Fairport Nordic Booster Club
Meeting 11/14/07
Welcome/Introductions: Ed Deller and Diana Wright: Club Co-Presidents
Newcomb Losh: Website and Email Coordinator
Booster Club: Purpose of club is to provide extra monetary support for the needs of the team for items such as race wax, paper goods for bus trips, end of year Banquet room rental expense, team awards and senior gifts. Dues is $15.00/team member to a maximum of $25/family. Checks made payable to Fairport Nordic Booster Club or cash is accepted. Thank you for your support!
Volunteer Opportunities: There are many opportunities to assist the Booster Club, the team, Section V & Rochester skiing. We hope that at least one of the descriptions below will interest you. If you have questions please feel free to contact Diana Wright (388-8608) or Ed Deller (377-0532). All of the team/club opportunities have notes and ideas for you from people who have previously done the job (except grooming equipment).
Ø Food Schedule: Develop food schedule for team based on the race schedule and bus trips. Circulate list and expectations and post on website.
Ø Articles for newspaper: summarize races and submit to Post newspaper
Ø Fundraising: Most recently ski forms and refreshments sales at November ski sale. Car wash in the past. Open to new ideas.
Ø Clothing: Coordinate orders for t-shirts, sweatshirts etc. for the team based on team requests
Ø Photographer(s): Take photos at races to post on website
Ø Timing: Help at races at start/finish line calling out race bib numbers or recording times. Training provided. You can help time at races opposite the one(s) your skier races.
Ø Grooming: Assist with grooming at FHS with the snowmobile and grooming equipment. Training provided. Let us know if you are able to help maintain the snowmobile.
Ø Grooming equipment: Help secure equipment appropriate for grooming. May include fundraising ideas if equipment needs to be purchased.
Ø Banquet: Coordinate end of season banquet. Includes invitations, securing date and place, food assignments etc.
Ø Slide show/ photo CD’s for banquet: Assemble slide show for banquet, make photos CD’s for each team member and arrange for equipment needed for slideshow at banquet
Ø Decorations: Locker decorations at sectional time and banquet decorations at the end of season. May include photo of team/skiers to give at banquet
Ø Awards and senior gifts: Design and order awards and gifts for banquet. List of awards provided by Coach. Send out notice regarding the voting for Roger Weston Award and tally votes.
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RXCSF:
Fundraisers:
Ski Form Making: Team members and parents made 20 ski forms on 11/4/07 to sell as a fundraiser at the ski sale at HFL middle school Saturday, 11/17. We need a few volunteers to help at the sale with selling ski forms.
EZ Bottle and Can Return: We are
setting up an account for Fairport Nordic.
We receive credit for any bottle returns that people designate for
us. We can also do a
Discounts: Any time you go to purchase ski items for you child at local retailers, be sure to mention they are on the FHS Nordic Team. You often receive discounts of 10-20%. This applies to online orders too.
Booster club Materials: (currently stored at the Wright house; call Diana at 388-8608 if you need something that is listed)
-Soup Ladles
-2 Gallon Insulated containers for soups, stews, chili
-5 gallon orange drink container (Actually, this has been MIA since the end of 2005 season. If anyone has this stored in their basement garage, we’d like to use it again. Thanks for checking!)
-hot cups/ spoons, paper towels, garbage bags – We supply this for each bus trip for the meal. They are stored in the team room once the season starts.
Recovery Meal: Explanation of schedule, containers, etc. Drop off hot food before bus leaves (around 3:00 p.m.) We have alternatives for parents at work who cannot drop off food at 3.
It is important that we be informed of any food allergies as soon as
possible to make accommodations.
Clothing: Always have dry warm clothes available for after practice and after races. Skiers change on the bus.
Races: Maps and directions are on FHS Booster Club website
http://xcski.newcs-wondorama.com/index.html We suggest bookmarking this website as we post all written info, schedules, etc for your reference. Your child must take the bus to/from races unless you give 24 hour written notice to Coach and the FHS athletic office. See Coach for more information.
Skis: Transportation Dept. will not allow skis to be taken on the school bus to/from school. There is storage at school or parents can drop them off before practice (or with student in the morning)
Ski Trip:
A possibility;
previous 1-2 night trips have been to