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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 24, 2018 10:14:06 GMT -6
Sorry if this thread is redundant, but what are some ways that you get the community involved in the program?
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Post by 54695469 on Jan 24, 2018 12:19:40 GMT -6
Win.
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Post by realdawg on Jan 24, 2018 12:21:27 GMT -6
Have a kids camp in the summer.
Go read at local elementary schools
Have a spirit night at a local restaurant.
And as mentioned. Win.
Just a few off the top of my head.
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Post by vanden48 on Jan 24, 2018 12:53:49 GMT -6
Not redundant and a good question.
Now to clarify what you mean when you say community, because I think you need to attack this in 4 directions.
4 classifications of community:
1) Parents. Get them involved in raising money, helping with team dinners, making awards, cleaning equipment, chain gain, bus snacks. Have as many of them on the boosters as possible.
2) Teachers and Administration and other School personnel. Recognize the teachers who help the kids. Give other teachers as many opportunities to help as possible. Share you teams mission statement with them. Ask the administration for ideas. Say thank you to every janitor possible and give them all a hat and t-shirt.
3) People in the community who don't have kids in the program. This is hard, but an idea I'm tying this year is to have a coaches corner TV show on the local public broadcast station. You have to try and create fans of the high school team, just like a pro team.
4) Local businesses. Find ways for them to help out with out directly giving money. Use them all the time. Frame old jerseys and give them to them to display.
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Post by QBCoachDurham on Jan 24, 2018 13:25:38 GMT -6
Not redundant and a good question. Now to clarify what you mean when you say community, because I think you need to attack this in 4 directions. 4 classifications of community: 1) Parents. Get them involved in raising money, helping with team dinners, making awards, cleaning equipment, chain gain, bus snacks. Have as many of them on the boosters as possible. 2) Teachers and Administration and other School personnel. Recognize the teachers who help the kids. Give other teachers as many opportunities to help as possible. Share you teams mission statement with them. Ask the administration for ideas. Say thank you to every janitor possible and give them all a hat and t-shirt. 3) People in the community who don't have kids in the program. This is hard, but an idea I'm tying this year is to have a coaches corner TV show on the local public broadcast station. You have to try and create fans of the high school team, just like a pro team. 4) Local businesses. Find ways for them to help out with out directly giving money. Use them all the time. Frame old jerseys and give them to them to display. Thanks for the response. I guess I should have clarified in the original post that we have won. We're 41-19 with 5 winning seasons in the 5 years I've been here (they had 3 winning seasons in the previous 15 years). We have pretty good community involvement, but I am always looking for more. There are several things in your post that we already do, but a few that we don't that I may try. Thanks for an insightful response.
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Post by conrad81 on Jan 24, 2018 19:36:01 GMT -6
Local charity - kids in jerseys, publicize it in papers/news media. Food banks, clothes drives, etc. Local recreation/park cleanup day in May - contact park office, get team to help mulch, rake, clean up fields, playgrounds, etc.
Find a local organization and ask if they need help with any projects - Lions Club, Rotary, etc.
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Post by aceback76 on Jan 24, 2018 20:03:31 GMT -6
We feel there are 6 Groups we work to sell our program to:
1. Players 2. Parents 3. Press 4. Faculty (& Administration) 5. Students 6. Public
Note: In College, you can add Alumni to that!
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