JJEH
Member
Here is a fundraiser for our local HS band we started. It is approved by Mr. Gorilla and we appreciate any help we can get. Every penny counts!!
Two of our three children are going to Academy ISD in Little River, Texas. We moved here from Oklahoma, but we moved to Temple solely because of the Academy school district. It is a very nice school, great teachers, and great campus overall.
Our middle child is playing clarinet in the Academy HS band, and she loves it. The band is basically a two-part activity; one part is the marching band, and the other part is a sit-down orchestra which performs in school. Marching band mainly travels with the football team, but they are also independent and go to statewide competitions.
We came to find out that the school uses regular yellow school busses to drive the kids around to games and competitions. These buses are older with no storage room and the kids are sitting in them cramped and uncomfortable.
We would like to raise funds for a dedicated travel bus for the band. It is supposed to be mainly for the HS (marching) band, but if the band doesn't need it the bus can also be used for other sports teams (i.e. soccer, tennis, golf, track & field, baseball, basketball, powerlifting, etc.) and activities like field trips and others.
The ideal bus would be two (2) of the type pictured above; a single decker that seats around 48 people, plus it has plenty of underbelly storage room or one (1) of the newer type of activity buses that seats around 80 people. Should we not reach our $80,000 goal, we would be more than happy to just get one (1) bus. And in case we don't even come close to the funds needed for a bus and the school graphics, we would donate the money to the school band director to acquire/service/repair instruments (which can be lend to students), uniforms, learning material, other band/music equipment, etc. for whatever is needed so the band students can succeed.
We understand that we are asking for a lot of money from people whose children probably don't even go to that school. America still struggles with covid, and many have lost their jobs. But this school is working so hard to keep up the spirit, conduct in-class education and teach our children that everything is possible if you put in the work.
We are not affiliated with that school, besides that our kids are going there, and we want to support our children as best as we can.
The school funding doesn't allow for such an investment we believe, they have been working on getting a new HS building started since we moved here. It is a small district, but we love it, and we think the kids deserve it since they are all dedicated to the band, working after school, late nights, and weekends.
The school doesn't know about our efforts to raise money for a dedicated travel bus, it is meant as a surprise.
Please donate if you can, every penny counts. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Academy ISD HS band!
Thank you.
GFM link: https://gofund.me/011a4463
Current situation;
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfnIbQG6oM[/ame]
Two of our three children are going to Academy ISD in Little River, Texas. We moved here from Oklahoma, but we moved to Temple solely because of the Academy school district. It is a very nice school, great teachers, and great campus overall.
Our middle child is playing clarinet in the Academy HS band, and she loves it. The band is basically a two-part activity; one part is the marching band, and the other part is a sit-down orchestra which performs in school. Marching band mainly travels with the football team, but they are also independent and go to statewide competitions.
We came to find out that the school uses regular yellow school busses to drive the kids around to games and competitions. These buses are older with no storage room and the kids are sitting in them cramped and uncomfortable.
We would like to raise funds for a dedicated travel bus for the band. It is supposed to be mainly for the HS (marching) band, but if the band doesn't need it the bus can also be used for other sports teams (i.e. soccer, tennis, golf, track & field, baseball, basketball, powerlifting, etc.) and activities like field trips and others.
The ideal bus would be two (2) of the type pictured above; a single decker that seats around 48 people, plus it has plenty of underbelly storage room or one (1) of the newer type of activity buses that seats around 80 people. Should we not reach our $80,000 goal, we would be more than happy to just get one (1) bus. And in case we don't even come close to the funds needed for a bus and the school graphics, we would donate the money to the school band director to acquire/service/repair instruments (which can be lend to students), uniforms, learning material, other band/music equipment, etc. for whatever is needed so the band students can succeed.
We understand that we are asking for a lot of money from people whose children probably don't even go to that school. America still struggles with covid, and many have lost their jobs. But this school is working so hard to keep up the spirit, conduct in-class education and teach our children that everything is possible if you put in the work.
We are not affiliated with that school, besides that our kids are going there, and we want to support our children as best as we can.
The school funding doesn't allow for such an investment we believe, they have been working on getting a new HS building started since we moved here. It is a small district, but we love it, and we think the kids deserve it since they are all dedicated to the band, working after school, late nights, and weekends.
The school doesn't know about our efforts to raise money for a dedicated travel bus, it is meant as a surprise.
Please donate if you can, every penny counts. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Academy ISD HS band!
Thank you.
GFM link: https://gofund.me/011a4463
Current situation;
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovfnIbQG6oM[/ame]
