MARCHING BAND
[Volunteer]
VOLUNTEER!
Be part of this amazing, award-winning team.
The Golden Eagle Marching Band has a long and proud history of providing students with a wonderful opportunity to enrich their lives through participation in the pageantry arts. We have been very competitively successful in the Michigan Competing Bands Association (MCBA) for the last 4 decades (including 11 State Championships). We are very proud of this, and we hope that our past achievements can lead us to continued and greater success, but we cannot do that without YOU!
The Marching Band Boosters is a sub-organization under the Ferndale Fine Arts Boosters non-profit. The boosters are responsible for funding and supporting the marching band throughout the season.
The Marching Band Boosters is run by volunteers like you. Volunteering is crucial for raising the funds the band needs throughout the season, creating wonderful moments for our student marchers, helping get the band to each football game and competition, and many other things.
Below is a list of ways that you can volunteer and committees that need leadership. We need each family to help out in some capacity during the season.
Mini Camp Lunches
Lead(s)
Arrange for Pizza purchases per week
Purchase Drinks, Snacks, and Fruit to sell
Arrange for Volunteers
Volunteers
Pick up pizza in Ferndale
Prep snacks & coolers
Set up & sell to band/guard members
Clean up
Arts Beats and Eats
Volunteer:
Parents-
Make Mixed Drinks
Hand off orders to customers
Follow procedures for tracking sales
Students-
Help with no alcoholic drink service
TIPS Trained- We will need one TIPS Trained adult per shift
Accept alcohol deliveries from AB&E
Meet with AB&E representatives to close out the night
Order replacement supplies from AB&E
Make the call to cut someone off of drinking (Rare)
Tag Days
Lead(s)
Arrange for marchers to be in front of businesses
Arrange marchers to volunteer
Arrange adult volunteers
Volunteer:
Drive the kids to and from the businesses.
Coordinators to count funds as received.
People are also needed to go to businesses and get permission to ask for donations, and to coordinate the shifts and count the funds received.
Parents to be with students on location for part of each shift to help encourage students to ask for donations
Bus Chaperones-
Volunteer:
Ride the bus to and from competitions
Make sure every student is on the bus before leaving
Help Judy with Snack at the competition
Merchandise Sale
Lead(s):
Confirm orders and payments
Work with Designer to find printing company options
Let Designer know number of each size and type for order
Arrange volunteers to sell at Football games
Track amount of merch left
Arrange to get merch up to Interlochen to be handed out to adults
Arrange marcher, staff and busdriver shirts to be delivered the Saturday before camp.
Work with Sponsorship Fulfillment Committee to t-shirt orders from Sponsors
Volunteers
Help fill prepaid merch orders prior to Band Camp
Help sell t-shirts, hoodies and other band memorabilia at home football games and other events.
Soup and a Show
Lead(s):
Arrange for volunteers to bring food (last year soups) and the like to raise donation money
Arrange for set up and use of the concession area and tables
Arrange for a few “soups” to feed the marchers after the performance
Find volunteers to help with set up, clean up, and accept donations.
Volunteers:
Donate a soup or chilli or other food items
Help set up and tear down event
Help run event
Help feed the marchers after the show
Sponsorship
Lead(s)
Solicit corporate sponsorships from repeat and new businesses through visits, phone calls and emails.
