Booster Club Management

Why Are Booster Clubs Important For Schools?

Financial pressure on school districts appears to be ever increasing. This means that private groups such as school booster clubs play a crucial role by supporting a school district, since their support increases a school district’s ability to offer extracurricular activities to students and to enrich students’ overall educational experience. However, when booster clubs and schools work in conjunction, they must uphold the proper level of independence from one another as separate entities….

February 27, 2018 / by / in , ,
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What Does A Booster Club Do For a School?

If you have a child involved in school extra-curricular activities, chances are you have run across a Booster Club or two.  Depending on your involvement you may be asking yourself – what exactly do booster clubs do? The basic definition for booster clubs is an organization that is formed with the goal of supporting a specific department or cause, such as a sports or drama program in a school. What a booster club does, in some ways, depends on the program being supported, but generally, booster clubs strive to organize fundraising and volunteer their time in an effort to enhance the performance of their activity or extra-curricular program. Providing enthusiastic emotional support for a team or program is another purpose of a booster club, mimicking the encouragement of a parent but on a wider scale. Below, we’ve described a number of ways of how booster clubs help schools, illustrating what booster clubs do for specific programs commonly found in a learning environment!…

February 20, 2018 / by / in ,
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Why Get Involved With Booster Clubs?

Booster clubs have become, especially in the past few years, extremely popular across the United States. To answer the question of “What are booster clubs?” many booster clubs provide support for a variety of activities from drama to sports to academics. Booster clubs are an extremely valuable resource for communities who need help with tasks like fundraising and volunteer event help. Generally, booster clubs focus on raising funds for different programs through the organization of events and activities that the community can take part in. A booster club is one of the most efficient and direct fund raising systems for any school department or private organization, whether it be music, arts, academics or athletics. Below, we’ve compiled a list of reasons why getting involved with a booster club based in your area would benefit not only you, but your community!…

February 6, 2018 / by / in
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What Do Band Booster Clubs Do?

Band booster clubs are booster clubs that are created in schools to serve the purpose of collecting the necessary funds that will keep the band program running. Bands, however, come in all shapes and sizes from marching bands to PEP bands, concert bands to flag corps bands. The list goes on and on! Therefore, the needs of each band being supported will vary. A music booster club of this nature will need to be able to raise money in order to supply general necessities such as band uniforms, banners, trip funds, contest entrance fees, and so much more.

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January 23, 2018 / by / in , ,
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Are Booster Clubs Only For Sports?

Booster clubs are extremely popular organizations usually based in American schools at the middle school, high school, and university level. Generally, booster clubs are run and organized by students and their parents, though at a University level, many fans and alumni do their part to help support booster clubs. The primary focus of booster clubs is not socializing, but to develop support for student athletic programs and to raise funds in order to counteract the budget cuts taking place at many public schools and institutions.

The cost of running any kind of extracurricular program, of course, varies from school to school. However, some necessities such as equipment, uniforms, and traveling money are universal and, unfortunately, quite expensive. That is why sports booster clubs, academic booster clubs, music booster clubs, and so many other school based organizations seek to provide additional financial support. To help you better understand how booster clubs work for every student activity, we’ve put together a list of the most common types of booster clubs as well as their primary functions and objectives.

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January 16, 2018 / by / in
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How To Set Up Your Booster Club

Before you jump in and set up your booster club, it might help to have a primer on what a booster club is. A booster club is an all-volunteer organization formed to support a wide variety of groups, from sports teams, to marching bands, to student orchestras, to drama departments, to arts programs and so on. Due to their ease of set up, booster clubs are widely used to efficiently and directly raise funds to fill budget gaps for any number of different activities. That being said, their ease of set up does not take away from the hard work it takes to set up your booster club and manage it. Below, we’ve outlined some key points to consider when you are ready to set up your booster club so that it runs smoothly and successfully!

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Booster Club Laws – Keeping Your Booster Club Legal

Booster clubs, to be considered as legitimate, nonprofit organizations, have a number of regulations that need to be followed in order to maintain their legal status. Booster club legalities can vary from area to area depending on state practices, but there are a number of general booster club laws that should be followed no matter where your organization is established. Below, we’ve listed a few of the guidelines that should be followed in order for you to create and maintain a legal booster club organization!…

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