Fundraising in Interscholastic

Sport
By: Jessica, Tam, Ebone, Dom, DonDon

Fundraising
What is it?
Why participate in it?
Who do you fundraise to?
What are the types of fundraising?

Washington County Schools Fundraising

Patrick Henry: The football team sells gold cards which are twenty dollars each and they try to sell at least 500 cards, they
get a 12$ profit from it. Other sports do concessions at other games and take the income from that. The volleyball team host
Varsity, JV, and middle school tournaments for their sport and they gain money from the entry fees. Mr. Palmer said he
encourages all his coaches to host a camp at the beginning of their season to gain money.
John Battle: High school athletic director mentioned that he strongly encourages all high coaches to host at least two camps
or events to bring in money for their team. The softball team and football team teams up and sells gold cards before their
season to start. He also mentioned that his soccer team does team car washes in their local advance auto parts to gain money.
Abingdon: High school does the same as PH and John Battle. Abingdon athletic director mentioned that he makes his football,
soccer, and baseball teams host car washes and along with that sell gold cards. The head football coach mentioned he has a
youth camp every year before the season starts to gain money.

Overview of Discount Cards

Features various businesses in the area
Offers coupons to everyday places
Can be of all different sizes and varieties
Will pay for themselves

Pros/Cons of Fundraising with Discount Cards

Pros:
Low Priced
Easy to sell/pay for themselves
Appeals to all age groups
Dont have to go door-to-door if you dont want to
Cons:
Based around local businesses
Required to know how many you will sell

What to consider before buying

Wellness Policy
Price the company will charge vs. profit you will receive
Durability of discount card
Time frame the coupons are valid for
Printing/Shipping costs

Overview of Wellness Policy

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Our mission is to encourage healthy lifestyles for Washington County Public
Schools employees, their dependents, families, retirees, and most especially
students through health information, modeling and support. Not just life as an
active process, but making informed decisions toward a quality existence.
Understanding that health and wellness are essential to a person's ability to
contribute effectively in school, work and daily lives, we encourage our students
and employees to use this website as a resource to the many programs and
opportunities to foster a quality life

How Discount Cards can align with Wellness Policy

Our mission is to encourage healthy lifestyles for Washington County Public Schools employees, their dependents, families, retirees,
and most especially students through health information, modeling and support. Not just life as an active process, but making
informed decisions toward a quality existence.
Understanding that health and wellness are essential to a person's ability to contribute effectively in school, work and daily lives, we
encourage our students and employees to use this website as a resource to the many programs and opportunities to foster a
quality life
If students are going to be selling discount cards from their respective high school in Washington County, the cards should
correspond with the county's wellness policy. The policy states that, health and wellness are essential to a persons ability to
contribute EFFECTIVELY IN SCHOOL.
Discount cards can align specifically with Washington Countys Wellness Policy by allowing local restaurants with well-known
healthy eating options such as Subway, The Harvest Table, ETC..
Also with the discount cards, Schools in Washington County can potentially partner up with local workout gyms in order to provide
the exercise aspect of the wellness policy while offering discounted prices to those who may be in need.

Prices/Profit from Discount Cards

At Patrick Henry high school their Gold Cards are priced at twenty dollars and
make around twelve dollars per card.
500 cards is the goal in order to raise enough money for the athletic department
at patrick henry.
10,000 dollars- 500 cards
6,000 dollar profit after selling 500 cards

References
http://www.fundraiserinsight.org/directory/discountcardfundraising.html
http://www.thefundraisingauthority.com/fundraising-basics/
http://www.abcfundraising.com/card-fundraising.htm
http://mvpfundraisingcards.com

Scholarly Articles
Jessica-http://www.choregia.org/images/issues/713.pdf
Tamhttp://eds.a.ebscohost.com/Legacy/Views/static/html/Error.htm?aspxerrorpath=/
ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer
Ebonehttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08924562.2002.10591005?
journalCode=ustr20
Domhttp://eds.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=ff69d368-dc8b-44
c3-a325-83caffb4f710%40sessionmgr110&vid=10&hid=122
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