Rick DeWaters, president of the Sports Boosters, has sent along this message....
Hello everyone.
As you know, the 3rd Annual Sports Boosters Dinner/Auction event is fast approaching and will take place on Sat. May 5 at the Middleport Fire Hall. Doors open at 4 PM to begin the Chinese Auction bidding; the bar opens at 5; and dinner is served beginning at 6 PM. The Last Call band will provide music entertainment throughout the evening. A live auction will take place later on. All proceeds benefit Roy-Hart sports programs and students. Tickets are $25 each. If you need some and can't find them, give me a call (716-531-0046) ASAP.
If you can donate auction-able items of any sort, including gift certificates, coupons, sports memorabilia, etc., please respond to this email. We would be ever so grateful to you. Also we will graciously receive items for the dinner desert table; if you can bring something for the table, please help us out. Thanks.
Response to ticket selling/purchasing has been very, very slow. We have plenty left, including Raffle Tickets for the 42" HDTV : $5 each or three for $10. The impending school district budget for 2012-13, if passed, seems to pose no "significant" threat to the continuation of sports programs in the district. There is a very minimal and certainly affordable tax increase being proposed, and if approved, most of the district's curent school year programs and services will remain in tact for the most part. Many of our sports programs, while not being cut from the budget, will operate on "bare bones" for the most part. The purchase of new equipment, uniforms, and much-needed sports facilities up-dates will most likely not be present in the new budget. The R-H Sports Booster Club expects to be called upon during the 2012-13 school year to provide the afore-mentioned so-called un-budgeted items. For example, many of our sports teams' tattered and discolored uniforms need to be replaced. The equipment storage shed that houses football and field hockey equipment needs refurbishing. The track team's pole vault and high jump pits are crumbling and need to be repaired and replaced. There simply is not enough district money to pay for all of this!
We hope to be able to continue our fundraising efforts to help pay for what is needed by our sports programs and students. We need your help and participation to make this happen. You can do this by purchasing tickets to and attending events that we sponsor. If you can give just a little to help fill the financial gap so that our students can continue to have the necessities, this is all we ask. If you can find just a little bit of time in your busy schedules, to work an event (concessions, benefits, dinners, etc.), we will stand so much to gain for our students. Giving financially and volunteering time does not come easy in these busy and difficult economic times, that's for sure. But the only way to pick up the slack left by financially strapped school budgets is for everyone to step up and give what they can.
We hope you can give a little something for sports and students in the R-H district. Give me a call any time to discuss any matters that concern you. Please pass along this information to your neighbors and friends. Buy a ticket! Get involved with Sports Boosters!
I'll see you at the game!
Rick DeWaters
