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. This year it will be held on September 20, 2008 at Landis Field.  The 2008 show will feature The Lebanon Valley College "Pride of the Valley" Marching Band and several of the area's best high school marching bands.  Past shows have included Central Dauphin East High School, Bishop McDevitt High School, Dallastown Area Sr. High School, Palmyra High School, Shippensburg High School, and Waynesboro Area 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 Fall Festival so we can serve hungry customers and staff members at their Linglestown Road Garden Center.  The SKH Fall Festival includes lots of favorite fall activities, including pumpkin painting, free games, free scavenger hunt, free face painting, build a scarecrow plus much more!  This year we hope to again have a concession during Stauffers of Kissel Hill's fall and spring promotions on dates to be announced, probably between 9 am and 3 pm, rain or shine. We'll need donations of homemade soups, breads, fudge, other baked goods and drinks.

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RamBandCard:

A great fundraising opportunity!  In January each year, we introduce a RamBand Card that will sell for only $10.00.  Each card, however, is worth much, much more than that!  The RamBand Card provides amazing savings at a variety of local merchants, including Cold Stone Creamery, Dick's Sporting Goods, St. Thomas Roasters, and Subway.
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Legends of Music Concert:
September 16, 2008

he Central Dauphin Band Boosters Association is thrilled to present its Fall 2008 Legends of Music Concert, as we welcome the legendary Glenn Miller Orchestra to the state-of-the-art Central Dauphin High School Auditorium on September 16, 2008 at 7:00 pm. The evening will include a special performance by the Central Dauphin High School Jazz I Band. Tickets are $12 for adults; $9 for students and seniors.  Click here for more information.

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RamBand Craft Show:
April 4, 2009

The 19th Annual Central Dauphin Band Boosters Spring Craft Show will be held on April 4 2009, 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 18, 2009
 

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 2009 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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