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These fundraising opportunities are available for
students, parents and friends of the band program to help support the
cost of this great program. Check the Calendar-at-a-Glance for key dates
for each event. All of these programs rely heavily on student and parent
volunteer efforts. Please review the MBB Volunteers page for
descriptions of opportunities for helping out with these worthy
programs.
Note: Those fundraisers that are marked with a dollar sign
 result in dollars
being assigned to Student Accounts.
Year Round Opportunities
Market Day - receive 10% - 20% of sales!
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Market Day offers parents and neighbors a wide selection
of restaurant quality food products, value priced. To receive credit of
10% of Market Day sales in your student's account, all you have to do is
include your band student's name with your order. You may order Market
Day online at www.marketday.com. Check the "Calendar" link at the top of
this page for order deadlines as well as pick-up dates and times. Online orders are due by 11 pm on the Wednesday preceding the Saturday sale date.
Note: Profits for the months of September, November,
December, February and April are shared with Special Needs. Profits
during June, July and August are 100% for the BAND!
Our Market Day Chairs may be reached at
Dining Fundraisers
Every year the Mustang Band Boosters partners with
neighborhood restaurants for Dining Fundraisers. On the scheduled dates,
the restaurants return a portion of the afternoon and/or evening's sales
to the Mustang Band Boosters. The donations vary by restaurant, but
typically range between 15%-25% of sales when accompanied by a promotion
coupon. Coupons will be available for sharing with your friends, family
and associates and are typically distributed during the Band Practices,
via email and posted on our website.
Recent Fundraisers have included
Go Roma, Buona Beef, Buffalo Wild Wings and Panera Breadand Buffalo.
Keep watching for announcements of our next Dining Fundraiser. Have questions, or
want to suggest another restaurant? Contact our Dining Fundraiser Chairpersons at
 Louis' Tailors and Menswear
Buying a Downers Grove South letter jacket for your student? Louis'
Tailors & Menswear, located at 748 Ogden Avenue in Downers Grove,
will donate $10 to Mustang Band Boosters for every letter jacket
that is purchased when Downers Grove South Mustang Bands is
mentioned.
January
Opportunity
 Lollipop Sale starting January 20th
The purpose of this fundraiser is to provide
a student account fundraising opportunity for any eligible DGS music student.
The lollipops come packaged in bags of 60, in an assortment of the most popular flavors.
The student pays $40.00 up front for each bag of lollipops.
Of that $40.00…Students then sell the lollipops @ $0.75 each or 3 for $2.00.
This pricing structure insures that at a minimum, the students will receive the $40.00 that was invested up front.
The first pick-up date for Lollipops will be Friday, January 20 at 7:30 AM.
Lollipops will be available for pick up in the hallway outside of the music department.
For additional information about the Lollipop Sale,
go to Lollipop Sale Page
February Opportunities !!
 Butter
Braids - Receive $2 per Butter Braid!
Need something to eat with your morning coffee or juice? Try
tasty Butter Braids! These yummy frozen pastry dough loaves
are available in 6 different tasty fillings. Just defrost
overnight and bake for a wonderful accompaniment to your
breakfast or brunch. Watch for the Butter Braid sale to
begin in February. The $4 profit from the sale of each
Butter Braid is split 50/50 between your student's account
and the Mustang Band Boosters general fund. For additional
information about the Butter Braid sale,
go to our Butter Braids Sale
Page or contact our
Chairperson by email at
Looking for some Fun and Trivia?
Please join us for our 1st Annual “Trivia Game Night” & Silent Auction
When: Saturday, February 11th 2012 from 7:00pm-11:00pm
Where: at Downers Grove Moose Lodge, 1030 Warren Avenue, Downers Grove
Cost: $15.00 per person (pizza to be provided). There will be a cash bar
and you can bring some light snacks of your own also. There will be some great auction items to bid on (cash and or checks will be accepted)
This is an “adult” only night, you do not have to be a Booster member to join in.
Questions?? Call Kathy Perez at 630-960-5014 or click Fun and Game Night
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April
Opportunity
Plant
Sale - Receive 15% of Sales!
With spring comes the annual Mustang Bands Spring Plant
Sale. It is one of our largest fundraisers of the year.
These flowers come from the Peterman Greenhouses in Portage,
Michigan. We have used this supplier for many years and have
been very satisfied with the beautiful and hardy plants that
they provide to us. You'll be surprised at the great
flowering varieties to choose from! Bedding plants and
baskets of all kinds! The profit is split 50/50 between your
student's account and the Mustang Band Boosters general
fund. For more info, go to our Plant
Sale page, or contact our Chairperson by email at
Music
Bowl 2012 -- Ad Sales and Sponsorships - receive 10% of sales!
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Advertisements and corporate sponsorships are the
major mean s of income for funding our Marching Mustang Music Bowl.
Our Marching Mustangs are encouraged to sell program guide ads
ranging from $40-$250 and/or sponsorships ranging from $500-$5000.
Your student will receive student account credit of 10% of any ad
sales or sponsorships that they bring in. Please check out our
website at
www.MustangBandBoosters.com to download the Music Bowl ad
solicitation form. For more information, please contact the Program
Ad Chairpersons at
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Candy Bars - receive $25/box!
Got a sweet tooth? Know someone who does? Have we got a
fundraiser for you! Our Candy Bar fundraiser is usually in September.
These include a variety of delicious World's Finest chocolate bars, Sour Punch candies and more.
They come packaged in a convenient case of 50. Each box of
these assorted candy bars sells for $50 with 100% of the $25
profit going to student accounts! WOW! Our Chair person may be
contacted at
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Gourmet's Delight Cheesecakes --
Receive $2 - $2.50 per cheesecake!
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This fundraiser starts in mid-November
with product delivery in December - just in time for the holiday
season!
With 16 varieties to choose from, these
Gourmet's Delight Cheesecakes are made from the highest quality,
fresh and natural ingredients with no preservatives. The $4 - $5
profit per cake is split 50/50 between the student's individual
account and the Mustang Band Boosters general fund. For
additional information about the Cheesecake fundraiser, contact
our Chair person at
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