Welcome back from the holiday weekend! Thank you to everyone that participated in and helped with the Fantasy of Lights parade! It was a great evening!
HOLIDAY CONCERT - DECEMBER 10TH AT 7 P.M. in the Rod Bushey Auditorium
* If your student was fitted for a shirt and hasn't paid/picked up yet, please do so ASAP! They will be wearing these shirts for our concert next Tuesday the 10th.
Symphonic & Highlander Band / Wind Ensemble: Shirt only $18
Concert Band: Shirt and tie $22
Checks payable to: Howell HS Bands .
NEW YORK TRIP
* If you are registered for the New York trip, the second payment is due this Friday the 6th! If you do not have the trip insurance, your payments are non-refundable after December 6th! All payments are made online or can be mailed to the trip company (instructions are in the info packet). Do NOT drop off payments in the band room mailbox - you need to mail directly to the trip company OR pay online.
FUNDRAISING OPPORTUNITIES
* AMAZON SMILES
It’s CYBER MONDAY!
This is a great time for the Boosters to remind your to do your Amazon shopping at smile.amazon.com. You do NOT need to be a Prime member and it costs you nothing more on your purchases!
If you have not already used the AmazonSmile program, you can select Howell Band Boosters as your beneficiary, and every time you shop on Amazon, you raise funds in support of band initiatives. Thanks to the efforts of parents and students, last year we were able to dedicate $3500 to instrument repair. The AmazonSmile program will help us do even more.
Once you set up AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will normally donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the customer's selected charitable organization, but during th
In order to participate, you can use our unique charity link: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/46-4579875
This link will take you directly to smile.amazon.com in support of our organization so you won’t have to search for your charity among almost a million other organizations. You will not see “Howell Band Boosters.” Instead you’ll see "Parent Booster USA Inc” in Howell MI. This is normal and expected.
* SCRIPS PROGRAM - Gift card fundraising - December 9th is last day to order for guaranteed Christmas delivery!
Find holiday gifts for everyone while raising money for your band student. Whether you buy gift cards as presents or use them to buy gifts, your order immediately raises money for your student’s Charms account.
Share the giftspiration with others—the more people that order, the truly merrier. A typical family can raise over $100 by using Scrip for their Christmas shopping. Don’t miss out!
Click on this link for a flyer with more detailed information: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0QUkpdOY6uIRUwzZUZjd2xLaGtQc3hEMU5GSzJnMURxVU4w/view?usp=sharing
Nancy Stebbing is in charge of the SCRIPS program - email her at howellbandscrip@gmail.com if you have any questions!
