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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 (our fiscal year runs April 1st –
March 31st). 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 March 31st 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 Toni Thorman 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:
In February 2018 we will offer an Eileen's Colossal Cookie Dough
Fundraiser. In the past the cookie dough has sold for $13.50,
with $6 of each sale counting towards the swimmers fundraising
commitment. Swimmers will have approximately 2 weeks to sell cookie
dough and will need to deliver their sales to customers when the
swim team receives the cookie dough, approximately two 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. The team
will get a 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. To receive
credit for Amazon Smile purchases you must screen shot the amount
earned and turn it in to the team.
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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