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October,
2004
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Dear
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For
those of you who are just receiving
Booster Trends for the first time
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of fellow booster associates from
around the country.
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.
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THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS COLUMN |
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HELP US MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Our
mission of helping to insure the continuation
of all extra-curricular programs
by empowering the booster clubs that stand
behind each program requires that the NBCA
is able to help booster clubs in the smallest
communities as well as those in the larger
cities throughout the nation. With this
said I am taking time this month to dedicate
my column to bringing your attention and
focus towards helping us to expand the support
and guidance in your community.
It
wasn't too many years ago that we developed
our vision of helping to bring support,
guidance and training to every booster club
around the country. After years of hard
work and continual progress we were able
to set out a plan for accomplishing this
vision which included gaining the active
involvement from people like yourself who
have in the past or who currently involve
themselves in supporting extra-curricular
programs in communities around the nation.
Today we are moving forward to bring about
the realization and success of this goal
- support in every community around the
nation, and you have an ideal opportunity
to be a part of helping us create a positive
support system for the numerous booster
clubs and extra-curricular programs in your
community.
The
rewards for helping bring support and guidance
to the booster clubs in your community are
many. To start you will play a vital role
in helping the NBCA bring positive solutions
to local school administrators, coaches,
parents and booster supporters. I caution
you not to take this statement too lightly
because the real truth is that school districts
from virtually every state face some of
the toughest financial challenges in decades
and as a trained advisor you will become
a much needed asset that will offer alternative
solutions to cutbacks and eliminations of
extra-curricular programs. Next, you will
become a positive resource for helping booster
clubs to properly position themselves for
continued growth, something that currently
does not exist. In addition, you will develop
an opportunity for yourself that will allow
you the freedom of working in an environment
that is positive, motivating, financially
rewarding and will offer challenges traditionally
not found in most jobs. Most importantly
you will be rewarded with the knowledge
and awareness that you play a key role in
helping to insure the continuation of extra-curricular
programs for all kids in your community
by helping guide the booster clubs to a
position strength.
If
you or someone you know would like to play
a part in helping us bring support, training
and guidance to booster clubs in your community
I invite you to send me an email
today. Don't let the extra-curricular programs
and the booster clubs in your community
miss out simply because you didn't find
out more.
I
wish each of you the best of success.
Happy Boostering!
Steve M. Beden
Executive Director
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| SPOTLIGHT
OF THE MONTH |
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SportsCooler
is NEW and Exciting!
Fans
of all ages absolutely love the touch and
feel of our "SportsCooler
Line". These products are created with
the real look and feel of the very items
that drive each sport everyday.
SportsCooler
was introduced early 2003. We worked very
hard to make the coolers look as authentic
as the game balls used in each sport. This
was achieved by using the best materials
and workmanship in mind. Today we offer
Football, Soccer and Basketball Coolers
with Baseball, Tennis and Golf on the go.
We want to offer and exceptional product
backed up with great customer service. Our
goal is to offer schools and organizations
products that they are proud of representing
and can easily raise funds to support their
programs.
We
offer nationwide service. We got involved
with the NBCA because we wanted to reach
booster clubs and schools all over the country
with our popular products. Every school
has sports teams and we felt our products
were a perfect fit to have school or team
logos on the balls.
Our
bags are sold at $20 with $10 going towards
the schools. What a great way to show your
school spirit with your custom logo on a
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products represent the same sports we play
at school everyday. The sky is the limit
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Please
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| FUNDRASING
OPPORTUNITIES |
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Nickelodeon
The Nickelodeon Cable Network is sponsoring
the Let's Just Play grants program, which
will offer awards to schools and afterschool
programs to help provide resources to create
and expand opportunities for physical play.
Grants will be distributed equally to schools
and non-profit youth-based community organizations.
The deadline is November 1. For more information,
visit www.nick.com/all_nick/everything_nick/public_ljpgrants2.jhtml.
Microsoft
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that
the Microsoft Corporation is accepting applications
for in-kind support to create community-based
technology and learning centers in order
to bridge the "digital divide"
and eliminate technology illiteracy. Applications
are accepted on a rolling basis. For more
information on guidelines and to download
an application, visit www.microsoft.com/mscorp/citizenship/giving/apply/.
