Kennedy Booster Club

KBC'S MAJOR PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO ASSIST IN CONDUCTING AUTHORIZED SCHEDULED ATHLETIC EVENTS AT KHS OR AT OTHER LOCATIONS. THROUGH THE EFFORTS OF THESE VOLUNTEERS THE STUDENT ATHLETIC EVENTS ARE ABLE TO RUN WITH ADDITIONAL SUPERVISION, SUPPORT AND AT A DECREASED COST TO KHS.2. SALE OF KHS ATTIRE AND PARAPHERNALIA THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BY KBC VOLUNTEERS TO ANYONE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING. THE SALE OF THESE ARTICLES PROMOTES AWARENESS OF KHS ATHLETICS AND GENERATES REVENUE, THE NET OF WHICH IS THEN REINVESTED IN THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.3. SALE OF CONCESSIONS AT ATHLETIC EVENTS BY KBC VOLUNTEERS. CONCESSIONS CREATE INCREASED INTEREST AND ATTENDANCE AT ATHLETIC EVENTS. THE VOLUNTEER LABOR ALLOWS FOR MORE OF THE FUNDS RAISED THROUGH THE CONCESSION SALES TO BE REINVESTED IN THE ATHLETIC PROGRAMMING.4. ATHLETIC EVENT PROGRAMS & SPONSORSHIP SALES. KBC CREATES PROGRAMS FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS. THESE PROGRAMS INCREASE THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE STUDENT ATHLETES AND THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM. KBC DOES NOT ENDORSE OR PROVIDE BUSINESS DETAILS ABOUT ANY OF THE PROGRAM SPONSORS. THE PROGRAM SPONSORS ARE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS WITHIN THE PROGRAMS. THE REVENUE EARNED FROM THE SALES & SPONSORSHIPS IS REINVESTED IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.5. ATHLETIC EVENT TICKET SALES. KBC ORGANIZES VOLUNTEERS TO SELL TICKETS AND CONCESSIONS AT KINGSTON STADIUM FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS.6. SPECIFIC FUND RAISING EVENTS DESIGNED TO RAISE MONEY AND CREATE AWARENESS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND INCLUDE EVENTS SUCH AS: GOLF OUTINGS, TAILGATES, BENCHWARMERS AND CHILI SUPPERS. EACH OF THESE EVENTS IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS AND CREATES AWARENESS OF THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT PROGRAMS, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ATHLETIC PROGRAM AWARENESS.ALL CLUB FUNDS, EXCEPT THOSE NEEDED FOR NECESSARY OPERATING EXPENSES, ARE GIVEN IN SUPPORT OF THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM. NO DISTINCTION IS MADE BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS SPORTS OR BETWEEN INCOME AND NONINCOME PRODUCING SPORTS.