Fundraisers

Fundraising is an indispensable part of any successful Instrumental Music and Color Guard program. Funds raised supplement District monies, reduce the size of student donation requests, and allow for the sustainment and improvement of our music and color guard programs which directly benefit our students. We have a number of fundraisers that we do all year round, others that we do annually, and still other fundraisers we do when the time seems right. There are many opportunities for our musicians, color guard, and their families to participate in these fundraisers – select two or three or more – and join the fun.

Yellow Brick Mall

For all of you that enjoy the convenience on online shopping, check out www.yellowbrickmall.com/vhsmusic.php ! This site connects you to HUNDREDS of retailers who specialize in online shopping. Your favorite store is most likely a part of the YellowBrickMall network, so check it out!! A percentage of every purchase goes to the Rancho San Diego Music Foundation to support our students! No login is required, no personal information, buying habits or credit card information is ever seen by the YellowBrickMall! So, support our students by shopping online through the YellowBrickMall.com! For more information, contact our Yellow Brick Mall Coordinator: Lisa Hines, webmaster@vhsmusic.org

Team Angel

As a Team Angel volunteer, we assist customers at Fashion Valley Shopping Center by answering basic directional and informational questions, passing out coupons, and carrying packages to shoppers’ cars. We will be trained, outfitted, and supplied with two-way radios. Our students will be in pairs or threesomes. Team Angel is a program where we volunteer to be shoppers’ holiday “angels” and Fashion Valley donates approximately $800 to help our music and color guard programs. We need a minimum of 14 volunteers (7 must be adults) to participate. We meet at the front parking lot at 11:45am, parent volunteers drive the students to Fashion Valley, and the students return by 6:30pm. All volunteers need to wear black pants and shoes, and a white shirt - t-shirt, polo, without print showing. Fashion Valley gives each person a vest to wear for the day. Bring money to buy yourself a meal and drink. Students sign up at school. For more information, contact our Team Angel Coordinator: this position is open.

Car Wash

Every student is encouraged to volunteer for at least 2 hours per car wash and talk to people about bringing their cars. Dress comfortably, wear sunscreen, and come ready to work or show your spirit holding signs. Car Washes will be scheduled throughout the year at different locations. For more information, contact our Car Wash Coordinator: this position is open.

Rummage Sale

We need everyone to plan ahead and set-aside items to donate to our Rummage Sales (a.k.a, Garage Sale and Yard Sale). Rummage Sales will be scheduled throughout the year. Parent volunteers will be required to help collect, transport, and price the items and run the sale. For more information, contact our Rummage Sale Coordinator: Sue Whitaker, sue@leaddogs.org

See’s Candy Fundraising

See's Famous Old Time Candies® acquires the choicest and finest grade raw ingredients from all over the world. Making over 100 varieties of candies, they have maintained their reputation for excellence by strict adherence to See's "Quality Without Compromise®" motto. Everyone looks forward to See’s Candy each Christmas Holiday Season and Valentine’s Day. The Valhalla Band and Color Guard traditionally sell See’s Candy on these same occasions to meet the huge demand. Plan ahead. Buy extra for gifts. For more information, contact our See’s Candy Coordinator: this position is open.

Silent/Live Auction

Our annual auction is a great night during the spring semester that everyone should attend. We will need parent volunteers to send letters, visit vendors, solicit donations items, make baskets, and set up the room. For more information, contact our Auction Coordinator: Suzie Peterson, suzie@executrek.net .

Horse Apple Drop

This annual event may be our largest and most fun fundraiser of the year. Our band and color guard families are responsible for selling raffle tickets with first, second and third place prizes of $1000, $500, and $250, respectively. Prize winners are determined at the Horse Apple Drop, where we have arranged for a number of horses to spend some time, in a local corral, after having been well-fed. The corral is divided into squares - each square corresponds to a randomly selected raffle ticket. The first horse that "drops an apple" in a square determines the first place winner. The second and third apple drops determine the second and third place winners. In addition to the excitement of sighting the first apple drop, event attendees enjoy the barbeque, DJ music, and fun-filled family games. Click here for 2009-2010 Horse Apple Drop Rules & Information. Horse Apple Drop Winners for 2009 were: $1000 Rob Ripley (ticket sold by Chris); $500 Cortes Family (ticket sold by Arielle); and $250 Neysa Collings (ticket sold by Jolene). For more information, contact our Horse Apple Drop Coordinator: Carl Reed, reedc2004@cox.net .

Gift Cards (Scrip)

What Is Scrip?
Scrip means “substitute money”. When you purchase scrip, you’re purchasing prepaid gift cards and negotiable gift certificates that are used just like cash. You can use scrip to purchase everyday expenses like food, clothing, and other essentials, and with every purchase, you earn revenue for the Valhalla Band and Color Guard.

