Fundraising

Our Program Fundraising Points Volunteer Points

Our Program

Dear Wildcats Parents,
As you well know youth football is by far the least expensive sporting activity available to your children in Calgary. The reason that we are able to keep our fees so low is the fact that we do a wide range of fundraising each year. This fundraising includes such activities as bottle drives, food sales, silent auctions and casinos. By involving all families in fundraising we can spread out the effort required to raise the nearly $150,000 that is required to run our four teams each season.

The points program instituted in the 2018 season was a success! Thanks to all families and your support of the Wildcats.

We took into account family feedback and survey responses and have made a few adjustments to the program. We also want to take the opportunity to give some explanation as to how the fundraising points are established and answer some questions.

First of all, for those families that do not want to participate in Volunteering and/or Fundraising, you are given the opportunity to pay out your points during the online registration process.

For families with multiple players, you are only required to achieve points for one child. However, if you want to do the payout, the amounts will apply to each player.

To answer some questions about how the fundraising points are established, here are some examples:

1 point = $25

2 large garbage bags full of bottles = 1 point – we estimated this to be the value of the bag.

$125 in meat sales = $25 back to the club.
Equally important to the success of Wildcats football is our need for volunteers for things like stick crews, banquet set up, merchandise sales etc. This is a separate and distinct requirement from fundraising and we require that each family help out in some tangible way. Coaches and Managers invest hundreds of hours each season in making the program successful and it is not fair to ask them to take on these tasks as well. So this is where you come in.
If after offering all of the opportunities above you do not contribute to the success of the Wildcats we will reluctantly have to charge you for the deposits. We will be fair in assessing your situation and will listen to any mitigating circumstances that you may identify. But in the end we all need to do our part in making this Program a success.

Craig Reardon

Wildcats Football Association of Calgary

Director, Treasurer and General Manager

Fundraising Points

Fundraising – 10 points needed (Spring League 8 points needed)

**Please note the fundraisers listed below have been very successful for the Wildcats, but there is always the chance they could be adjusted this Season. If you have any recommendations for fundraisers please send them to Liza at fundraising@calgarywildcatsfootball.com

Bottle drive donations – 1 pt for every 2 large garbage bags donated (Save up your bottles this Summer first bottle drive end of August/Early September)
Meat fundraiser sales – 1 pt for every $125 sold
Silent auction donation – 1 pt / per $25 value (only if Team Celebration takes place)
Fall Raffle Ticket sales– 1 pt / 4 tickets purchased/sold (please note this may change once raffle details determined)
Corporate Sponsorship – all points covered for a $250 corporate sponsorship (contact Liza at fundraising@calgarywildcatsfootball.com)

Wildcats families that participated in the Spring flower fundraiser, Spring meat fundraiser, and bottle drives have already been allocated points.

Families were provided with the opportunity to payout their fundraising ($250) and or volunteer ($250) commitment at the time of online registration . Families that don’t fulfill their requirements, will be charged the portion of the $250 they still owe, which is based on the points not completed. Every volunteer point unfulfilled is $50, while every unfulfilled fundraising point is $25.For example, if only 5 of the 10 fundraising points are completed $125 will be owed at the end of the Season. Please note that the Wildcats work with all families to assist them in completing their volunteer and fundraising points.

Volunteer Points

Volunteering – 5 points needed (Spring League 3 points needed)

**Families that participated in the Spring flower fundraiser and bottle drives have already been allocated points from those fundraisers. **

Organizer team photos - 3pts
Assistant team photos - 1pt
Seup/take down Team Celebration - 1pt
Stick crew (no experience required - 2pt/game
Merchandise/Custom Order sales events - 1pt/event
Meat Fundraiser volunteer - 2 pts
Bottle drive volunteer (loading trailer) - 2 pts
Bottle drive volunteer (dropping off ads at homes by practice field) - 1 pt/30 houses
Managing merchandise bin for season - 3pts
Assist with turning on/off field lighting - 3pts
Other team events - 1pt

Please note that other volunteer opportunities will likely arise during the season.

Families were provided with the opportunity to payout their fundraising ($250) and or volunteer ($250) commitment at the time of online registration. Families that do not fulfill their requirements will be charged the portion of the $250 they still owe, which is based on the points not completed. Every volunteer point unfulfilled is $50, while every unfulfilled fundraising point is $25. For example, if only 5 of the 10 fundraising points are completed $125 will be owed at the end of the season. Please note that the Wildcats work with all families to assist them in completing their volunteer and fundraising points.

Still have questions?

If you have any questions, suggestions for new fundraisers or have special skills you think could benefit the team or the Wildcats Football Association, please contact Liza.

Our Fundraisers

Bottle Drives

CHEERS TO YOU WILDCATS!!!! Our bottle drives have been a huge success....AND it's such an easy way to get your fundraising points!!!!! Thank you to all who donated and volunteer!

Our next bottle drive dates:

TBD

1 pt for every TWO LARGE bags donated

*Send out on social media, pick up in your area or neighbourhood bring all the cans and bottles you can or have friends and family drop them off under your name!

TeamFund Fill Your Freezer

Casino

Stay tuned for our next Casino date. Casino’s bring in approximately $60 000 to the Wildcats Football Association every 18 months.

This amount makes up approximately 50% of our Fundraising Revenue on an annual basis and about 25% of our total revenues in any given year. Casino revenue allows us to keep registration costs significantly lower than other youth sports and gives us the opportunity to purchase the most advanced and safe equipment available on the market. We are also proud to say that our fundraising efforts have ensured that we have never turned a child away for financial reasons since our inception in 1964.

With all of this said we turn to our Wildcat Family to help us with volunteer needs for the Casino. If you work a shift for the Casino, all of your fundraising volunteer points will be met.

Spring Flowers

Thank you to our generous sponsors!

The Wildcats are very proud that we have never, in the history of our Club, turned away a player due to a lack of financial resources. Over the past year, 13% of our players required financial assistance, and we expect this proportion to remain the same or increase over the coming year. Providing this support does impact the Club’s finances, and therefore we need to offset some of these costs. The “So All Kids Can Play” program was established for this very reason, and provides donors with the opportunity to support youth in developing skills both on and off the field, such as leadership, teamwork, and perseverance. We are very thankful to the generous donors that have helped us in the past, and invite you to become part of the “So All Kids Can Play” program.

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