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Mandatory Club Fees
Black Hills Gold Swimming is a 501(c)3
Non-Profit Organization and in order to offset operation costs, we
rely heavily on club fees to help keep seasonal dues as low as
possible. (Seasonal dues may be found on the documents tab.)
Each new swimmer on the Black Hills Gold Swim Team is responsible
for $100 and each returning swimmer $200 per year with a
maximum of $400/family. There are several fundraising options
available to cover your club fees or you may personally pay your
obligation to the team. All mandatory club fees must be
fulfilled by February 28th of each year. Any families
not fulfilling their requirements will be invoiced for the
remaining balance at that time. Club Fee balances must be
paid in full before families can register for another season.
Each family can pick and choose how they fulfill their obligation,
the team offers the following programs for fundraising, and other
opportunities will be announced if they present themselves
throughout the year.
SAFEWAY GIFT CARDS:
Our team is registered to earn 5% of all
sales at Safeway for gas, pharmacy and groceries. To
participate you must buy a reloadable card from the team. Each card
sells for $5 and is preloaded with $5. Before you begin
shopping at Safeway take your card to Customer Service or a cashier
and tell them you would like to put money on a reloadable gift
card. You may load up to $500 at a time. Shop, and use your
gift card as payment. It’s easy and adds up fast!
You may have multiple cards registered to your family so
friends, neighbors, grandparents, etc can all earn money to be
applied to your commitment. Please see Elena Dagit to
purchase your Safeway Cards.
Click here for more information about the
Safeway Program - /sdbhgs/UserFiles/File/SAFEWAY%20FLIER.pdf
BENEFIT PROGRAM:
We have partnered with a company called
Benefit (www.benefitmobile.com). This is an online
mall that allows a percentage of your purchases to be returned
to our team and that amount will be applied to your
commitment. It is very, very easy to participate. Many
chain restaurants and Walmart are available, in addition to
internet shopping sites such as amazon.com. All you need to
do is download the app onto your phone, choose Black Hills Gold
Swimming as the beneficiary, and purchase the gift cards
before you shop. The gift cards are instantly loaded on your phone
so you can even purchase them in line at the store or in a
restaurant while you are eating. Once you get in the habit of
checking to see if a restaurant or retailer in on Benefit
Mobile, the funds you earn can add up fast! You can use
them as gifts and print them out or email them to others as well.
Again, your friends and family can also participate on your
behalf!
Click here for more information about
Benefit - /sdbhgs/UserFiles/File/BENEFIT%20FLIER(1).pdf
SILENT AUCTION:
At our home meet in November we have a
silent auction. Families can bring themed baskets to be
available for the silent auction. There are tons of ideas on
the internet for fun silent auction baskets. The funds raised will
be applied to your fundraising commitment.
EILEEN'S COOKIE DOUGH:
Generally in February we will offer an
Eileen's Colossal Cookie Dough Fundraiser. In the past the
cookie dough has sold for $15.00, with $5.41 of each sale
counting towards the swimmers fundraising commitment. Swimmers will
have approximately 2-4 weeks to sell cookie dough and will need to
deliver their sales to customers when the swim team receives the
cookie dough, approximately 2-4 weeks after the close of the sales
period.
AMAZON SMILE:
Every time you shop on amazon.com click on
Amazon Smile and chose Black Hills Gold Swimming as your
charity. This is an in-kind donation to the team. (The team
will get a very small percentage of your purchases, but every
little bit helps!) For the team to benefit from your amazon
purchase you must go through smile.amazon.com to begin
shopping and select Black Hills Gold Swimming as your charity.
If you are a frequent Amazon shopper (spending $30,000+ per year)
this may count towards your mandatory club fees, please talk to a
board members to find out more.
If you have an idea for
fundraising and would like to organize an event please talk to the
board of directors. We are always open to new
ideas!
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