U.S.
Soccer Foundation
The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that
the U.S. Soccer Foundation will award grants
of up to $100,000 to support programs or
projects that recruit and develop soccer
players, referees, and coaches, with a special
emphasis on low-income residents of urban
areas. The deadline for the first phase
of the application process is October 15.
More information is available at www.ussoccerfoundation.org/gnt/app.html.
Prudential
Spirit of Community Awards
The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
recognize students in grades five to twelve
who have demonstrated exemplary community
service. One high school and one middle
level student in each state, the District
of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are named State
Honorees, and each receives $1,000, a silver
medallion, and an all-expenses-paid trip
with one parent/guardian to Washington,
D.C. Ten State Honorees are then named National
Honorees, and they each receive an additional
$5,000, a gold medallion, and a crystal
trophy for their school. Twenty-five thousand
dollars in children's products will be donated
in each of the National Honoree's names
to needy children in their communities by
Kids In Distressed Situations, Inc. The
application deadline is October 29. For
more information, visit: www.principals.org/awards/prudential.cfm.
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| VENDOR
OF THE MONTH |
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Digi-Labs
Fundraising
Digi-Labs
corporate headquarters is in Palo
Alto, California. We leverages many
years of expertise in software application
development, photographic print processing
and digital press printing to bring
empowering desktop and printing on
demand solutions.
Digi-Labs
offers fundraising organizations from
all over the country the ability to
create and print, high quality, fully
customized photo calendars with no
minimum quantity required. Digi-Labs
downloadable free calendar software
enables to easily create a fully customized
fundraising photo calendars. http://www.digi-labs.net/terms.htm
with all elements of the calendar
customized, including images (including
collages) text captions, dates (including
images within), logos, selection of
optional holiday overlays and much
more.
“Our
solution enables every user to easily
create and print fully customized
press print quality calendars with
no minimum run requirements”
says Digi-Labs’
VP of Marketing, Andrew Friedland.
“Our solution is unique in two
ways, the quality of the output and
the level of customization; we have
also developed a special fundraising
program”. Digi-Labs
fundraising program offers special
pricing for fundraising organizations
as well as a risk free model. http://www.digi-labs.net/fundraising.htm
As
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“We have seen schools creating
a school calendar, with custom images
and all school events and dates marked,
this calendar is sold to parents and
proceeds benefiting the school.
Visit
our site at www.digi-labs.net
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National Coupon Book Company makes Online
Coupons Available for Fundraising.
The National Pet Coupon Book has hundreds
of coupons worth thousands of dollars
in savings on pet products and services,
and is now available online for your
fundraising effort. “We’ve
blended the benefits of discount coupons
with the ease and convenience of the
Internet” says Richard Cossa,
VP Marketing. “The online version
of the National Pet Coupon Book is
a winner for our participants, fundraisers,
and coupon users.” Depending
on the sale price of the ticket, fundraisers
can expect a profit in the range of
100% to 900%.
The coupons are available at the company’s
web site: www.nationalcouponbook.com.
Access to the online coupons is granted
through a permission-based system
using login information printed on
tickets offered for sale by fundraising
organizations. The ticket entitles
the coupon user to access the web
site for a 90-day subscription term.
At the web site, coupon users can
review and select coupons then print
them using their personal computer
and printer.
For more information, sign-up as a
fundraiser at www.nationalcouponbook.com,
select the fundraiser tab on the home
page, and register by filling out
the form. An order form for tickets
is available online as is other information
and marketing material. If you would
like to call for more information
the toll-free telephone number is
877-919-8893 ext. 4. National Coupon
Book Company/CouPETs, LLC email is
info@nationalcouponbook.com.
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| DO-IT
YOURSELF FUNDRAISER OF THE MONTH |
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Senior Slave Day
In a high school for a senior fund
raiser have the senior class auction
themselves off to an underclassman
for around $15. Each senior gets an
underclassman who can dictate what
they do for an entire day. The senior
has to carry the underclassman's books,
get them food at lunch, and the senior
has to wear whatever the underclassman
wants. This is a great fundraiser
that not only brings in money for
the senior class but brings together
the school, it's inevitable that you'll
get to know the person making you
wear a batman cape and beanie hat
for a day.
