Damonte Ranch Band Parent Organization Board Meeting
DRHS Choir Room, 6-8pm
- Fundraising – Currently planned events
- Dine & Donates (goal of 2x month):
- Qdoba – January 25th
- BJ’s – February 23rd
- Texas Roadhouse – February 27th & 28th
- Yogurt Beach – February 28th
- Port of Subs (Wedge Parkway) – March 15th
- Contacted/pending: Panda Express, Lamppost Pizza, Genghis Grill, Twisted Fork, South 40, Murietta’s, Rusty Taco, South Creek Pizza, Peg’s, Squeeze Inn
- South 40 called Lisel back, will look into doing Dine & Donate (thought about doing Bingo there, but due to legal concerns will stick with Life Church)
- Sponsorships:
- Tamarack (check towards food for Band Banquet)
- Online fundraiser (Redline) – Ms. B/kids do this event
- February 10th
- Mini golf tournament w/silent auction
- Kyle’s drumline fundraiser
- Band-A-Thon (new name “Miles for Music”)
- Possible replacement for(s) for Band Day
- Walk-a-thon, 5k, 10k, etc. (one lap of the Damonte Ranch wetlands is right about 5k)
- Participating kids get people to sponsor them in lieu of a fee
- Corporate sponsors, tables, t-shirts, etc.
- Could offer a certain amount for each student who participates
- Make this a community event – registration fee for public
- Matching sponsorships from the community
- Sponsorships & donations through online portal
- Amazon Smile
- Ending in a month, doesn’t actually work anyway, so this is something we should stop advertising.
- Scrip fundraiser
- Now called “Raise Right” – used to be “Shop with Scrip” – families get the funds from this, not the BPO
- We need a special communication flyer and include lots of information about it on the website
- Bingo night
- Life Church or South 40 (decided on Life Church due to possible legal concerns)
- April 21st
- Concessions/food ideas
- Basketball snackbar
- No updates on this yet
- Emily will do the envelope distribution list export and include the upcoming events. Will have everything ready to go.
- Dine & Donates (goal of 2x month):
- Needs for current fundraisers
- Advertising
- Need to have flyers targeted for each event
- Flyer distribution
- Silent auction items
- Need to make appointment with Katie Grace Foundation for multiple events – 30 items. This includes Zone concert on March 8th.
- Eventgroove.com
- Advertising
- Fundraising ideas for future (rest of this year, summer, next year):
- New sponsors?
- DiLoreto/Downtown Damonte
- Silent Auction items
- Envelope distribution
- Can we have signage/banners in the stadium, on the gate to the band yard, or in the theater?
- New sponsors?
- Committee chairs/teams for existing fundraisers/events:
- Apparel & uniforms
- Emily got more logos from the school to put together another online store
- Social media
- Nextdoor (Jamie will sign up for this)
- Photography/Videography
- Parent outreach
- Emily to see about getting a list from CutTime to see if we can start making phone calls
- Dan to also look at the forms and see if we can pull details on the volunteer options that were submitted by parents and provide those details to Lisel to see if we can target outreach for specific events.
- Band banquet
- Lisel working on this
- Bingo night committee
- Newsletter – one page/double sided
- Apparel & uniforms
- Upcoming Meeting Schedule:
- March 14, 2023
- April 4, 2023
- April 11, 2023 (tentative)
- May 2, 2023