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Unfortunately, for most of us that simply isn’t the case. Our programs are running on bare-boned budgets and as music educators and parents we often find ourselves overworked trying to raise funding to establish a thriving music program.  \nFortunately, the best music programs never fail to attract supportive parents, alumni, administration, and community members at large. This makes creating and managing a booster program a particularly easy and attractive way to gain essential funding for establishing programs, and for providing the financial resources to enhance the learning of students while increasing their opportunities to perform, travel, and experience music on a deeper level.  \nThis manual is set out for the music director looking to start a booster program, and the director that already has one but wants to increase its effectiveness and efficiency. But this manual is also for the boosters themselves, to help guide the organizations motivations, actions, and legal compliance.  \nA few things to keep in mind before you get started:  \n• Always comply with the legal requirements of your district and school. Before beginning any booster activities it is best to clear the action with your principal to ensure their backing and support. Additionally, funds should always be sough for from the school and/or district before any other type of fundraising should occur.  \n• The goal of the booster program is to support the music director, not to guide or subvert the director. The content and priorities of the music program are the responsibility and directive of the music director, and the booster program is supplementary to that.  \n• Booster groups are not only intended to support the music program financially, but in all advocacy efforts as well. Boosters have the ideal role of being liaisons to the community at large, while being the largest stakeholders for the program and advocates for their students.  \n• In some communities fundraising is seen as a negative action; the common belief that it takes time, effort, and expense that doesn’t justify the profit, or even that fundraising for school programs is seen as additional taxation. These sensitivities must be addressed prior to fundraising activities that may involve the community at large.  \nRegardless of these cautions, booster programs are one of the greatest assets available  \nto programs of any size and in any locale. The efforts of the booster group can have lasting positive effects in the lives of music students. And isn’t that what it’s all about?  \nWhy Start a Booster Group?  \nWith so many other tasks on the metaphorical plate of the school","cbCaihChoTWqKWkF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihChoTWqKWkF","pdf",1436377,"English","# Introduction\n## Why Start a Booster Group?\n# CHAPTER ONE: Starting from Scratch\n# Chapter 2: Organizing Your Organization\n# Chapter 3: Roles and Responsibilities\n# Chapter 4: Getting Things Done\n# Chapter 5: Let’s Talk Money\n# Chapter 6: Advocacy, Marketing, and Public Relations\n# Conclusion","[{\"question\":\"Why might a school music program need a booster group?\",\"answer\":\"Many programs face limited budgets despite expectations of school, district, and state funding. 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