Boostin’ Liberty
Booster Club is doing more than you think
November 14, 2016
Concessions, spirit wear, tournaments, trivia nights, holiday bazaars and apparel sales are all funded by one club that doesn’t get enough recognition.
Parents, staff members and coaches all help to run Liberty’s Booster Club. They hold fundraisers to raise money for teams, clubs and school activities that request for new equipment or sponsors. And you may not realize all that they do.
Each club or sport has a budget they can spend each year, and most of the time, that budget can’t pay for everything the club needs. The Booster Club helps support any school sponsored activity that requests for help.
“There are a lot of things we do for this school, that people don’t realize,” Sandy Poteet said, who is the director of the Booster Club. “They kind of see us as the people who run the concession stands and sell spirit wear.”
Booster Club has purchased over $76,000 in items that were donated back to the school. This fall, they raised almost $25,000 in sales, resulting in profit of $13,871 in concessions.
They have bought turf for outdoor batting cages, 32 flagpoles for color guard, choreography fees for the dance team, warm up suits for cross country and track, iPads for coaches to keep stats, football endzone camera, registration fees for HOSA, FBLA, DECA and Key Club and so many more things.
“Booster Club is always looking for new members,” Julie Meyers said, who is the treasurer of the Booster Club. “We are always looking for volunteers to help at the concession stands and other fundraisers throughout the year.” It only costs $10 to become a member.