If you are a parent/guardian/grandparent of a current band or guard student within ECSD, you are already considered an Edgewood Band Booster! If you are a member of the community interested in the progress and development of the instrumental music program(s) and/or their affiliated groups within ECSD, you are eligible to be a member of the Edgewood Band Boosters Association. Booster members are welcome to all open meetings (the second Tuesday of almost every month (from August-April, normally at 7pm). We normally try to keep the meetings to an hour. The atmosphere is relaxed. We would love to hear your ideas! Another perk: after attending 2 meetings, you can vote on topics in your third meeting. Please feel free to join us - we'd love to see you there!!
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS:
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BAND BOOSTER CONSTITUTION
MARCHING BAND HANDBOOK:
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* Update your student's Final Forms for 2019-20 at:
edgewood-oh.finalforms.com/students Make sure the calendar is set on 2019-2020! * Update your student's Marching Band Contact information & family volunteer interests (paper form):
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Booster Meeting Agendas & Minutes
OUR FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR IS AUGUST 13 AT 7PM
The indoor concession stand at EHS
is our primary fundraising tool?!
is our primary fundraising tool?!
By staffing and managing the concession stand for almost every indoor sporting events, we have been able to save money and purchase new equipment, new and used instruments, marching band uniforms, and a trailer in the past few years. In addition to purchases, we've also been able to provide for our students in other ways:
- When our students perform in the middle school and high school pep bands, many of them will stay after school. That makes for a VERY long day! We decided about 5 years ago to feed the high school pep band after half time. They receive an entree, a snack, and a drink for free from the concession stand. There are normally 40-45 students in the group. Think about the amount of money we spend to feed them.
- This will be the 4th year that we will feed our EMS pep band before they perform. Sometimes band parents prepare sandwiches, sometimes we buy pizza or chicken strips, etc. Plus the students normally get a drink and a snack.
- We are able to keep our marching band fees lower than most of the other marching bands in our area due to the profits we receive from our concession stand.
Managing indoor concessions is a daunting task! In the fall we have Ladies Volleyball with approximately 18 shifts with 3 people per shift, and the Cougar Cave at Kumler Field with approximately 10 shifts with 3 people per shift. (Though the Cougar Cave isn't concessions, we still need to staff this "booth" so we can sell spiritwear and trinkets which also raise money for all our bands). Our winter sports season (Mens & Ladies Basketball plus Wrestling) runs from the end of November through early to mid February (approximately 47 shifts with 4-5 people PER SHIFT). In the spring, we have our Mens Volleyball season which will be approximately 16 shifts with 2 people per shift. We also normally have a 2-day Baton Twirling event in June that has approximately 10 shifts with 4 people per shift. In 2019 we also had an additional 2-day National Baton Twirling event that hosted over 300 athletes (and their families)! That ended up being about 12 shifts with 5-6 people per shift. Sometimes we will have small impromptu events that pop up as well. Just looking at the normal seasons and the two Twirling Competitions, we had to staff AT LEAST 463 shifts!! Many of those shifts were left unfilled and had to be covered by the 5 Board Officers, or by parents that worked well over their 2 shifts. These people don't do it for the fee reductions or the raffle tickets. They do it because they love the band and guard programs and they want to see them succeed and be able to handle the continued growth we have been seeing over the last few years!
-In addition to worrying about staffing, don't forget we have to purchase supplies, track inventory, track volunteer hours, and make sure eveyrone is up to date on training.
What does volunteering in the concession stand get you besides a warm feeling knowing that you are helping the band to grow and improve? You/your student are able to earn a fee reduction for a few of our groups (Percussion Ensemble, Winterguard, Marching Band/Colorguard), or you can receive raffle tickets for our 5th Annual Basket Raffle Extravaganza in May (for those of you who have a student that is a senior, doesn't participate in any of those groups, or you have reached your maximum amount in any/all the groups). NO OTHER ORGANIZATION AROUND HERE DOES THIS!! We are willing to (essentially) pay part of your fees, or give you free raffle tickets for some amazing baskets, in order to get a volunteer base to handle over 450 shifts. Who wouldn't want to do that??!
Please feel free to contact an Executive Board Member if you have questions, need training, want to help with feeding our students, or need more information about all things band/guard. We would love to see new faces in the concession stand to go with our core group of amazing workers, so please check out our SignUp Genius links on the Band Calendar and sign up for a few shifts! - Thank you so much - Mel L
- When our students perform in the middle school and high school pep bands, many of them will stay after school. That makes for a VERY long day! We decided about 5 years ago to feed the high school pep band after half time. They receive an entree, a snack, and a drink for free from the concession stand. There are normally 40-45 students in the group. Think about the amount of money we spend to feed them.
- This will be the 4th year that we will feed our EMS pep band before they perform. Sometimes band parents prepare sandwiches, sometimes we buy pizza or chicken strips, etc. Plus the students normally get a drink and a snack.
- We are able to keep our marching band fees lower than most of the other marching bands in our area due to the profits we receive from our concession stand.
