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Harmony Tours - NYC
Harmony Tours - NYC
All students will be assigned a Quad Occupancy room.
Chaperones will be in a 2 person room.
Deposits are due by Sept 6, 2024.
If you are paying the deposit by EFT or Credit Card, please register using this link:
If you are paying your deposit with a Tax Credit Donation, please see the next section.
Tax Credit Details
Tax Credit Details
Generally, a family filing jointly can claim up to $400 in Extra-Curricular Tax Credits by donating directly to the school and noting the program and/or student the funds should be credited to. A single filer can claim up to $200, generally. Donations can be as little as $1 or as much as the maximum allowed by law.
This is a dollar-for-dollar program where the amount donated is directly removed from your state tax liability total. Claiming the donation is done on your annual tax return. Think of it like pre-paying a portion of your tax bill, but the check is given to the school, not the state treasurer.
You and anyone who wishes to donate on your child's behalf can donate in 2024 and 2025, up to the amount allowed for each year. The boosters will track and apply the tax credit balance to the child's account, and you will email the boosters to have the credits applied to an obligation.
If you are paying for the deposit of the trip with a Tax Credit, please register using this link:
Then, use this link to send in your Tax Credit Donation:
https://www.gilbertschools.net/families/tax-credit-contributions
Parents can contribute through their Infinite Campus sign in.
All others should use the Community Donation option. Please have Community Donors specify Orchestra at Campo AND your child's name.
Fundraisers
Fundraisers
We run a couple of different forms of fundraisers.
Student Specific events will help students raise funds for their own Orchestra activities. We hold these funds in "escrow" for the students to use as they wish for any Orchestra events, trips, or auditions. Funds will never be disbursed directly to the student. Boosters disburse these funds on behalf of the student at the parent's request to the vendor asking for payment. Any remaining funds at graduation will be rolled into the Booster General Fund.
Examples of this kind of fundraiser are: Car Wash pre-sale, Salsa Love sales, Swig Card sales, and ButterBraid sales. Students receive a percentage of each item sold as a credit in their Orchestra Booster account.
All other fundraisers will go into the Booster General Fund to support the Orchestra as needed and as outlined in our bylaws.
To see a list of the current fundraising opportunities, please use this link:
A note about the trip payments.
A note about the trip payments.
There are 3 parts to the total fee that will be collected:
There are 3 parts to the total fee that will be collected:
1) Payments made to the tour company directly.
1) Payments made to the tour company directly.
a. We will ask for a report from them periodically and your child’s spreadsheet will be updated once we receive the report.
a. We will ask for a report from them periodically and your child’s spreadsheet will be updated once we receive the report.
2) Tax Credit donations (optional).
2) Tax Credit donations (optional).
a. We will get a report from the Campo Bookstore monthly. The spreadsheet will be updated when we get that report. The Boosters will track the total for all students and send it to the tour company to assign to the traveler's account shortly before we leave.
a. We will get a report from the Campo Bookstore monthly. The spreadsheet will be updated when we get that report. The Boosters will track the total for all students and send it to the tour company to assign to the traveler's account shortly before we leave.
3) Payments collected directly by the Boosters.
3) Payments collected directly by the Boosters.
a. Near the end of the trip, the Boosters will collect a little bit of money to cover some trip fees that the tour company does not include, like matching tour clothing, a small amount that helps keep the chaperone fee the same as the student fee, and other miscellaneous costs. These items, plus the amount collected by the tour company, will NOT exceed the initial estimate of $2350.
a. Near the end of the trip, the Boosters will collect a little bit of money to cover some trip fees that the tour company does not include, like matching tour clothing, a small amount that helps keep the chaperone fee the same as the student fee, and other miscellaneous costs. These items, plus the amount collected by the tour company, will NOT exceed the initial estimate of $2350.
We know this can be a bit confusing so please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions! We will do our best to track down answers for you.
We know this can be a bit confusing so please don’t hesitate to ask if you have questions! We will do our best to track down answers for you.
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