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re: Fund raising for high school sports?
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:43 pm to The Mick
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:43 pm to The Mick
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I imagine there's a professional/dedicated cheer coach instead of a teacher who coaches part-time? Good bit of that $ probably goes to her.
So the cheer coach is a faculty member who gets a stipend paid directly by the cheer district. The team has Cheer PE so the coach gets to handle that, so it's like one less class they have to teach.
But, we pay for outside coaches or consultants or whatever you want to call them, who come in every summer and design several new routines, especially the competition routines. And yes, they are paid out of that money.
Some of the money also goes towards a strength and nutrition expert.
A chunk of the money also goes to the summer camp they go to.
We also pay (outside of this money) a monthly fee for weekly hour long tumbling lessons from a tumbling coach.
This cheer stuff has come a long way from the "Rah Rah Ree, Kick em in the knee" cheerleaders that were around when we were in school.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 12:46 pm
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Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:46 pm to LSUFanHouston
Do most of these girls cheer in college? That a scholarship opportunity?
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:49 pm to Gaston
During the summer, school sport(s) should host:
1. Skeet Shoot
2. Golf Tournament
There are your funds.
1. Skeet Shoot
2. Golf Tournament
There are your funds.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:52 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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2. Golf Tournament
we used to host an annual fund raising golf tournament in memory of my late bil, funds went toward academic scholarships at his old hs, you want to arrange an event to get as many cheaters in one spot as possible? set up a golf tournament
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:52 pm to BigNastyTiger417
Or a 5k run. People actually pay for that.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:52 pm to Gaston
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Do most of these girls cheer in college?
Some do.
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That a scholarship opportunity?
Very, very few schools give full scholarships. Most give between 2K and 5K a year. We know a few that have gone on to cheer at state schools in LA, and get TOPS, so basically the cheer scholarship covers their book money and some other expenses.
But the long term seems to be the play here. Every travel gym coach, every cheer routine coach and consultant, etc, all seem to have "cheered at XYZ University" on their resume. And there's a lot of money that route.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:54 pm to Gaston
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Or a 5k run. People actually pay for that.
That takes work. It's much easier for an overworked coach to just sign up on a website for some company to run everything and give the team 60% of sales.
Now, if parents step up and volunteer to run a tournament or other event to raise money, you can raise a ton of money if done well.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:55 pm to Gaston
When I was playing sports in school it was always either these coupon card things or selling Coke products.
They would have us go door to door selling those stupid cards, which I hated doing.
They would have us go door to door selling those stupid cards, which I hated doing.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 12:57 pm
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:57 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
Yea, frick those discount cards. Glad that fell out of favor.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:58 pm to Pvt Hudson
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Agreed - but that’s on us as parents.
no its not, your concept is stupid. you buy in by practicing with the team and sweet equity, not getting your parents friends or your friends parents to donate
sorry coach, but you are wrong on this one. i think your heart is in right place, but your execution leaves alot to be desired imo.
problem is with so much of society...you are worried about how other people spend thier money and its effects on thier kids...
1) dont do that, its none of your business....
2) despite what this board likes to portray...kids from well off and upper middle class families end up doing much much better in society overall due to parent involvement and higher % of fathers in the home.
let the parents pay if they want, stop judging. sorry but if you come to me with a fundraiser, im writing the check because my time is way more valuable. on a cost per hour, raising money is a losing proposition for me.
This post was edited on 5/8/23 at 1:01 pm
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:58 pm to Roll Tide Ravens
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When I was playing sports in school it was always either these coupon card things or selling Coke products.
I went to all public schools, never heard of this for athletics
Posted on 5/8/23 at 12:59 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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Golf Tournament
We raise about 100k from ours
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:00 pm to yellowfin
Damn, y’all must have shot girls at every tee box.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:02 pm to BigNastyTiger417
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During the summer, school sport(s) should host:
1. Skeet Shoot
2. Golf Tournament
There are your funds.
during the year...do a gun raffle and if you want do super bowl/cfb playoff squares....those are money makers.
the going business to business shite sucks, sorry it does.
ftr most public schools do fundraising too, more than private even.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:03 pm to Gaston
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Damn, y’all must have shot girls at every tee box.
check me if I'm wrong Sandy but if we kill all of the girls...
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:04 pm to Pvt Hudson
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It’s a shame that rather than have their kid do some work to support the team, the parents just bitch at the coach and write another check.
Emailing asking for cash isn’t work. We washed cars, sold Grit door to door and believe it or not had bake sales. We also sold two hour blocks where we would do any work asked at the contributor home-cut grass, clean a garage, paint, bang the wife.
And standing at an intersection with a boot and a yellow vest isn’t work either.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:04 pm to yellowfin
Nice!!
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:08 pm to The Mick
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Its the female version of travel baseball.... pro coaches, choreographers, private tumble lessons, etc.
bro cheer is way way way more than travel baseball, same with competitive dance.
travel baseball aint that much unless you want it to be. and even then its pennies compared to cheer and dance.
only rodeo, golf and equistrian is more than cheer/dance.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:14 pm to lsu777
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competitive dance.
The cost is eye watering. Every, single, month.
Posted on 5/8/23 at 1:29 pm to Gaston
In our case, we provided 20 friends’ emails but told them up front to ignore the emails, we just paid the amount expected up front to the team fund. I hade 14 years worth of funding payments, some overlapped, where sons played baseball at the HS and MS level.
I found out after a relative became an assistant coach that easily 25% of the players never paid a dime. Others’ donations and fundraisers essentially covered those non-payers.
I found out after a relative became an assistant coach that easily 25% of the players never paid a dime. Others’ donations and fundraisers essentially covered those non-payers.
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