Numerous groups raise funds to support activities

By HMS Website Student Reporter Sidra Matthias

During a fundraiser, lots of parents wonder: What does this money that I’m spending go to? Well, here are some of the answers.

Henkle PTO puts on the Monster Mash just before Halloween, and Santa’s Breakfast in early December. The PTO raises about $5,000 with these two community events, and it puts the funds right back into many activities, such as the Maryhill Museum Field Trips, the Holocaust Memorial Museum trips, music instrument repair, drama activities, Challenge Day, and much more.

Project Open Door raises money by doing concession stands during school games, and collecting box tops and ink cartridges. This goes on throughout the school year. The money pays for fun POD activities.

The Performing Arts Boosters get money from selling band calendars in the fall and putting on the Viva Musica dinner in March. (This year Viva Musica will take place Feb. 26.) This is a combined middle school and high school group. The money raised pays for things like instruments, music, field trips, and the materials for drama sets.

ASB fundraisers are the magazine sale/cookie dough sale in the fall and the walk-a-thon in early spring. ASB is also considering the sale of lanyards, beanies (hats) and baseball caps. The ASB pays for things like school dances, some field trips, and spirit assemblies.

Here is the ASB budget for this year:

2010-2011 budgets
• Dances 7@ $285, total of $1,700
• Dance supplies 100
• Assemblies-spirit 100
• Lunch/afterschool fun equipment 250
• Student of the Week/ASB trip 500
• Canned food drive 50
• Grizzly Pride 100
• Honor Band 250
• Sound System 100
• “General” 250
• WASC Dues 60
• 8th grade promotion 200
• Pizzas, celebrations, prizes 100
• 8th grade trip 600
• ASB Budget Workshop 330
• Lunch helpers’ pizza 125
• Student Leadership Conf. 500