Fundraising

RamBand Annual Fundraising Activities

RamBand Scrip

Scrip is a term that means “substitute money”. When you purchase RamBand Scrip, you’re purchasing negotiable gift certificates and prepaid cards that are used just like cash. You can use this scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials. With every purchase, you earn revenue for the Band Boosters and for your student account.  Ready to start?  Want to learn more?  Click here.

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HERCO Volunteering

This year, the Band Boosters have enrolled with the HERSHEY Entertainment Complex Volunteer Program.  The Program is simple:  you work at a HERCO facility (Hersheypark, GIANT Center, or Hersheypark Stadium) and they donate your entire wages ($5.85/hr) to the Band Boosters program.  The Boosters will credit the ENTIRE AMOUNT to your student account!  PLUS for each shift you work, you get a voucher that you can use for admission to Hersheypark!!  Note:  Hershey requires all volunteers must be at least 18 years of age.  Click here for more information.
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GTP Volunteering

This year, the Band Boosters have enrolled with Get the Picture Corporation (GTP), which owns, operates, and staffs the souvenir photo and video concessions in HERSHEYPARK and HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE WORLD Visitor Center in Hershey, PA, and Dutch Wonderland, in Lancaster, PA and Strasburg Railroad.  Registered volunteers work in one of the photo stands, either running a simple register or assembling the photos (no previous experience necessary). Shifts vary from 4 to 9 hours and pay a flat $7.50 per hour directly to your student’s account. You will be required to stand and get a break according to the length of your shift.  Click here for more information.
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Wearables

You’ve seen everyone wearing theirs….
You’ve said how great they look……
You’ve always wanted some for yourself…..
So what’s stopping you??
We have something for everyone…..
shirts, sweatshirts, sport shirts, hats, jackets, bags, 25 different items and growing!

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Product Sales

Product Sales are a great opportunity to add to your student account!   Over the past few years, the Boosters have organized sales of Wolfgang Candy, Strawberries,  Schwan's Foods, and RamBand Cards.  Click here to go to our Product Sales web page. 


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Business Sponsorship

We’re pleased to announce an exciting program for local businesses: sponsorship of the Central Dauphin RamBand. Sponsors can choose to donate on seven different levels ranging from $50 as a “Friend” to $2,500 as a “Platinum Sponsor” of the band.  The Sponsorship program will run in July and August.   Click here for an overview of the Sponsorship levels. The program's also exciting for students for two reasons. First, students are eligible for up to 30% of each sponsorship for their student accounts! Second, in an effort to start this solicitation campaign off on the right foot, we're going to run a bunch of incentives for band students, described in more detail on our Sponsorship page.  Click here.

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Band Fair/Pigskin Preview

The Annual Central Dauphin Ram Band Fair features performances by the Central Dauphin Ram Marching Band and Band Front!  Each group will perform its repertoire for the upcoming season for the first time in front of a live audience. The students look forward to seeing all you of there! 
It's a great time for band families to meet and greet the Band Directors, with their mentor families, and with the other boosters.  We'll also have assorted RamBand Gear so you can get your spirit and and, much, much more!!!

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Landis Field
Concession Stand

The RamBand Boosters operate the Visitors' Concession stand every Ram home game at Landis Field.  More than just selling hot dogs, working with other band parents in the Concession Stand is a truly gratifying experience.  Look at these four band parents:  Don't they look as though they are on the verge of attaining Zen?  Okay, we exaggerate!  Really, though, the Concession Stand is a great place to become involved, meet other parents, and compare notes.  Staffing an operation of this size requires the support of every single band booster parents.  That's why we ask each parent to volunteer to work just one half of one football game each season at our concession stands.  Best of all, you can take your pick of the following exciting opportunities:  working the window taking orders and money; filling drink orders; making the food; running extra supplies to the stand, and many other tasks.  Ready to sign up?  Click here.