How scrip generates revenue for Valhalla Band and Color Guard
The Great Lakes Scrip Center acts on behalf of churches, schools and other non profit organizations to purchase large amounts of scrip from grocery stores, department stores, and other retailers. Because the scrip is purchased with cash up front, the participating retailers offer a substantial discount. Our organization, the Rancho San Diego Music Founcation (RSDMF), buys the scrip from Great Lakes Scrip Center at a discount, and re-sells the certificates to families like yours for full face value. The discount from two to fifteen percent or more – is revenue for the Valhalla Band and Color Guard.

Scrip is a popular fundraiser because families don’t have to sell anything. RSDMF members produce revenue by making regular household purchases they would make anyway. Groceries, clothing, toys, gifts, even gasoline can be purchased with scrip.

View the Scrip Flyer for more information.
View the Gift Card Order Form to see the extensive selection of gift cards and the % of revenue.

To order gift cards:

1. Fill out the Family Order Form
2. Send Family Order Form and your payment to the Band Room c/o Barbie Anthony or use the Band Room’s DROP BOX.
3. Payment can be made by cash or check (payable to RSDMF with your student’s name on the memo line) or by credit card or electronic funds transfer (EFT) when you use PayPal. You do not have to have a PayPal account to use this service. Simply select the Donate button on the left side of this page and follow the directions. Make sure to enter rsdmf@vhsmusic.org as the destination email address and enter your students name and “Gift Card Purchase” in the message box. Please note there is a fee to RSDMF for you to use your credit card to make donations to the band and color guard. That fee currently is 2.2% + 30 cents (in other words, $2.50 for every $100). Please consider this fee when you donate.
4. If you have special or urgent delivery requirements, please notify the Gift Card Coordinator below. Otherwise, the Gift Cards will be ordered every couple of weeks and will be delivered within one week of the order being placed.
5. Your student will receive your order from Barbie Anthony to bring home unless you make other arrangements with the Gift Card Coordinator.

For more information, contact our Gift Card (Scrip) Coordinators: Susan & Claude Herron, 619-447-1909, rsdmf@vhsmusic.org .

Grocery Club Cards

Grocery shopping can help our band and color guard - and it's free! Use your Vons Club Card, Albertson’s Preferred Card, or Ralph's Rewards Card and we will receive a contribution from the store based on your purchase amount.

To make your Vons Club Card work for us please follow the instructions below:

1. Go to www.eScrip.com (see eScrip for more information)
2. Click on 1 Sign Up It’s Free (right side of page)
3. Click on Group ID enter ID #152085450 then click on Search
4. Click on Rancho San Diego Music Foundation proceed to next step
5. Enter Name, Address etc…. click on next
6. Select Card Type (from drop down menu) enter your Vons Club Card # click on next
7. Select Credit Card (if you would like to use your credit cards to similarly make money for us) or just click on next
8. Confirm your information and click on Confirm

Through their Community Partners Program Albertson’s Card holders can donate a percentage of their purchases to support our instrumental music and color guard programs. To make your Albertson’s Card work for us please follow these instructions:

1. Go to www.Albertsons.com
2. Click on "In the Community" at the bottom of the page
3. Click on "Community Partners" Logo on the right hand side of the page
4. Click on "Shoppers Login" or Register with your Preferred Savings Card
5. Enter your Card # and Phone # Click on Log In
6. Click on My Account
7. Click on "Add a Partner"
8. Enter the Organization ID Number 49001015542

To use the Ralphs Community Contribution Program:

1. Simply register online at www.ralphs.com
2. Be sure to have your Ralphs REWARDS card handy and register your card with your organization after you sign up
3. If you do not have a Ralphs REWARDS card, they are available at the customer service desk at any Ralphs
4. Click on Sign In/Register
5. Most participants are new online customers, so click on SIGN UP TODAY in the ‘New Customer?’ box
6. Sign up for a Ralphs Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, enter your card number and personal information, agreeing to the terms and conditions then 'Complete Registration'
7. You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email
8. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step
9. Click on Edit Community Contribution information and input your 5 digit Non Profit Organization (NPO) number, 91882, click search, select your Rancho San Diego Music Foundation organization and save changes
10. Now, view your profile including your organization participation
11. REMEMBER, purchases will not count for your group until after you register your card(s)
12. Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 800-660-9003 to get your REWARDS card number
13. You must swipe your registered Ralphs REWARDS card or use the phone number that is related to your registered Ralphs REWARDS card when shopping for each purchase to count

For more information, contact our Grocery Club Card Coordinator: Barbara Afkhami, 619-985-1897, bafkhami@cox.net .

eScrip

Help our Marching Band and Color Guard without having to do more than you already are doing. A onetime sign up with eScrip will help our Marching Band and Color Guard every time you shop. It is safe and easy. Register your gas, food, or other credit cards and every time you shop, money goes automatically to us. It does not come out of your purchase or pocket. It costs you nothing.

