Fundraising

2007-08 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 new 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 Tenth Annual Central Dauphin Ram Band Fair will feature a brand new, exciting theme, venue, and concept this year!  Stay tuned for details on this event, which will feature performances by the Central Dauphin Ram Marching Band and Band Front!  Each group will perform its 2007 repertoire for the upcoming football 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 Rams items and clothing 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.) NEW THIS YEAR! 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 22, 2007 at Landis Field.  The 2007 show will feature The Lebanon Valley College "Pride of the Valley" Marching Band and several of the area's best high school marching bands, including 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 2007 show, 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!  In 2007-08 we hope to again have a concession during Stauffers of Kissel Hill's fall and spring promotions on dates to be announced, probably between 11 am and 4 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 starting in December 2008!  The RamBand Card will sell starting in early 2008 for only $10.00.  Each card, however, is worth much, much more than that!  Last year, the RamBand Card provided amazing savings at a variety of local merchants, including Cold Stone Creamery, Dick's Sporting Goods, St. Thomas Roasters, and Subway. This year, we're offering a bounty as we try to get the 2008 RamBand Card program together.  Are you aware of any merchants that you’d like to approach? Looking to add your favorite pizza shop, fast food restaurant, or dry cleaner? Now’s your chance to help the band boosters and get up to a $50 bounty for your student account! Simply sign up a local merchant (Harrisburg area only, please, and try to keep it “in the neighborhood”) that hasn’t previously participated on the RamBand Card. If we add your business onto the RamBand
Card, you’ll get $25 added to your student account right away!! If we hit all our sales goals for the RamBand Card, you’ll get another $25 bonus!!
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Legends of Music Concert:
April 7, 2008

The Boosters are planning an exciting new fundraising event for Spring 2008:  An exciting concert with a nationally known Legend of Music (hence, the name!).  Who, you ask?  The world famous Dallas Brass.  Click here for more information.

 

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Indoor Show:
April 19, 2008
 

The Boosters are planning an exciting new fundraising event for Spring 2008:  hosting an indoor competition.  Our Indoor Percussion, Guard, and Majorettes tore up both the KIDA and the TOB circuits in 2007 and we're making our fabulous facilities available to host a TOB TIA indoor event on April 19, 2008.  If you're interested in helping with this exciting upcoming event, let us know by sending an e-mail to indoor@cdramband.org or by talking to one of the Band Booster Officers.

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RamBand Craft Show:
March 8, 2008

The 18th Annual Central Dauphin Band Boosters Spring Craft Show will be held in late March or early April 2008, 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.  Past shows have featured handcrafted merchandise from over 150 vendors, food concessions, and door prizes 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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Bowl-a-RAMa

Bowl-a-RAMa is an event to benefit the Central Dauphin High School RamBand programs. We're looking for as many bowlers as possible to participate in the inaugural event. It will be a great team-building event where participants raise money, then bowl for a few hours, mingle, and generally have some fun. It's also an opportunity for a final fling for the departing band members in the senior class as well as a chance to meet with the incoming freshman class of band members. 

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Golf-a-RAMa
June 6, 2008

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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