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