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Bake Sale

One easy way for the band boosters to make money is by selling baked items at all our home football games and the Band-a-RAMa exhibition.  Donating items is an easy way for you to get involved and help support the boosters. It’s this easy.  Make brownies, cookies, rice krispies treats, homemade candies, chocolate dipped pretzels, or other small items for our bake sale table. Wrap the items in  individual serving  sizes to be sold for 50 cents.  Bring the items to the bake sale table on the visitors’ side before the game.  It’s so easy that the money will come pouring in to support our band. If you would like to help work at the table, you are more than welcome!  This is a fun way to volunteer and feel involved. (Extra perk - You won’t have to pay to get into the game if you are working at the bake sale table.) Plus, don't forget about the popular People’s Choice Award. We will announce the favorite items from the bake sale table in future Ram-a-Grams!

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Band-a-RAMa

Band-a-RAMa is one of Central Pennsylvania's premier marching band exhibitions. For more information on this year's show, click here.   Our  shows have featured phenomenal bands from  Central Dauphin East High School, Bishop McDevitt High School, Dallastown Area High School, Elizabethtown Area High School, Gettysburg High School, Lebanon High School, Palmyra High School, Kennard-Dale High School, Northeastern High School, Shenandoah Valley Jr./Sr. HS, Waynesboro Senior High School, William Penn High School, and Wyomissing Area Jr./Sr. High School.

If you're interested in volunteering for the event please click here.

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SKH Concession

The Band Boosters will set up a concession stand at Stauffers of Kissel Hill during their upcoming Spring Festival so we can serve hungry customers and staff members at their Linglestown Road Garden Center.   We'll need donations of homemade baked goods and drinks.  Click here for more information.

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2010 Bonus Book:
 

The Central Dauphin RamBand will soon be selling Bonus Book®, which has been distributed locally for over 35 years. You, your family, and friends are invited by the participating merchants in this book to attend a wide variety of restaurants and events at a substantial discount. The participating merchants hope you will enjoy your experience and return again as regular customers.

Bonus Book® is your guide to the finer leisure time activities in your area, such as dining, live theatre, sports, special attractions, travel and much more. Bonus Book® contains thousands of dollars worth of food, fun and recreational activities so you can enjoy yourself all year long while saving money at the same time.  
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Legends of Music Concert:
October 20, 2009

The Central Dauphin High School Band Boosters Association presented its inaugural Legends of Music Concert, welcoming the world-renowned Dallas Brass to CDHS on April 7, 2008.  We then hosted the legendary Glenn Miller Orchestra to the state-of-the-art Central Dauphin High School Auditorium on September 16, 2008. We have more in store for 2009, when we welcome the Artie Shaw Orchestra to Central Dauphin on October 20, 2009!  Click here for more information on past Legends of Music concerts.

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RamBand Craft Show:
April 10, 2010

The 20th Annual Central Dauphin Band Boosters Spring Craft Show will be held on April 10 2010, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.  The RamBand Craft Show is held indoors at our state-of-the-art high school located at 437 Piketown Road in Harrisburg, PA.  Last year's show featured handcrafted merchandise from over 185 vendors, with food concessions and with door prize drawings held throughout the day.  The Spring Craft Show traditionally draws many shoppers looking for specially-made, unique items. Handcrafted items are the emphasis of our show.  All proceeds from the craft show support the Central Dauphin High School band programs.

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Indoor Show:
April 17, 2010
 

Our Indoor Percussion, Guard, and Majorettes tore up both the KIDA and the TOB circuits again last year.  Furthermore, we were very excited to bring indoor competitions back to Central Dauphin last year and were pleased with all the feedback that thought that we put together a fabulous show!! We look forward to welcoming all of you to our 2010 Indoor Competition.  Click here for more information.

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Golf-a-RAMa
TBA

Golf-a-RAMa is an event to benefit the Central Dauphin High School RamBand programs. We're looking for as many golfers as possible to participate in the inaugural event. It will be a great team-building event where participants get to play a round of golf on a beautiful spring day in Central Pennsylvania, try their skills in a variety of contests, mingle, have a great 19th hole banquet, and generally have some fun. It's also an opportunity for those band members and band parents and friends who golf to get out and meet our sponsors, patrons, band staff, and friends!  Click here for more information.

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