2008-2009 PANTHER
FUNDRAISER GUIDELINES
DEFINITIONS :
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Eligible Student - A student at least 15 years old on game day. This age is set by the Panthers/SF&B work rules.
A student who turns 15 during the season is eligible for the
remaining games.
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Under-Age Student - A student 14 years old or
younger on game day.
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Caps - Limits placed on credit accumulation allowed
for benefit of a student.
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Extended Family - Parents, step-parents, legal
guardians and siblings of all CCHS Band Students.
INCENTIVES :
Immediate
recognition:
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Each Hawker who meets or exceeds stretch goals of
the product they are selling, based on individual game sales, is
eligible for a payout of $20.
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Top performers in each product group will be
assigned their product of choice for the next game they work.
End-of-season
recognition:
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Stretch goals:
Hawkers who meet or exceed stretch goals are eligible for the
year-end raffle at the Band Banquet.
Stretch raffle target is $450 from tip buckets. There will be
3 prize drawings of $150 each. One chance per Hawker for every game
they exceed the stretch goal.
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Floor goals:
Hawkers who meet or exceed floor goals are eligible for the year-end
raffle at the Band Banquet. Floor
raffle target is $300 from tip buckets. There will be 3 prize
drawings of $100 each. One chance per Hawker for every game they
exceed the floor goal.
CREDIT ACCUMULATION RULES :
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Each student will receive a credit for him/herself
PLUS those credits earned for their benefit by Extended Family
members. One credit is
earned for each person who works a game.
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No Caps are placed on credit accumulation for
either Extended Family members (for the benefit of either Eligible
or Under-Age Students), or for Eligible Students.
MINIMUM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS (number of games worked):
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2
games for all Eligible Students; PLUS,
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2
games per family for parents. This can be calculated as 2 parents for 1 game or 1 parent for 2 separate
games. This requirement
applies to parents of eligible and under-age students.
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If the above
minimum requirement is met, the 2nd installment of the
Band activity fee will be waived.
¨ An under-age student has no
minimum participation requirement.
The 2 games per family for parents will fulfill the minimum
participation requirement needed to earn the wavier of the 2nd
installment of the Band activity fee.
PLEASE NOTE: A student
who turns 15 during the season becomes eligible from that day
forward and must meet the minimum participation requirements to earn
the waiver. If only one
game is scheduled (including post season) after the student becomes
eligible, working that one game will fulfill the student’s
obligation.
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Extended Family members are
expected to be active and suitable participants for the jobs
available in the Concession Stand (15 years of age, or older,
properly dressed*, physically capable) in order to earn credits.
Project Lead will have authority to determine whether the
“active and suitable” requirements are met based on assignments
available in the stand.
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Minimum participation to be eligible for
consideration for financial aid support on trip expenses is 7 games for each Eligible Student and 7 games for the parents
of the student(s).
MINIMUM AGE RULES AND REQUIRED FORMS OF ID/DOCUMENTATION
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NC State labor laws require all volunteers working
at BOA Stadium to be 15 years old or older. To enforce compliance,
SF&B employees will validate the age of all volunteers via any
of the following 3 methods:
1) Bring a government issued photo ID, Driver’s License or Learner’s
Permit to BOA on each game day, to be presented upon request at Panther game check-in desk.
2) Bring a birth certificate or passport to
Band Boosters for verification.
This information will be notarized and kept on file at Bank
of America Stadium.
3) Take your student’s birth certificate
or passport to Bank of America Stadium for them to verify and keep
on file. This option
is only available by making an appointment with the Panthers.
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If your child is unable to prove they are fifteen
(15) or older they may be turned away at the Panthers’ Check-In
table and will not receive credit for the game.
In addition you will be called to pick up your child at the
stadium.
CREDIT
ALLOCATION PROCEDURES:
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The SF&B Commission plus any group bonuses paid
on food and beverage sales is the revenue stream utilized for
allocation to student accounts.
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The commission is allocated 50% to Student Accounts
and 50% to the Booster General Fund.
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Allocation of monies will be made from the total
season pool of monies earned by the Fundraiser.
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The amount available to allocate is:
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Gross
commission/bonus MINUS any payments to supporting organizations
(chorus, etc.) = Net commission.
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The Value of Credit Earned is:
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Net
Commissions multiplied by .5 (50% of commissions to students
accounts) divided by the number of total credits earned by the
entire Band.
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Total student credits is equal to:
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Total of
games worked by student plus games worked by extended family.
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The total amount of money earned by each student is
equal to the total amount of games worked by each student multiplied
by the Value of Credits Earned.
The Value
of each Credit Earned by a student is:
Value of each Credit Earned =
Gross Commission/Bonus
(-) Payments
(x) 0.5
(÷) Total # of Credits
Earned.
The Student
Total Credit to each individual student’s account is:
Student Total Credit =
Value of Credit Earned
(x)
Total number of credits earned by Student.
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All tips MINUS the incentive pools to encourage
energetic participation and high sales (see INCENTIVES above) are to
be assigned to the Booster General Fund.
In addition, the Project Leads are authorized to allocate tip
money as they deem appropriate to participants when the tip
supports, promotes or rewards behavior that is beneficial to the
CCHS Band and the Panther Fundraising effort.
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The Panther dress code
includes, but is not limited to the following requirements. The full dress code, along with volunteer guidelines,
directions and parking information, is provided at the Booster Yahoo
group website (Sign up
through www.marchingcougars.org).
Shoes
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Shoes must have a closed toe and closed
heel.
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They should have rubber, slip resistant
soles.
Hats
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Hats are not required, but if you would
like to wear one it must be either a black Carolina Panthers
hat or one advertising your organization.
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Hat must be worn on top of head with
bill centered over the person’s face.
Shirts
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All vending volunteers must wear a
clean, solid white T-shirt or polo shirt
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Shirts must be neatly tucked into pants
and the sleeves should not be rolled up.
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You may wear a white, black, or gray
long-sleeved shirt under your white shirt.
Hooded
sweatshirts are not permissible.
Pants
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All volunteers must wear clean khaki
(tan) or black pants or walking-style shorts (shorts should not
be
more than 1 inch above the knee).
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Do not wear short shorts (daisy dukes),
spandex pants, denim, or cargo-style pants
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A belt must be worn with pants that have
belt loops.
o Pants must be pulled up to the waist.
2008 – 2009 PROJECT LEAD :
Jenny Linich
CCHSBandPanthers2@yahoo.com
(803) 746-7157 (home)
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jim
Fawcett
CCHSBandPanthers@yahoo.com
(704) 948-9892 (home)
Any
general fundraiser/guideline questions should be directed to the
Project Lead. Questions
regarding volunteer status for individual games should be directed
to the Volunteer Coordinator.
Thank
you for your continued support of our CCHS Marching Cougars!