The Blaine Basketball Volunteers

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Website Address:

FACEBOOK: @BlaineBoysBasketball

Twitter: @Blaineboyshoops

In order to continue to make this basketball program successful, parent support and involvement is necessary! This document contains information on all the things the Blaine Basketball Volunteers are working on for the upcoming season and the areas where your help is needed.

Booster Club:

Upcoming meeting: Wednesday, December 6, 6:30 pm

The Blaine Basketball Booster Club is a volunteer parent-based organization whose purpose is to provide support and resources to the Blaine Boys High School Basketball Program. If you have a player in the program, you are a part of the Boosters. The Booster Club is the fundraising arm for all the high school teams and is vital to the success of the program. The school district provides limited funds for the program, with the Booster Club funding travel gear, shooting shirts, uniforms, equipment, special event nights, team events, our website, game programs and the end of year banquet.

All parents are invited to attend our monthly meetings. Meetings are typically held on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30 pm at Blaine High School. Please check out the website calendar for dates and locations each month.

Team Communication:

Parents can receive information regarding the program in a variety of ways. Our primary communication will come from our updated website: . In addition, you can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Emails: To receive emails from the boys high school basketball program, there are a few steps you’ll need to take.

1. Go to our website at

2. From the new site, log in if you have an existing Sportsengine account (create an account if you don’t already have one)

3. After you are logged in to Sportsengine, go to the top of our new website and click "Become a Member".

Facebook: Our page name is listed as Blaine High School Boys Basketball. Please like and follow our page.

Twitter: Our twitter handle for Blaine Boys Hoops is @Blaineboyshoops. Please follow us.

Player and Team Photos: David Banks

Date: Tuesday, November 28

David Bank Studios will be doing individual and team photos on Tuesday, November 28. Your player should have an order form, or extra forms are available if needed. Players should bring their completed order forms with them to pictures on Tuesday.

Team Photographer: 9A, 9B, Sophomore, JV/Varsity

Each team will need a parent volunteer to act as the Team Photographer. Although we do work with a professional photographer for our varsity games, it is important to have photos from all teams. This person will take photos of the team throughout the season, but they do not need to be at every game. These photos will be used for End of the Year Banquet slide show and memory book.

Pizza Coordinator: Freshman Parent

Dates: Varsity Home Games

One of our fundraising activities is selling pizza during our home games. A Freshman parent is needed to volunteer as the Pizza Coordinator who will be in charge of scheduling freshman family volunteers to sell pizza at varsity home games, confirms the pizza order, sets up the table after the Freshman game, and counts money with the Treasurer. In addition, we’d like all freshman families to take at least one volunteer shift and staff the table at these games.

Spirit Wear Orders:

Date: Orders due Monday, December 4

Support the team this year with our custom spirit wear! These items make great holiday gifts! Spirit wear can be purchased from the online store, which can be reached at Please see the flyer for more information. If you have any questions regarding spirit wear, please contact Heather Downey.

Program Good Luck Lines:

Date: Submissions due Friday, December 8th

Good Luck Lines, which will be placed in our program, are available for purchase at $25 per ad. ($20 for grandparents). This is a great way to recognize your player and participate in one of our fundraising activities. Detailed information is available on the Good Luck Lines form, which can be downloaded from our website. Any questions on Good Luck lines, please contact Amy Johnson.

JV/Varsity Carbo Load and After Party Hosting:

Dates: Various throughout the season

Four Carbo Loads are held during the season for JV/Varsity players, and are hosted by parent volunteers. Three families are needed to help with each event. The first parent will host at their home, the second and third parents will assist with the event. Food and drink for each event is donated by the hosting families.

Parent volunteers are needed for these events, with dates to be determined. Please sign up on the JV/Varsity Carbo Loads sign-up sheet.Also, please reach out if you are willing to host an after party this season.

In addition to the JV/Varsity Carbo Loads, the Booster Club is working on Carbo Loads for the entire program. One is scheduled for Tuesday, December 12 after practice at the high school. The second Carbo Load will be on Thursday, January 25 with more info to come on this event.

Thrivent Financial Action Teams:

If you are a Thrivent Financial member, you have the ability to direct your Action Team money to Blaine Boys High School Basketball. Check out our website for more information on this program and if you choose to direct Action Team money to the basketball program, please contact our Booster Fundraising Coordinators, Tami Anderson and Kristina Strand (contact info on the Boosters tab of our website).

Grocery Bagging:

Dates: Saturday, Dec 9: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday, Feb 4: 10:30 am – 3:00 pm

All players are expectedto help with our two grocery bagging fundraisers. Both fundraisers will take place at Cub Foods - Blaine North at 12595 Central Avenue NE Blaine, 55434. Parent volunteers are also needed to supervise eachgrocery bagging event. Please sign up on the Grocery Bagging information sheet. Players will sign up for shifts through the coaching staff.

Special Event Nights:

There are a variety of special event nights throughout the season. These events require some behind the scenes work to make them successful. We need several parents to assist with each of these events. The special events nights for this year are:

Fan Appreciation Night: Friday, December 8 vs. Forest Lake

Blaine Youth Night: Friday, January 26 vs. Irondale

Staff Appreciation Night: Thursday, February 8 vs. Andover

Parent Night: Friday, February 16 vs. Spring Lake Park

Senior Night: Friday, March 2 vs. Armstrong

Please sign up to help with these events on the Special Event sign-up sheet.

Raffle Fundraiser

Dates: December/January

Players will be selling raffle tickets in December/January as a fundraiser. To date, we have secured one large prize – a TV. We are looking for a couple of additional prizes (prizes in the past have included an iPad and cash). If you or your business would be willing to donate a prize, please contact our fundraising coordinators, Tami Anderson or Kristina Strand. Players will be asked to sell raffle tickets in advance of the drawing on Youth Night (January 26). More details will be coming soon.

Blaine Youth Tournament Concession Volunteers:

Dates: Saturday, January 13 and Sunday, January 14

One of our largest fundraising activities is concessions at the Blaine Youth Basketball Traveling Tournament. One parent from each family must work one volunteer shift for this tournament. More information on shift sign up to come closer to this event.

End of the Year Banquet:

Date: Sunday, March 25 at Majestic Oaks

At the end of the season we host a banquet to reflect on the season and celebrate the players and coaches. This event requires a planning committee who work on food coordination, decorations, gifts, etc. If you are interested in helping with this year’s banquet please sign up. The banquet lead will reach out to you closer to the time of the event.