Work with Sponsorship Fulfillment to make sure sponsorship benefits are managed and followed through. Banner, Truck Logos, t-shirt orders
Volunteer
Stuff and mail out letters to local businesses
Call local business and collect information on whom to send sponsorship information to
Help make calls to see if information was received
Reach out to your business you work for to see if they would be interested in a sponsorship
Finals Door Signs
Lead(s)
Arrange with the poster designer all the names and sections for each marcher
Work with the -designer to send to print
Arrange addresses into 10-15 houses per driving team
Arrange for volunteers
Group sign with address labels on the back pre driving team
Find a location for drivers to start from
Make sure teams have supplies
Volunteers
Help Lead(s) arrange address and door signs
Be part of a door hanging team- Driver or Hanger
Spirit Signs
Lead
Work with a designer or create an overall design
Coordinate volunteers to come on nights before competitions and add to the design
Volunteers
Help create the spirit signs for the hallway
Hang in hallway night before first competition
Help add to the signs on night before each following competition leading up to finals
Raffles
Lead(s)
Arrange for Volunteer help and items for basket raffle
Volunteer:
50/50 Raffle Volunteers
Sell raffle tickets during football game first and second quarters
Sell raffle tickets at Dinner and show
Soup and Show Volunteers
Mail or drop off donation ask letters to local business
Pick up items for raffle as needed
Set up for Dinner and a Show Raffle
Sell tickets for Dinner and a Show
Scratch Off Lottery Ticket Basket
Sell Tickets to the Raffle
Dessert Night
Volunteers
Donate desserts or drinks for the evening
Help to set up
Help to ensure ever Marcher and Family get a dessert
Help to clean up
Annual and Alumni Giving Campaign
Volunteer
Help create a more concise spreadsheet of names and email addresses
Reach out to any personal Alumni you may know, informing them of the
campaign
Reach out to extended family, friends, co-workers, etc., informing them of the campaign
Pit Pups-
Lead:
Be point of contact for Pit Pup Parents
Organize when Pups will be at football games and competitions
Supervise/ Arrange supervision Pit Pups at football games and competitions
Communicate with Mr. Jamison on which pups will be there and if they will need to ride on a bus.
Communicate with Pit Crew Lead which pups will be attending when.
Adult Volunteers
Supervise Pit Pups while at halftime and during competitions
Check Pit Pups with Pit Crew Lead
Pit Pups
Students 5TH GRADE and up who are interested in helping the FHSMB by supporting the pit crew move assigned equipment.
Senior Tribute
Lead
Work with Mr. Jamison to send a senior questionnaire out to the seniors
Collect and create a document for the banquet from responses
Post one senior spotlight a day leading up to finals
Uniforms
Volunteers
Launder band uniforms at your home at the end of the season.
FINALS MEAL
Lead
Check with the Board for budget
Arrange for food donations
Arrange for volunteers to set up, serve, and clean up
Volunteers
Set up Final’s Meal
Sever food
Clean Up
Donate food, drink, or other items for the meal
Senior Banner
Lead
Arrange Photo Shoot
Work with the vendor to make the banners
Hang banners
Volunteers
Help hang banners
Help with photo shoot
Sponsorship Fulfillment
Leads Per Group
Organize the fulfillment of t-shirts, guest list for football games, thank you bags with donor receipt and award recognition, Sponsor banner, Facebook posts, Truck Logos, company names on back of t-shirts
Volunteer:
T-shirt- Give Sponsors t-shirts before first game
Football game list- Organize and send list to the athletic department before start of football season
Donor Thank you bags- Create receipts, award recognitions, get marchers to sign thank you cards, Deliver gift bags to donors
Sponsor Banner- Gather all Company logos, Arrange for Print of Banner, Hang Banner before first football game
Semi Truck Logo- Gather applicable sponsor logos. Arrange time for vinyl folks to install on truck before first football game
Facebook posts- Gather information about sponsor, Post a thank you about sponsors
Banquet Committee/ Slideshow/ Program
Planning committee (NEED 2-4 MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE)
Work with leads to plan food, set up/ tear down, decor if any and any other dinner-related parts of the banquet
Slideshow
Work with work with Leads and Board to create a slideshow of moments throughout the year
Set up a way for parents and students to send photos and videos for the slide show
Work with Mr. Jamison or Board on how to show slideshow in the auditorium
Program
Work with work with Leads and Board to create a program with moments, thank yous and memories to either print a few or create a digital copy for folks to download
Ride Share
Volunteer
Help drive student marchers to rehearsal
Help drive student marchers home
Pit Crew
Volunteers
Get assignments from Pit Crew Lead
Assisting with transporting pit equipment and props to the field from the band room and back again on rehearsal days.
Assisting with loading the equipment onto and off of the semi truck on competition days
Assisting with moving assigned equipment and props to the competition rehearsal space, to field and then back to truck on competition days
Learn what is the safest and best way for handling equipment from the Marcher or the Techs for the Pit
Helping with construction of props for the show if applicable.
Garage Sale Fundraiser
Volunteers
Selling
Setting up
Cleaning up
Donating drinks and snacks
Donating items
Loaning Tables and tents