CURRENT FUNDRAISERS

Have dinner at the Middletown Pancake House on Tuesday Nov. 16 from 4:00 to 8:00 and mention Music Sponsors, and 15% of the proceeds will be donated to Music Sponsors South.

The students are taking orders for Poinsettias. Orders are due Dec 1. Pick up will be Dec 7 from 3:30 to 5:30. Click HERE for details and HERE for an order form.

The students are selling KID's STUFF Coupon books for $25. Of this $8.50 for each sale a student makes will go to their account. Click HERE for details.

The Students will be gift wrapping at Barnes and Nobel on Saturday Dec. 11 from 9:00 to 1:00. Donations will be accepted.

Thanks to Ms. Dazio, we will be selling decorated Christmas shopping bags. They come in Large ($3, 2 for $5), Double WIne ($2, 3 for $5), Small ($1, 6 for $5). Click for larger images: Snowman, Angel, Happy Holidays, Penguin, Santa.

Clothing Drive     Click here for details Thank You all for participating in the Oct. clothing drive. We made over $600. There will be another drive in the spring.

Annual Christmas Greenery Sale Click HERE for details. Orders will be available on Dec 4. Those students who participated will have their accounts credited collectively by over $1200.

Fund-raising is an important part of Music Sponsors South's activities. All funds raised go to support the South music program. Example expenditures include:

• Subsidizing student activities such as the spring band trip (last year, $50 per student of MSS members). We have recently been to Washington, Boston, Toronto, and Virginia Beach. The band and chorus participate in competitions while on the trip.
• Items that can't be covered by the school band budget (e.g. marching band score - $1200; competitions fees (e.g. $250); Parade fees (e.g. St. Patrick's Day); This year the school band budget was halved to $2000).
• Additions to school uniforms (e.g. gloves, berets, ear bands, color guard scrunchies or ribbons, leadership lanyards...)
• Thanks-you gifts to those that have gone out of their way to help, such as the custodians and music staff.
• Senior scholarships
• Stipends for student leaders required to go to U. of West Chester summer band camp (typically the drum majors and band president; This year 8 students attended the week long West Chester band camp, we subsidized 2).
• Equipment or repairs (instruments, tractor, carts, golf cart, tents..)
• Food for the competitions, parades, and special events (e.g. water for parades, snacks/water/treats for band camp, breakfast at Thanksgiving,...)
• Supplies for the band festival when held at South (as it was in 2008 and 2009).
• Providing initial funds to purchase student clothing (T-Shirts, shoes, garment bags, etc. until the students purchase the items)
• Investments to support the other fund raising activities (e.g. Food Booth equipment and maintenance; state fee for 50/50 license).
• Support for special events (not always completely self financing, such as the spring student awards night which had 144 participants!, which in 2011 we are targeting for June 10).

MSS sponsors has various types of fund-raisers:

1. Those done individually by students where the proceeds go to individual accounts (to help defray the cost of the annual music trip in the spring (or other student expenses, such as year books)) . Examples include:
   • Wreath and Poinsettia Sates
   • Taste-IT Sales
   • Joe Corbi Sales
   • Yankee Candle Sales
2. Those done by groups by students where proceeds are put into the general funds. Examples include:
   • Middletown Music Day (students providing music lessons for a day in the spring to the community)
   • Car Wash
   • Scooping at Rita's
   • Waiting tables at Friendly's
   • Canning
3. Those done by parents. Examples include:
   • Food Booth (this is on the visitors side of the stadium - last year we made $3800)
   • Clothing Drive (set for Friday October 29, 4:00-8:00pm)
   • Student Game Night
   • Winter Awards Dessert Night
   • Spring Awards Dinner/Dance
   • Apparel Sales
   • Adult Bingo
   • Manning Blue Claws booth for a game
4. Passive fund-raisers Examples include:
   • Good Search (on going)
   • Modell'ss (until September 16)
   • 5 Guys/Middletown (dates to be announced)
   • Barnes and Nobel (TBD)

We would like to thank the following. Please thank the merchants for supporting the South music program when you visit them.

• Sea Breeze Cleaners, who clean uniforms free of charge!
  1040 Hwy 35 South (by Bottle King/old Blockbuster/Village Mall)
• Rita's of Middletown Italian Iceds, who gives us great deals on ices to sell or provide to the kids (e.g. at band camp) and who provided the facilities for our car wash.
  1300 Route 35 South (Squires Plaza)
• Beacon Awards, who help us with suggestions and special pricing
  285 Route 35
• All the parents who have donated their time, talents, and treasure to help support the music program.

We have applied to the state for a 50/50 license (once approved at that level, it then has to be approved in Middletown). We are thinking we might want to target

• Uniforms, which as about 10 years old and getting thread bare. Uniforms are about $400 each.
• Raincoats, which are even older, and are about $75 each.