LHS ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUBS
Athletic Department Philosophy on Booster Clubs
ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB
A. Role of the Club
The Lindbergh Athletic Booster Club exists as an organization of parents and community persons dedicated to:
- Supporting, encouraging and advancing the athletic program and related activities of the Lindbergh School District, thereby cultivating clean, wholesome school spirit, promoting good sportsmanship, and developing high ideals of character.
- The Club shall promote projects to improve facilities and equipment necessary to provide an adequate athletic program for the school district.
- The club shall not seek to influence or direct the technical activities or polices of the school administration or of the school officials who are charged with the responsibility of conducting the athletic program of the schools of the district.
- The club shall do nothing which violates the rules of the Missouri State High School Activities Association or in any way jeopardizes the membership of the school district in said activity association.
B. Financial
The booster club each year contributes many thousands of dollars to the athletic department for the needs of each sport that otherwise would not be available. Primarily, the monies of the Booster Club will be expended for 1) capital improvements of the athletic facilities, 2) major purchases for a sport, 3) warm-ups and uniforms, 4) reconditioning, and 5) championship awards.
C. Relationship with Coaches
Coaches are encouraged to take advantage of every opportunity to work with the booster club in their many fund-raising projects during the course of the school year, especially the August membership drive. The more coaches become involved in booster projects, the more it will strengthen good-will between the club and the athletic department. In the event a booster club member asks you about your athletic needs, discuss it in general terms with the member, but remind the member that you will make the request officially through the athletic department budget procedure.
D. Relationship with the Athletic Administrator
The high school athletic administrator will attend all athletic booster meetings and act as official liaison between the school district and the booster club. In May each year, the athletic administrator will present the booster club with the budget request for the following year as requested by the coaches.
E. Support Clubs
Individual sports may create an organization of parents and interested persons to promote a sport specifically. This club will be under the sponsorship of the head coach and exists primarily to: 1) promote positive public relations with the coaching staff, 2) raise monies for the end of the season award banquet, 3) provide spirit type T-shirts, shoes, etc.
The sport support clubs shall serve as a satellite of the athletic booster club and have representation on their board of administrators. At no time will the activities of the support club interfere with the operations of the athletic boosters.