A Georgia high school baseball program uses different forms of broadcast technology to boost teamwork and sponsorship revenues.

A shift in demographics creates a new opportunity for a Wisconsin high school athletic booster club to reconnect to it community, alumni, and fans.

With the help of an exploratory committee and 100-year old athletic board, a Great Lakes school district looks at ways to renovate its stadium by preserving its traditions.

New leadership restructures a northern California high school athletic booster club to help turnaround declining memberships.

The Barrington United School District, located 35 miles northwest of Chicago, has grown substantially over the last decade. The school district is composed of more than 9,000 students in 12 schools throughout four counties. With the expansion in enrollment, so too has the number of students, especially girls, participating in sports. Unfortunately, the high school's stadium, which was built in the 1970s, couldn't keep up with the population's needs. All that changed, however, in late 2006 when voters passed a school referendum for a $4.4 million stadium renovation project.

A Minnesota youth sports assocation develops a joint private-public partnership with the local city government and school district to help serve the needs of more than 3,000 students and athletes.

Sometimes, although a track and field facility is desperately needed, it simply doesn't make it onto an administration's list of priorities. At the University of New Mexico, Head Men's and Women's Coach Mark Henry encountered that scenario, and for him, the solution was to look elsewhere for help. After his pleas for a facility upgrade fell on deaf ears within his department, Henry turned his focus outside the university and found the assistance he needed in some nontraditional places: city council.

"Dig for a Cure Night" was the name of a breast cancer awareness fundraiser developed by the girls' varsity volleyball team from Corbett (Ore.) High School held this past October. The fundraiser generated $2,000 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, and the idea behind the Dig stemmed from a coaching philosophy Head Volleyball Coach Sue Busk has been emphasizing for 15 years: "We first, me second."

A softball team from Central New York raises more than $50,000 over a five-year period to fund its annual spring break trip to help build team chemistry and prepare them for their future careers.

Toni McKee, Head Boys' Track and Field Coach at Campbell County High School in Alexandria, Ky., has never forgotten the sense of connection and camaraderie she felt as an athlete when she met the runners who'd gone before her at Northern Kentucky University's track and field reunion.

And when her current athletes started asking about the record holders on the plaques in the school hallways, it brought back memories for McKee, who ran with some of those record-holders when she competed for Campbell County High School. So McKee took it upon herself to organize the school's first track and field and cross country alumni reunion.

The bright lights, the perfectly groomed infield, and baselines painted just so—is there anything more exhilarating than playing at a professional league ballpark? A lot of your players probably dream of playing on a field like that someday, but for several Ohio high school teams, the dream has already come true.

During the 2006-07 school year, Teanna Meinhold was a marketing intern for the athletic department at Eastern Washington University (EWU). Her internship as Athletic Liaison was simple: re-organize a group of basketball fans who called themselves 'Team Red' (in honor of EWU's school colors) into an athletic department-run spirit club.

The task was a perfect fit for Meinhold, who double majored in marketing and business management. Within a four-month span, she transformed Team Red into a university-brand force that was responsible for helping increase home game attendance and bridging stronger relationships between the university and local businesses.

When Tom Bundy dreams, he dreams big. Bundy is entering his 17th year as a head coach of the Astronaut High School boys' and girls' track and field teams in Titusville, Fla. For as long as he can remember—and he's an AHS alum, so he's been remembering for awhile—he's always wanted a rubber track for the school. Bundy's dream track, however, carried a price tag of well over $100,000.

"The first thing I did," Bundy says, "was place it on my Christmas wish list. Next, with the motivation of [volunteer] Sandy Myers, I started looking into the cost analysis of installing a rubber track."

Four years ago, Everglades High School didn't have a stadium. Today, it has a state-of-the-art facility with seating for 3,750. One factor made it possible to build this great facility: For $500,000, just over half of the total cost, the school sold the stadium's naming rights to Eastern Financial Florida Credit Union.

Many athletic booster clubs raise money to offset the cost of their schools' sports program. Fergus Falls Youth Activities Club, though, has a different role. The 501(c)3 athletic booster club's main goal is to promote football to younger students in this central Minnesotan community in an effort to reverse the declining number of high school student-athlete participation. The club's six-man football program, now entering its third year, is hugely popular among parents and has attracted more than 150 kids each season.

The Fergus Falls School District has taken notice. In an innovative three-year pilot program, the school district is leasing its junior high football program to the activities club with the hope that success at the seventh- and eighth-grade levels will encourage these younger student-athletes to go out for varsity sports when they reach high school.

This past year, the Middleboro High School Athletic Department undertook its most successful fundraiser ever. The school created an engraved brick sidewalk that generated a $7,000 profit within only a few months and will continue to bring in revenue for a long time to come.

A community recreation club and parent sports booster club work together to help a New Jersey high school's swim team enhance its facility and popularity.

For the 27th year, a Chicago suburb's Super Bowl party raises thousands of dollars to benefit an all-girls school's sports program.

Amherst Steele High School's fastpitch softball clinic continues to thrive 15 years after its first session. Part of its success is due to how head coach Bill Matthews designs the clinics: small groups, simple drill adjustments, and the inclusion of former student-athletes.

With tournaments spanning the country, members of a 16 and Under softball organization team up with a local restaurant and trade in their gloves to wait tables to raise money for their travels.

