Miguel Varela Jr
Sport and Medical Sciences Academy
280 Huyshope Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Dear Mrs. Boutilier,
My plan for my capstone project is to start booster club for SMSA sports and get parent involvement within the athletic program. To get the parent involvement I will be re-starting the weekly pasta dinners for the football team. I also will then in the winter be raising money for the basketball team by either starting a concession stand at every home basketball game this year or finding another way to raise funds for the basketball team. This project is going to be run by myself and my good friend Makhi Bonds but with the help of many volunteers who choose to help us with the concession stand. I’m very passionate about this project because plenty of schools around America have booster clubs, fundraisers, and tons of other ways to provide for their sports programs but us as SMSA athletes have almost never had the same opportunities.
What is the importance of booster clubs in high school sports? This is the question I asked myself. Booster clubs can help fund athletic programs by contributing additional funds to coaches, staff, and event workers. They can plan team events like pregame or postgame dinners, as well as social events throughout the season. Which is where my project comes in, I will be raising money and using that money for our SMSA athletic programs. I plan on collecting photos of my work, new relationships with people who volunteer, and the money I am earning and giving to the athletic programs.
I will be utilizing my sources and using Coach Quinn as my mentor for this part of my project because he has been around different athletic programs and football teams for a very long time. I then will be switching my mentor over to Mr. McKay during basketball season because he’d be able to guide and help me in finding a way to support and raise funds for the basketball team. My learning stretch this year would be finding an effective way to relate my project into the basketball season. My overall goal for this project is to help them raise funds or support them like I did with my football team by starting up the pasta dinners but finding a way to raise those funds or support the team is going to be the stretch for me.
Sincerely,
Miguel Varela Jr
Sport and Medical Sciences Academy
280 Huyshope Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
Dear Mrs. Boutilier,
My plan for my capstone project is to start booster club for SMSA sports and get parent involvement within the athletic program. To get the parent involvement I will be re-starting the weekly pasta dinners for the football team. I also will then in the winter be raising money for the basketball team by either starting a concession stand at every home basketball game this year or finding another way to raise funds for the basketball team. This project is going to be run by myself and my good friend Makhi Bonds but with the help of many volunteers who choose to help us with the concession stand. I’m very passionate about this project because plenty of schools around America have booster clubs, fundraisers, and tons of other ways to provide for their sports programs but us as SMSA athletes have almost never had the same opportunities.
What is the importance of booster clubs in high school sports? This is the question I asked myself. Booster clubs can help fund athletic programs by contributing additional funds to coaches, staff, and event workers. They can plan team events like pregame or postgame dinners, as well as social events throughout the season. Which is where my project comes in, I will be raising money and using that money for our SMSA athletic programs. I plan on collecting photos of my work, new relationships with people who volunteer, and the money I am earning and giving to the athletic programs.
I will be utilizing my sources and using Coach Quinn as my mentor for this part of my project because he has been around different athletic programs and football teams for a very long time. I then will be switching my mentor over to Mr. McKay during basketball season because he’d be able to guide and help me in finding a way to support and raise funds for the basketball team. My learning stretch this year would be finding an effective way to relate my project into the basketball season. My overall goal for this project is to help them raise funds or support them like I did with my football team by starting up the pasta dinners but finding a way to raise those funds or support the team is going to be the stretch for me.
Sincerely,
Miguel Varela Jr