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| DEAR
BOOSTER |
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Dear
Booster,
We are trying
to start a booster club for the Steubenville
Tigers Football but we are are getting
flack from an organization The Steubenville
Community, Inc. that says we have
to abide by their bylaws and that
they should have all of our fundraising
money in their account. The SCI is
an non-profit organization that helps
provide activities in our area to
keep kids off the streets and involved
in activities. This group is saying
that the Steubenville Tigers Football
falls under their bylaws, but no where
in their bylaws do they mention this
football, it reads (athletics). We
as parents have not received any cooperation
from them and we want to start this
booster club to be able to help our
kids get certain things like new uniforms,
socks, helmets, etc. Can this organization
stop us from becoming a booster club?
Please let me know as soon as possible,
because we have to meet with the SCI
very soon to discuss what is going
to happen, they seem like they want
to have control over what we do and
how we raise money and that the money
should go into their account. Which
we do not agree.
Lori
W.
Steubenville Booster Club
Steubenville OH
Dear
Lori,
First
let's address the issue surrounding
your ability to start a booster club
to support the Steubenville Tigers
Football team. If your group wants
to establish your own booster club
then Yes - you can form your own booster
club and legally register it as a
corporation with your state corporation
commission. If you are associated
with a public or private school you
need to be aware of the policies and
procedures outlined by the school
district, but otherwise the SCI company
cannot prevent you from establishing
your own organization.
Now
let's address the issue of the SCI
mandating that you work under their
organization. Unless your group was
a part of the formation of SCI or
your group met with SCI and asked
to become a subsidiary or branch of
SCI (which had to have already happened)
then they cannot mandate that you
follow their rules, deposit your funds
into their account or conduct business
under their company. For them to mandate
this to your group is illegal. Now
let's turn this situation into a positive
one. If SCI, which it sounds like
they are seeking to help bring about
support to local activities designed
to keep kids off the streets then
their is a natural opportunity for
both organizations to work together
in the spirit of what they are seeking
to achieve. By combining your talents
and local contacts you can each benefit
in ways that will help support your
programs.
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@boosterclubs.org.
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COMMAND CENTRAL CHANGES |
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Version 2.0 Staging for release
Many
exciting changes and enhancements
in Command Central are staged for
release in late November including
website builder 1.0 and a new look
and feel for controlling club databases.
Debugging of current beta version
1.0 tools is now coming to a completion
so expect some exciting changes, improvements
and enhancements. If you club has
not registered for membership now
is the time to position yourself so
you can enjoy the upcoming enhancements
and changes available to all members.
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NATIONWIDE HELPERS |
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Area
Coordinators - The
NBCA is now seeking individuals who
would like to assist local clubs,
teams and businesses. This is an ideal
opportunity for anyone currently working
with a club or team, 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 extra-curricular activities
play in shaping our society. If you
would like to be considered for this
position, please email your resume
and cover letter. Incomplete applications
cannot be considered. No telephone
calls, please. Email us today at marketing@boosterclubs.org
City
Directors - The NBCA
is seeking a limited number of individuals
to become City Directors. For more
information visit our online City
Director information section at: http://city.boosterclubs.org
Club Coordinators
- The NBCA is seeking individuals
who are currently working with or
involved with booster clubs. This
is an ideal opportunity for anyone
currently working with a club or team
who would like to turn the time you
are spending into an opportunity to
receive prizes, awards, recognition
and compensation. Club Coordinators
do not have to do anything more than
you are currently doing. If you would
like to be considered for the position
of Club Coordinator, please email
your name, club affiliation, city
and state. No telephone calls, please.
Email us today at marketing@boosterclubs.org
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Fact of the month-
"Consider enhancing the value of your
booster clubs membership by including special
perks, discounts, benefits and incentives
to members. These can be as simple as discounted
coffee and popcorn at your game concessions
or a special discount on spirit items. Show
that your membership has value over and
above the benefit of just becoming a member."
Quote
of the month-
"Good humor is tonic for the mind and
body. It is the best antidote for anxiety
and depression. It is a business asset.
It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens
human burdens. It is the direct route to
serenity and contentment."
--Grenville Kleiser
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