The 2006-07 school year marked Mick Lowie's 18th year head coaching the Cortland (N.Y.) High School boys' basketball team and the Purple Tigers' 10th year participating in the American Cancer Society's Coaches vs. Cancer, the society's fundraiser geared toward basketball programs to raise money in the fight against cancer. "Cancer touches so many people," he says. "It's hard to find someone in your community not personally affected." Lowie himself has lost two close friends and his mother-in-law to the disease.

During the 2006-07 school year at Plano Independent School District, there was one big goal: ending the school district's pay-to-play fee. Varsity high school athletes were paying $100 a piece, and many felt strongly that no one should have to pay to participate in high school sports. Through a combination of strategies, the school district increased its fundraising by $300,000 per year and ended the fee.

In the April 2007 issue of Fundraising For Sports, Amherst Steele High School (Ohio) Head Softball Coach Bill Matthews discussed how his team raises $3,000 each year through its fall and summer softball clinics. In this month's newsletter, Matthews explains how his team made a profit of more than $6,000 at its recent steak dinner and auction.

A lot of schools hold tailgate parties before their Friday night football games—that's certainly not a new idea. But how about a tailgate party that generates a profit of $18,000 in one night with virtually no cost to the school? That's how much Forestview High School raised this year.

Visibility is the key factor for the success of a Tampa-suburb 5K race that benefited the area's two newest schools.

by Abigail Funk, an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing

Spearheading a large fundraising project requires years of fundraising experience and expertise, and coaches with neither shouldn't bother trying, right? Wrong. A high school in Roanoke, Va., is getting new athletic facilities, thanks to a 26-year-old rookie coach who didn't let his inexperience deter him from starting a campaign that has so far raised $300,000.

A Missouri high school booster club president helps the football program win new uniforms

By Danielle Catalano

A southwest Virginia community fundraising committee points out how its fundraising efforts help repair its damaged field.

To help raise money for a fitness center named in honor of a slain police officer, an Illinois school district creates its own Amazing Race.

Mike Meyers, president of Marshall University's women's volleyball booster club, the Thundering Spikers, talks about how the club has spent the last year rejuvenating interest in the sport.

The University of the Pacific's (Calif.) seat-naming program created to cover the cost of seating in the school's new baseball stadium raises $160,000 in its first six months.

by Kenny Berkowitz, Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.

The educational tradition starting more than 50 years ago by North Dakota State University's official sports booster club becomes a key component to the school's transition from Division II to Division I.

by Danielle Catalano

by Danielle Catalano

Looking for a way to reduce the amount of time parents spent preparing for fundraisers, a Burnsville (Minn.) athletic director found his solution by downloading music.

by Danielle Catalano

To raise money for its new irrigation system, a Maryland high school booster club reorganizes a popular bull roast fundraiser.

by Danielle Catalano, FundraisingForSports.com

University of Tampa Assistant Athletic Director Gil Swalls explains his success story.

by Laura Smith, Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing

A Tennessee high school works with Lowe's for a $1-million athletics complex makeover.

with Brian Cain, M.S., CAA, North Country Union High School, Vt.

A Vermont atheltic director explains how his student-athletes use the radio to reach their fans and sponsors.

[SYN]Rival towns work together to raise money for their sports programs.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]Strong community support helps Homer High School in central New York raise funds for its new scoreboard.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]When Freeport (Maine) High School received a gift of $300,000 two years ago to build a track and field facility, the school gave the money to nearby Bowdoin College instead.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Abigail Funk[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Abigail Funk is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]With the help of a friends' organization, a Connecticut high school saves its athletics program.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Laura Smith[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Laura Smith is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]A look at what happens when six college athletic marketing departments let their imaginations go wild.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Kenny Berkowitz[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Kenny Berkowitz is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]If you want taxpayers to vote 'Yes' on a facilities bond project, you'll need more than a good argument. You need to gather facts, know your history, and find a way to reach out to voters.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Laura Smith[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Laura Smith is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]Knowing the right people helps save 11 sports programs from being cancelled in Long Island.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[BIO]

[SYN]The Parkersburg (W.Va.) News and Sentinel celebrates the 100th anniversary of its local high school's football program by creating a historical pictorial of the program called the Centennial Celebration: 100 Years of Big Red Football. Proceeds from the sale of the book benefiting the school's athletic booster club.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]$65,000 raised in less than two months saves a school's fall sports program.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]The newest ideas in boosting ticket sales include e-mail marketing, rewarding season ticket holders, facilitating group sales, and catering to the hometown crowd.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Kenny Berkowitz[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Kenny Berkowitz is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]When businesses complained to athletic director Randy Richards about receiving too many fundraising phone calls, it was time to restructure the booster club's market plan.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Laura Smith[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Laura Smith is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]Students in the small southwest town of Conway, Mo., help its athletic booster club earn big money for a new gym floor.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]A newly consolidated booster club saves an Ohio high school's sports program from being cancelled.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Laura Smith[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Laura Smith is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]

[SYN]Safety codes, an insurance ultimatum, and the tenacity of a football booster club jump-start a western Pennsylvania school district's campaign to create a new sports complex.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Danielle Catalano[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Danielle Catalano is a writer for FundraisingforSports.com.[/BIO]

[SYN]How to carefully approach the game of selling naming rights.[/SYN]
[AUTHOR]By Kenny Berkowitz[/AUTHOR]
[BIO]Kenny Berkowitz is an Assistant Editor at MomentumMedia Sports Publishing.[/BIO]