Student Rules 2007-2008
Booster By-laws
Parent Guide

The boosters are a parent support organization whose goal is to help the students in the band to have the best possible experience. The boosters are the people that provide the much-appreciated lemonade and ice water after the halftime presentation. They are the chaperones who maintain order in the back of the bus on away games. They organize fund-raisers to help the students participate in various activities such as an annual band banquet and trips at the end of the year.

Who are the Band Boosters? They are you and I and the person sitting next to you. The only thing needed for membership is love for a child in the band. If you love your child, you are a band booster.

Of course, we would like you to become an active participant in the organization. But don’t feel that you have to become a “band groupie” in order to do so. If the only thing that you do is chaperone one out of town game or help man the concession stands a single time, which would be more than enough to earn the gratitude of the entire band organization – students, directors, and parents alike.

One of the main fundraising activities of the Boosters is operating the concession stand on the visitor’s side of the stadium. The McHi, Memorial, and Rowe band parents share this duty and share a large portion of the proceeds. To keep the parents from missing their child’s performance because they are slinging nachos to the halftime crowd under the stands, we never work the concession stand at our own home games. Whenever McHi has a home game, parents of the Memorial and Nikki Rowe bands operate the visitors concession stand. Likewise, when Memorial has a home game, Rowe and McHi boosters handle the concessions. Even though we pay general admission to the games, the boosters can sit in a special section just underneath the band on the north side of the stadium.

We welcome you to join us and promise that if you do, you can do as little or as much as you like. You can come to all the meetings or only one. We appreciate any amount of involvement.  We have found our involvement with our young musicians to be encouraging and supportive for them, and exciting and rewarding for us as parents. This is what the boosters are really about.

We invite you to become an active member of the McHi band boosters. There are different committees where help is needed. Your time, effort and support are greatly appreciated. At the first band booster meeting, a sign up form will be made available for you to volunteer your services. Please consider participating in as few or as many committees as you can. This is a great way to meet other parents and be involved in a fun and rewarding organization.

Band Booster Dues

10.00 per voting member

Committees

• Water Committee
• Chaperone Committee
• Band Banquet
• Phone Committee
• Concessions Committee
• Senior Football Night Committee
• Sectional Parent(s)