Managing indoor concessions is a daunting task! In the fall we have Ladies Volleyball with approximately 18 shifts with 3 people per shift, and the Cougar Cave at Kumler Field with approximately 10 shifts with 3 people per shift. (Though the Cougar Cave isn't concessions, we still need to staff this "booth" so we can sell spiritwear and trinkets which also raise money for all our bands). Our winter sports season (Mens & Ladies Basketball plus Wrestling) runs from the end of November through early to mid February (approximately 47 shifts with 4-5 people PER SHIFT). In the spring, we have our Mens Volleyball season which will be approximately 16 shifts with 2 people per shift. We also normally have a 2-day Baton Twirling event in June that has approximately 10 shifts with 4 people per shift. In 2019 we also had an additional 2-day National Baton Twirling event that hosted over 300 athletes (and their families)! That ended up being about 12 shifts with 5-6 people per shift. Sometimes we will have small impromptu events that pop up as well. Just looking at the normal seasons and the two Twirling Competitions, we had to staff AT LEAST 463 shifts!! Many of those shifts were left unfilled and had to be covered by the 5 Board Officers, or by parents that worked well over their 2 shifts. These people don't do it for the fee reductions or the raffle tickets. They do it because they love the band and guard programs and they want to see them succeed and be able to handle the continued growth we have been seeing over the last few years!
-In addition to worrying about staffing, don't forget we have to purchase supplies, track inventory, track volunteer hours, and make sure eveyrone is up to date on training.
What does volunteering in the concession stand get you besides a warm feeling knowing that you are helping the band to grow and improve? You/your student are able to earn a fee reduction for a few of our groups (Percussion Ensemble, Winterguard, Marching Band/Colorguard), or you can receive raffle tickets for our 5th Annual Basket Raffle Extravaganza in May (for those of you who have a student that is a senior, doesn't participate in any of those groups, or you have reached your maximum amount in any/all the groups). NO OTHER ORGANIZATION AROUND HERE DOES THIS!! We are willing to (essentially) pay part of your fees, or give you free raffle tickets for some amazing baskets, in order to get a volunteer base to handle over 450 shifts. Who wouldn't want to do that??!
Please feel free to contact an Executive Board Member if you have questions, need training, want to help with feeding our students, or need more information about all things band/guard. We would love to see new faces in the concession stand to go with our core group of amazing workers, so please check out our SignUp Genius links on the Band Calendar and sign up for a few shifts! - Thank you so much - Mel L
Easy Ways to Support our bands & guard program!
Kroger Community Rewards:
Log into/set up a Kroger Rewards account. Go to your account summary, Find Community Rewards, and click re-enroll/enroll Edgewood Band Boosters (#81583). Now the bands receive a percentage of your purchases!!!
GFS/Gordon Food Service Store:
The next time you shop, let the cashier know you want to shop to reward Edgewood HS Band Boosters (#2181093). We accumulate points that can be cashed in as actual dollars!
AmazonSmile:
Go to smile.amazon.com. On the upper, left screen (just below the search box), there is a “Supporting” drop down. If you type in and select Edgewood Band Boosters Association, a portion of every sale made through AmazonSmile will go to the bands!
PayPal:
Need to make a payment or want to make a donation?
www.paypal.me/EdgewoodBoosters
Be in the Know!
Band Website:
Visit this site often, as it has the latest information about everything Edgewood Bands! The Band Calendar link has all concession stand dates, practice dates, performances, and important school dates. www.edgewoodbands.com/
Facebook: Search for and join the closed group: Edgewood Bands (Parents, Musicians, Families, Friends).
We have a public page as well: Edgewood Band Boosters Association
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/edgewoodbands
Instagram: www.instagram.com/edgewoodbands/
Remind: This is our cell phone notification system. Sign up only for the specific groups you need to receive info and messages about!
Groupme: Do you have questions while you're working in the Concession Stand? This is a quick way to get in touch with an Exec Board member if one isn't working during your shift!
Questions for us?
Just email us at: edgewoodbands@gmail.com
Kroger Community Rewards:
Log into/set up a Kroger Rewards account. Go to your account summary, Find Community Rewards, and click re-enroll/enroll Edgewood Band Boosters (#81583). Now the bands receive a percentage of your purchases!!!
GFS/Gordon Food Service Store:
The next time you shop, let the cashier know you want to shop to reward Edgewood HS Band Boosters (#2181093). We accumulate points that can be cashed in as actual dollars!
AmazonSmile:
Go to smile.amazon.com. On the upper, left screen (just below the search box), there is a “Supporting” drop down. If you type in and select Edgewood Band Boosters Association, a portion of every sale made through AmazonSmile will go to the bands!
PayPal:
Need to make a payment or want to make a donation?
www.paypal.me/EdgewoodBoosters
Be in the Know!
Band Website:
Visit this site often, as it has the latest information about everything Edgewood Bands! The Band Calendar link has all concession stand dates, practice dates, performances, and important school dates. www.edgewoodbands.com/
Facebook: Search for and join the closed group: Edgewood Bands (Parents, Musicians, Families, Friends).
We have a public page as well: Edgewood Band Boosters Association
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/edgewoodbands
Instagram: www.instagram.com/edgewoodbands/
Remind: This is our cell phone notification system. Sign up only for the specific groups you need to receive info and messages about!
- All Bands: https://www.remind.com/join/edgewoodal or Enter 81010 and text @edgewoodal (Organization wide info)
- EMS Bands: https://www.remind.com/join/934kf or Enter 81010 and text @934kf (All EMS band info)
- EHS Marching Band: https://www.remind.com/join/f6h49 or Enter 81010 and text @f6h49 (Marching band only)
- EHS Pep Band: https://www.remind.com/join/ehspepb or Enter 81010 and text @ehspepb (Only HS Pep Band Info)
Groupme: Do you have questions while you're working in the Concession Stand? This is a quick way to get in touch with an Exec Board member if one isn't working during your shift!
Questions for us?
Just email us at: edgewoodbands@gmail.com
