General Fund Raising

WHY? 
The Wake County budget allows for $900 annually to support all athletic programs on our campus, with an additional allocation or contribution to coach salaries (stipends).  We currently support 40 athletic teams and approximately 500 athletes.  In the past, athletic boosters have:

• purchased 3 buses to transport students
• raised approximately $1 Million to support our student athletes
• provided scholarship opportunities for our student athletes and Hooligans

WHAT do funds cover when raised annually?

HOW are those funds raised?

1. Corporate Sponsorships (tax deductible...details below)
2. Concessions
3. Spirit Wear sales
4. Heritage HS Summer Sports Camps
5. Season Pass ticket sales
6. General tax deductible donations
7. Booster Membership Fees
8. Team Specific Fund Raisers​

Team Fund Raising

Your team size and equipment costs are the basis for determining the "team contribution" required to meet your operating expenses for the season.  Using that formula, the board determines annually, the contribution that the team needs to make toward operating expenses for that season.  Each year, the team is required to contribute funds according to that schedule.  This is the contribution schedule for 2017-2018 athletic teams.

That figure does not fully meet the operating needs of your team, but is a contribution toward the financial resources required.  The remainder of funds needed to field and equip your team are provided by the general fund.....supported by  #1-#6 in the list above.....including CONCESSIONS....Yes, concessions work toward the operating expenses of ALL teams collectively.

​How does the individual team meet their expected annual contribution?

1. Corporate Sponsorships
   
2. Booster Memberships
   
3. Team Fund Raisers

Steps To Sponsorship
1. Check list below
2. Request Sponsor Form
3. Share form with options and fees with owner
4. Turn in the form and payment by dropping in collection box in the front office, bringing to Booster meeting, or contact Denese Cornell to make arrangements.
denesecornell@gmail.com

Request Sponsorship Form

View 2019-20
​Sponsors Below

2018-19 Sponsors

Corporate
​Sponsorships

If you personally secure a corporate sponsor for Heritage Athletics, the team that your child plays on will receive credit for that sponsorship toward their annual contribution balance.  If you own a company, or have connections with companies in and outside of our area, they would benefit greatly in becoming sponsors for Husky Athletics.

Corporations sponsoring Heritage Athletics will benefit from daily advertising exposure to the Heritage High students, teachers, staff, families and friends, as well as the athletes and fans from visiting schools.  Our NAC VI conference includes local rivals Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, and Wakefield.  Since many of our fields are shared with Wake Forest Parks and Recreation department, they will also benefit from regular exposure to the Wake Forest and surrounding community as a whole.  
There are four tiers of sponsorship, and each include graduating levels of signage on the HHS campus grounds, in addition to graphic presentation on the school athletic program website, which recorded over 50,000 impressions this past year.  Please request a sponsorship packet using the link to the left, if you would like more details about pricing and specific offerings for each level of sponsorship. 

BEFORE SOLICITING SPONSORS
You will find to the left, a complete list of our current sponsors.  We ask that you refer to that list prior to approaching a business owner, to be sure that they are not already sponsoring us, and/or their name does not appear on the 'Do Not Contact List'.  That list is comprised of companies who have been approached for sponsorship and for reasons unmentioned, they have declined the opportunity and should not be approached again.  We want to partner with our community, and not be an annoyance.  

Booster Membership

Membership is $10 per student and $10 per adult.  Every membership you collect from your team goes directly to YOUR TEAM account....(if you have 25 athletes, with student membership and one parent, that is $500 toward your operating expenses immediately!)

TEAM PARENT:  Send me a copy of your roster, and I will check the status of their membership.  I will send you back an email with a list of students/families on your team who have not participated in membership and you can followup with them directly, with a reminder of what those fees ($20) support...see chart above for reference.  Use the link to Membership Form below, to print and distribute.  Currently we are not taking membership applications and fees online.  Leave forms and payment in an envelope in the front office Athletic Booster Box.

Booster Membership Form

Team Clinics/Camps

When your team hosts a clinic or camp, all proceeds go directly to your program.  Because they are held on school campus, the Booster insurance plan covers liability, coaches and athletes provide the instruction, and marketing can be done through the school website, social media, and other avenues without cost.  Some teams have chosen to provide t-shirts to clinic participants, and that comes from proceeds, but likely worth the cost when purchased at minimal fee through Ads and Art T-shirt screening/printing.  Typical participant fee for a three evening clinic:  $60 for 2hr sessions, and $50 for 1.5hr sessions. 
These clinics/camps are typically open to students in the 3-8th grade range.

HOW TO?

1. Determine possible dates with coach
2. Contact Coach Kennedy (A.D.) to request field/court/track space availability
3. Confirm details of the event with the team coach and A.D.
4. Contact Jonathan Cheng, computer design teacher at HHS, and graciously request availability of an intern to create a flyer for your event.  Submit details for camp/clinic and quality photos or images to be used in flyer creation (jcheng@wcpss.net)
5. Contact Coach Scott Sloan with event details to post registration on the Husky Athletic website "Sports Camp" link, and be sure to include the completed flyer.
6. Use the digital flyer to post on social media, local "Next-door Neighbor" sites, student and school twitter.  Coach Sloan will also post the flyer on the Athletic webpage.
7. Please allow at least 2 months from beginning of planning process to hosting event.
8. Some teams have also generated funds by offering food sales during the event.

Snap raise

Snap Raise is fundraising platform that is done online.  The HHS Snap Raise rep will handle everything with the coach and/or parent rep to get your fundraising campaign started.  The Snap Raise rep will take a 30 second video of the team that resides on your team’s Snap Raise site.  Each athlete enters 20 email addresses which will receive a message and link asking the recipient to donate to the fundraiser.
 
This site can also be shared on social media.  Campaigns last 30 days.  Several teams at HHS have been very successful with Snap Raise.  For more information, contact Justin Parsons our HHS Snap Raise rep at his contact info below.
 
Justin Parsons
justinp@snap-raise.com
336-408-7711