What is the eScrip Program?
Participating merchants contribute each time our families make a purchase using their grocery club or registered credit cards. There are no receipts to collect, no vouchers or certificates to buy, no hassles for you - and every purchase counts.

How does it work?
eScrip has created a system that rewards customer loyalty by contributing a percentage of purchases made by participating families to school based groups. Parents, teachers, friends and families are encouraged to register their grocery club cards (e.g., Vons Club), and existing credit/debit cards as supporters. A percentage of all purchases made at eScrip merchants will be given back to the RSDMF.

To register please go to www.escrip.com
Our eScrip name: Rancho San Diego Music Foundation
Our eScrip #: 152085450

For more information, contact our eScrip Coordinator: Barbara Afkhami, 619-985-1897, bafkhami@cox.net .

Printer Cartridge and Cell Phone Recycling

The Valhalla Band and Color Guard recycles Inkjets, Laser/Toner cartridges and cell phones for money. All you have to do is send these items to school with your student, and the student needs only to drop the items into the recycle bin. It is that simple. If your office or place of business does not recycle these items, please consider collecting them to support our fundraising efforts while helping to keep our earth green. For more information, contact our Printer Cartridge and Cell Phone Recycling Coordinator: Barbara Afkhami, 619-985-1897, bafkhami@cox.net .

Cherrydale Farms Fundraising

The Cherrydale Farms Fundraiser kicks off our fundraising at the start of each new school year. After more than 100 years, Cherrydale is the oldest, and one of the largest, product fundraising companies in the United States. Most Cherrydale programs will provide 40%-50% profit to our instrumental music department. Pick from Cherrydale's renowned chocolates and confections and a multitude of products ranging from gift wrap to licensed brand items. Start your holiday shopping early.

Marching Band and Color Guard members will bring a Cherrydale catalog and order form home. Follow the accompanying directions to place your order. Or, you, your family, and friends can order online direct from Cherrydale all year round. Simply click on this Cherrydale Farms Fundraiser link to go direct to their web site. Enter our school id, 100280, before checkout to be sure that Valhalla Marching Band and Color Guard receives credit for your purchase. Check out all twelve Cherrydale Catalogs on their website:

• Fall 2009 Catalog – Cherrydale Exclusives, gifts for the home, holiday, chocolate, magazines, go-green, kitchen, gift wrap and accessories
• Club’s Choice Catalog – pizza, cookies, appetizers, breakfast, soups and side dishes, desserts, snack attack
• 2nd Fall 2009 Catalog – holiday trimmings, all occasion wraps, kitchen helpers, eco-friendly, specialty dry mixes, holiday snacks, magazines, chocolates, cookie mixes, jewelry, holiday gifts, travel
• Snack Time Catalog
• Gourmet Nuts Catalog
• Nature In Bloom Catalog – flower bulbs
• Snackin’ in the USA Catalog
• Cookie Mania Catalogs (2)
• Elegant Reflections Catalog – natural soy candles and non-flammable diffusers
• Boutique Collection Catalog – jewelry and accessories
• Mixes to Fix Catalog – delicious foods that are fun to serve
• Cherrydale Chocolate Bars

Order all year round from anyone of the catalogs and be sure to enter our school ID, 100280, before checkout. Thank you for participating. For more information, contact our Cherrydale Coordinator: Barbie Anthony, 619-593-5431, barbanthony@cox.net.

Firewood Sale

2010 Firewood Sale Price List

A cord of wood measures 8ft x 4ft x 4ft.

To place your firewood order call or email: Blair Laframboise, 619-992-0948, blaframboise@cox.net

What Is A Cord of Wood?
A cord of wood is measured as a wood pile stacked 8 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet.
Full Cord = 8ft x 4ft x 4ft = 128 cubic feet
1/2 Cord = 4ft x 4ft x 4ft = 64 cubic feet
1/4 Cord = 2ft x 4ft x 4ft = 32 cubic feet

Comparison Firewood Shopping
To compare the quantities of firewood we sell and the prices of firewood “bundles” you might buy from the grocery store, consider the following:

• A grocery store bundle of firewood is typically less than 1 cubic foot
• Assume the grocery store bundle costs $6 for 0.75 cubic feet of firewood (approx. 6 logs)
• If you divide $6 by 0.75 cubic feet, the grocery store bundle will cost the equivalent of $8 per cubic foot
• So, if you bought enough grocery store bundles to equate to a 1/4, 1/2, or full cord of firewood, you would spend:
  $8 x 32 cubic feet = $256 for a 1/4 Cord
  $8 x 64 cubic feet = $512 for a 1/2 Cord
  $8 x 128 cubic feet = $1,024 for a Full Cord

Firewood Sale Frequently Asked Questions

Click the links below for Firewood Sale forms:

• Wood Sale Delivery Area Map
• 2010 Firewood Sale Flyer - coming soon
• 2010 Firewood Sale Order Form- coming soon
• 2010 Firewood Sale Volunteer Signup Form - coming soon