Archive August 2018

The 2020-2021 band season is filled with many challenges for parents, students, and teachers. We have delayed the collection of band fees in order to give the state and county time to make decisions on the school year and football season before proceeding. Now that we have the green light, we will be collecting full band fees for the 2020-2021 marching season. Since a majority of the band expenses occur at the beginning of the season with purchasing music, drill layout, band camp, band camp teacher assistants, and supplies the band budget is dependent on the payment of your band fees to continue this program.

Band booster organized fundraiser designate proceeds to specified funds.  This year we will be working towards raising funds for our Uniform Fund.  The current uniforms are over 13 years old and need to be replaced.  New uniforms for the band is quoted to cost $57,000.  We have currently raised $40,511 (71%) of our target amount. This summer we operated a fireworks booth and designated all proceeds to go into the uniform fund. We estimate the profits of the fireworks fundraiser to be >$5,000. Once this payment is received we will be at 80% target amount. The Board is exploring all avenues in order to provide the best plan of attack to fulfill this need.  We will update you with more information as it becomes available.

Hello everybody!!

2020 Update: Due to COVID we are waiting for county and school guidance to verify that this program can continue this year. We have a plan. We are ready to go. Check back for updates.

School has officially begun which means marching season is upon us. We all know how busy we all are this time of year but we all love it. Especially for our children, their faces make it all worth it. We started a program a couple of years ago for our kids on game days. We all know when our kids get home from school and practice they are starving. Game days are no exception but there is never a time during marching season that it is an option for parents to always get them food before the games to make sure that they eat a good meal before they leave for the away games or get ready for our home games. We also know that if our kids get hungry they break out a whole new definition of ‘hangry’. Which is why we decided to develop this program with donations from parents, our boosters and anyone else that donates to us. We always provide them with a well rounded meal that is helpful to feed them and keep them full for a while. There is much better attitudes and behavior both at home and away games since we instituted the program.

We are always looking for donations for our Feed the Children program. If you look under the calendar section of our website it will tell you what we are serving and when along with a link to the form to donate. If you have any questions feel free to find any board member. Any donations are always welcome and appreciated!!!

Greetings fellow parents, grandparents, and boosters!

As many of you already know, we have made some significant updates to our Lakeview Bands website. Our overall goal is to make communication amongst everyone more effective. We still have a few areas that are under construction, for the most part though, the functionality will remain the same. We hope you will take the time to browse the revised site and take advantage of the new features.

We have also created a Lakeview Bands 501(c)(3) business page on LinkedIn. This will give your students an opportunity to list their involvement in the band on their resume profile. For our Juniors and Seniors, this is a great time in your young careers to consider creating a LinkedIn profile, if you haven’t already. This is a great place to highlight your commitment to something bigger than yourself, your passions, your community service, and get ready for that bright future that is set before you.

To connect and follow Lakeview Bands on LinkedIn, select these links.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/lakeview-bands/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakeview-bands-963a7876/

The Executive Board truly hopes you will find these improvements beneficial. We all hope that your student’s futures will be bright and we look forward to a great year ahead!

For more information on high school LinkedIn profiles, please read this informative article.

LinkedIn Profiles for High School Students

Parents and friends,

We need your help to make this 2020-21 school year rock. We need volunteers to help us with the Friday night lights—concessions, parking, selling programs, etc. Come try us out for a home game—we don’t bite—I promise. And don’t forget to grab a pack of water for your child to donate to the program—this is provided for the visiting band at home games as well as for our own band kids.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our summer fundraisers.

Fireworks

We will begin to sell Football Program Ads for the 2020 Warrior Nation Program. Please contact a board member at lakeviewbands@gmail.com to get more information.

We are still awaiting payments for the fireworks stand and will keep you posted as money comes in.  Students will also receive community service hours credit for their participation and support of our fundraising programs.

Are you 12 years old & older? Do you have Band or Colorguard fees to pay for, or maybe just want to earn money for your band account for swag or next years big Band trip? If so, Ironman will help you do so! Click the following link to sign up today!!! Once you’ve signed up send an email to lakeviewbands@gmail.com with Ironman in the subject line and let us know what you have signed up for! Shares are unlimited so invite friends and family to join!!! Check announcements for the next IronMan competition scheduled.

Click HERE to Volunteer for IRONMAN Chattanooga!

Welcome to the LFO Band Boosters! If you have a student who is participating in colorguard or marching band, then you are a member of the booster organization.

My current focus is on organize volunteers to help our band program. Current volunteer that are needed include parents to donation food for Feed the kids, help moving equipment from the band room to the field (pit crew), collecting money for parking at home games, and volunteers for the concession stand at home games. Our kids need your help! 

Every week we will post a SignUpGenius list of volunteers needed for each event. Our program needs parent involvement. Sign up today.

We would love to provide this newsletter to our parents, however we are in need of a parent volunteer to join the board to take charge of this endeavor. If you are interested in joining the Band Booster Board, please contact us at lakeviewbands@gmail.com

We are converting meeting minutes to our new newsletter format.  Let us know what you think!