NPMK Volunteering

The band – and the Music Aides – depends on parent volunteers! The Marching Band is a complex enterprise involving the training, feeding, photographing, bussing, healing, etc of over 130 students.
Without the considerable help from our many adults, the Marching and Indoor programs would be very expensive for our students. If each family could help out in one or two areas – there will be enough hands to make it fun – not a chore - for everyone! Some activities go throughout the season – others run for a short time. We’re not looking for an “every day” commitment; work with the coordinator to let them know when you can help out.
For most of these activities, we already have someone who has volunteered to chair or coordinate the activity – but they can’t do ANY of this alone!

*Many companies will contribute money to NPMK for each hour a volunteer contributes.

Area	*Details	When
August Band Camp Lunches	Help preparing food, serving and cleaning up after. Also – we really appreciate food donations – especially fresh fruit or veggies and baked goods	August
Band Jackets	An optional item for students, we need help sizing, ordering and distributing the jackets.	August
Bus Chaperones	Parents to ride the busses with the students so Mr. Clayton and the staff can focus on the event, not the trip. Parents to ride the busses with the students so Mr. Clayton and the staff can focus on the event, not the trip.	Every away football game (Friday nights) – leave between 5 - 6 pm trip – 2 per bus
Equipment Crew	Help building any props. The crew also loads and unloads the equipment into the trucks and helps the band move onto and off of the field. Also looking for drivers for either the straight 22” truck or the pickup/trailer combination.	Construction – August / September evenings or Saturdays mornings Equipment loading happens every Friday & Saturday that the band travels.
Fundraising	Our fundraising coordinators have come up with a number of fundraisers. For most of these, we already have the contacts & materials. We need people who can help with a specific fundraising activity – in most cases it involves simply getting materials to the students and then tracking as they turn in money.	A single fundraiser usually runs for a 2-3 week period. We have fundraisers every month
Fundries	We sell some items to the students “at cost” like practice tee shirts; other items we sell to friends, family, others to make some money. Our coordinator handles all of the ordering and prep work, but we do need help at all of the events	Home football games; Knight of Sound; Thursday Hospitality Knights
Hospitality Knight	During Thursday Evening practices, we need help selling & serving light refreshments for the parents & younger children.	Thursday evenings August – Nov, 8 – 9 pm
Knight of Sound	First competition of the season – a tremendous fund raising activity for us! Setup, cleanup, security, parking, hosts/hostesses for each band, hospitality suite for judges, runners, tickets, refreshments, candy grams, program booklets, fundries, and more!	Saturday Sept 13, 2008
Knight of Sound Program Book	The KOS program book has information on the competing bands, pictures of our students and ads – we several parents to work during the summer to organize and compose the book for the printer.	During July & August
Nurses / Medical	Nurse, nurse assistant, EMT, or physician to travel with the band.	All football games – home & away; all competitions
Parent Busses	Each August, we have a picnic at the high school for all the band parents to give everyone a chance to meet and get to know one another. Generally sophomore parents bring an appetizer, junior parents bring dessert and senior parents bring drinks, and the Music Aides provide the entree	August
Parents Picnic	Each August, we have a picnic at the high school for all the band parents to give everyone a chance to meet and get to know one another. Generally sophomore parents bring an appetizer, junior parents bring dessert and senior parents bring drinks, and the Music Aides provide the entree	August
Picture Day	We bring a company in to take group and individual pictures of the students in uniform. We need several parents to help move the students through the picture-taking for the photographers	Depending on when the uniforms arrive… Generally one morning during August Band Camp
Refreshments	We staff the home & away refreshment stands for every home Varsity football game, (with usually 4 or 5 games), the Powderpuff game and the Knight of Sound. We also staff refreshments in February at the Knight of Jazz and the Indoor Guard & Percussion Show.	6 pm till end of game on home football nights. Knight of Jazz is a Friday evening in February, Indoor Guard & Percussion Show is all day
Sewing	We sew the flags the Guard spins – usually 3 or 4 flags for each of the 20+ members of the Guard! We save $5,000 - $7,000 per season by sewing out own flags! We will also need help in December – February working on flags for the Indoor Guard	August & September – evenings & Saturday mornings
Uniforms	Help in issuing the students uniforms, selling gloves, distributing shoes. Later, help in checking the returned uniforms back in.	Uniform distribution, gloves & shoes (Dinkles) all happen in August during evening band rehearsals; Uniform returns happen in June

See the Contacts Page or contact Eric or Back Hunt


The Band	2008 Season	Knight of Sound	Parents & Students	Fundraising