monthly club newsletter. The next time you visit a local business or talk to a parent ask them if you can put them on your newsletter list. Your support will continue to grow with minimum effort. Booster Basic: Make membership an opportunity for the member to receive discounts, extra-benefits, exposure.
SEEKING NATIONWIDE SUPPORT
NABCA Advocate - This is an ideal opportunity for anyone with contacts to local booster clubs, teams and businesses. The NABCA Advocate position does not require you to make any commitment other than your interest to periodically refer the NABCA to local booster clubs, teams and businesses. NABCA Advocates receive a commission or override for simply referring the association’s services to booster clubs, teams and businesses. This is an outstanding opportunity for any person who understands the role that extracurricular activities play in shaping our society. If you would like to register and become an NABCA Advocate, please email your contact information or visit BoosterWorld and register today. Area Coordinators - The NABCA is now seeking individuals who would like to assist local clubs, teams and businesses. This is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking for an opportunity to work part-time, or looking to help make a difference in your community. Coordinators will receive high commissions for introducing the association’s services to businesses, schools and parent organizations. This is an outstanding opportunity for any person who understands the role that extracurricular activities play in shaping our society. If you would like to register and become an NABCA Advocate, please email your contact information or visit BoosterWorld and register today.
DO IT YOURSELF FUNDRAISER OF THE MONTH
Breakfast with Santa Hold a Breakfast with Santa in December. Sell tickets for $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Serve pancakes, sausage, bacon, coffee, milk and juice. Servers dress as Santa's elves. Santa visits each table addressing the children by name (courtesy of name tags). Santa then retreats to his decorated throne where you sell pictures of the children with Santa.Use a Polaroid or a digital camera (with laptop computer and printer) on a tripod for consistently clear shots. Arrange a good backdrop and/or props such as a sleigh or reindeer. Experiment ahead of time to determine the best lighting and distance for good photos. Get photo cards or envelopes to make sure the photos get home in good shape. Sing Christmas carols to help pass the time. Photos can be extra or included in the breakfast ticket charge, raise ticket prices accordingly. If included, tables for service could be assigned as participants arrive and photo sessions called by table number to avoid long waiting lines. You might also arrange a secret microphone on Santa, with the speaker in the parents designated waiting area to learn their child's secret wish for Christmas. Option: Change the date and costumed characters, and you have Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, St Patrick, the Great Pumpkin, Uncle Sam, the Pilgrims, you name it. For Easter, you could also include a sale of flowers and spring plants or decorated eggs. You can sell appropriately decorated cookies, pies or cakes at any event.
SPOTLIGHT OF THE MONTH
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FAST FACT
Booster Factoid of the month- The average booster club consist of the following: - President - Vice President - Fundraising Director - Concession Director - Secretary/Treasurer - Special Events Coordinator - Apparel Director Quote of the month- “Every human has four endowments – self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom…The power to choose, to respond, to change.” -Stephen R. Covey

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