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April, 2002

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Making The News

NBCA in NFHS News
WA Seminars Announced

Updates

Fundraising Corner being revamped with new release on May 1st.

State Chapter inquiries are now being accepted.

BoosterWorld Site to be re-launched with new look and feel ~ Coming later this month!

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Club Fact

Successful clubs have found the key to building their nest egg of volunteers.

They have found that volunteers in general want to get involved but don't want to take on tasks that require a high level of commitment.

Breaking up volunteers into small work pods with simple, achievable tasks that do not require an abundance of time or effort will insure they keep coming back to help. Time and time again!

Fundraising

Multiple Streams of Income
No matter what event you hold as a fundraiser, it is important to have multiple streams of income. Many groups hold successful fundraising events but don't plan for any secondary sources of income.

Many years ago movie theater owners discovered that they had the perfect captive audience to sell products to. Now days they make very little money from selling tickets to the movie. The big bucks are in concession stand sales. It's no accident that you have to walk by the concession stand to get to the movie!

What started out as popcorn, drinks and candy has now grown to chips & cheese, hot pretzels, bulk candy sales, ice cream, cotton candy, movie posters and memorabilia. For theater owners it's all about multiple streams of income.

For you, the booster club event holder, multiple streams of income should be important to you also. It may be as simple as selling refreshments at the intermission of the school play, or as complicated as adding an auction to your groups annual banquet.

With all the competition for your donors fundraising dollar, make sure you capture the most you can from each of your donors. It is always easier to coax a few more dollars from an existing donor than to find a brand new donor. Some groups have managed to grow a small annual event into their sole fundraising source by leveraging their secondary sources of income. Gather your members together, put your thinking caps on, and brainstorm those money making ideas for your next fundraising event.

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Dear Readers,

Lots of good things happening in this month's issue. A great article by the National Federation of High Schools on booster clubs and the NBCA. A spotlight on a new business member ready to provide some help with screen printed items, and we talk about upcoming events, ideas and how to insure next year starts off with a bang! It's spring time and we're bustin out all over.

Now, on to this months issue.

NBCA highlighted by National Federation of High Schools

The February issue of NFHS News highlighted the significant role booster clubs play in supporting high school athletics.

The NBCA received special recognition in an interview done with NFHS reporter Carolyn Parrish. Check out the two page article found in February's NFHS News publication or visit BoosterWorld to read it now.

1st Washington State High School Cheerleading Championships A Huge Success

Saturday March 9th marked the first ever high school cheerleading championships in Washington State. The NBCA sponsored a tremendous day of competition that included high school cheerleading squads from around the state. Attendance packed the Juanita H.S. Fieldhouse where a full day of competition crowned some tremendous teams. We want to recognize the winners at the first state competition.
Small All Girls Varsity: 1st Place: Kamiakin H.S. 2nd Place: WF West H.S., 3rd Place: Meadowdale H.S., 4th Place: Southridge H.S., 4th Place: Kings H.S., 5th Place: Life Christian Academy, 6th Place: Kentridge H.S., 7th Place: Prairie H.S.Medium All Girls Varsity: 1st Place Tahoma H.S., 2nd Place: Kelso H.S., 3rd Place: Bellingham H.S.Large all Girls Varsity: 1st Place: Oak Harbor H.S., 2nd Place: University H.S., 3rd Place: Juanita H.S., 4th Place: Kamiak H.S., 5th Place: Clover Park H.S.Small Co-ed Varsity: 1st Place: Heritage H.S., 2nd Place: Central Kitsap H.S. Large Co-ed Varsity: 1st Place: Olympic H.S.Crowdleader: 1st Place: Oak Harbor H.S., 2nd Place: Kelso H.S., 3rd Place: Peninsula H.S.Small JV All Girls: 1st Place: Christian Faith H.S. Small JV Co-ed: 1st Place: Sequoia Jr.Individuals: 1st Place: Heather McClary, Southridge H.S., 2nd Place: Kristin Acton, Oak Harbor H.S., 3rd Place: Emily Davis, Southridge H.S., 4th Place: Jackie Bejualt, Southridge H.S., 5th Place: Kaitlyn Kirkwood, Meadowdale H.S., 6th Place: Katie Haynes, Southridge H.S. 4 Girl Stunt Group: 1st Place: Kamiakin H.S. 5 Girl Stunt Group: 1st Place: Oak Harbor H.S., 2nd Place: Life Cristian Academy, 3rd Place: Kelso H.S., 4th Place: Peninsula H.S., 5th Place: Kelso JV, 6th Place: Skyview H.S. Co-ed Partner: 1st Place: Olympic H.S., 2nd Place: Heritage H.S.

Once again, we thank everyone for participating and look forward to seeing them all again next year! To all those who participated, you are all winners.


New NBCA Business Member Spotlight
The NBCA Welcomes The MacKenzie Company to our growing family of businesses who support booster clubs! We want to welcome aboard The MacKenzie Company located in Portland, Oregon. The Mackenzie company specializes in embroidered and screen printed garments with no minimums. They also specialize in promotional goods. Visit their website at www.mackenziecompany.com or give contact Jan Dempsey.

We can now be found at boosterclubs.com, net and org.

Motivational Thoughts
ATTITUDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE Studies have proven that attitude is one of the traits that separate average sales people from their highly-successful colleagues. I have to believe that it's true in life in general, not just sales. Think about the happiest, most successful people you know. How do you usually find them? Are they depressed, negative, or even apathetic? I doubt it. They're probably upbeat, smiling, and positive about life. Why not take the same positive interested attitude you have toward your your booster clubs and transfer your passion to your ability to sell yourself, your ideas, or the end results of your club? Instead of turning your selling job into a hobby, why not take the hobby you love so much and figure out how to market it or yourself? I'm not saying this change will make your club a million dollars, but money isn't the only measure of success. If you were to do nothing more then to excite the interest of fellow parents, I would deem you as having succeeded. Think about it! You already have the built-in enthusiasm, excitement, and knowledge of your club. Now all you need to do is show others why they need to feel the same way. If you do a little research, you'll find that many successful booster clubs have found that the key to continued success is their positive attitude and desire to motivate others into action. Make the commitment to turn your enthusiasm and excitement into fuel for others to build from. A source of energy that will help your club continue to grow for years to come. What could be better?

The NBCA is committed to helping your club!
Over the coming months you will find many new and exciting resources designed to help you expand and grow a successful booster club. The NBCA is the first national association dedicated exclusively to helping insure the success of booster clubs. We are committed to helping provide education, training, resources and support to insure continuation of the extra-curricular activities that are so important to today's youth. Your support and involvement is vital in helping insure the NBCA meets this challenge. We encourage your club to become a member of the NBCA and join the growing numbers of booster clubs from around the country who are coming together to create a better tomorrow. We encourage you to visit BoosterWorld and become a member of the National Booster Club Association. The most of success to you and your club. Respectfully, The NBCA Staff



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