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MISSION STATEMENT:  The Alameda High School Athletic Supporters, the Boosters, are a registered (501 c3) non-profit organization composed of parents and other community members who have an interest in improving and assisting the Alameda High School athletic program. The Booster’s primary purpose is fundraising to support athletic programs and promoting school spirit through sports.

NEW: Team Parent/Booster Rep page

 What YOU Can Do - We Need Your Support
 Booster Player/Sport Donations  Booster Upgrade Donations -

 What We Do - (New) Team Booster Award Request Guidelines - 

- Booster Meeting Schedule -
Most Recent Booster Meeting Minutes & Financial Statement -  
Athletic Participation Packet - Booster Club By-Laws -

Thank you!!! 

Hornet Athletic Boosters - We Need Your Support  

Player/Family Donations  |  Booster Upgrades  |  See also Booster Overview Document.

It costs tens of thousands of dollars each year to keep Alameda High's athletic programs running; money that is getting more and more scarce as state and local budgets continue to be cut to the bone. The simple fact is, without Hornet Booster support (refer to All That We Do), many - if not most - of Alameda High's team sports would likely be dropped. 

The Hornet Booster Program is voluntary, but if each Hornet family that has the means can do their part to support our programs and our athletes, it will help to sustain the high-quality athletic programs that we enjoy here at Alameda High. 

If we do not raise the necessary funds, difficult decisions will need to made regarding which team programs will continue to be supported at Alameda High.

The Alameda Hornet Boosters are a registered 501(3)c non-profit organization.
All donations are 100% tax deductible.

A. Player Donations  

B. Booster Membership & Upgrades  

BOOSTER MEMBERSHIP 

When your son or daughter participates in a school sport at Alameda High, you automatically become a member of the Alameda Hornet Boosters and are encouraged to attend Booster Meetings and provide input and participate in all Booster-related events and activities. 

MEMBERSHIP UPGRADES

Bottom Line: It costs a LOT of money to maintain a top-quality athletic program like we enjoy here at Alameda High. In addition to supporting individual team needs, the Boosters raise funds to support such ongoing expenses as school athletic field/facility maintenance and improvements; player safety equipment purchases and reconditioning; escalating team transportation costs; as well as such progressive innovations as our on-site athletic trainer. 

In order to sustain our quality/competitive athletic programs, we strongly encourage all parents and supporters who are able, to upgrade their Booster support. 

Note: When you upgrade, your name is entered on our Membership-Upgrade list which is updated regularly and used to check in members at all qualifying sports events. (Booster Cards are not issued/required.)

Our Hornet Booster upgrade packages - with substantial benefits - are outlined below: 

     MEMBERSHIP UPGRADES:

• Silver Upgrade = $100 Donation
  Provides one person free admission to all AHS home football and basketball games.

• Gold Upgrade = $250 Donation. Provides you with:

  • Two free admissions to all AHS home football and basketball games.

  • Two free admissions to "Hornet Sting" Social fundraiser.

• Platinum Upgrade = $500 Donation. Provides you with:

  • Four free admissions to all AHS home football and basketball games.

  • Free VIP parking at Hornet 'home' football games.

  • Four free admissions to "Hornet Sting" Social fundraiser
    plus one free ‘buy-in’ to the poker tournament.

• Diamond Upgrade = $1,000 Donation. Provides you with:

  • Six free admissions to all AHS home football and basketball games.

  • Free VIP parking at Hornet 'home' football games.

  • Six free admissions to "Hornet Sting" Social fundraiser
    plus two free ‘buy-ins’ to the poker tournament.

Here's how to upgrade your membership:

• Either, by check and turned in during school Registration Day, or mailed to address shown below:

1. Open/print this Membership Upgrade Form.

2. Turn in at Registration or mail the completed form with payment to:

ALAMEDA HORNET BOOSTERS
PO BOX 2287 
ALAMEDA, CA 94501

Important: Be sure to include player name and sport in the Comments section of the check.

• Or, you can make an online donation at our Booster Online Store.

Thank you for supporting the Alameda High School athletic program  and its student athletes.

2012/2013 Hornet Boosters            

The Alameda Hornet Boosters are
a registered 501(3)c non-profit organization.

We'd like to extend a sincere thank you to all the families and individuals who joined the Boosters this year. Our sports programs could not exist without your generous support!!

And a very special thank you to all those individuals/families who are supporting us this year with ‘upgraded memberships’...

   UPGRADED MEMBERS...

PLATINUM MEMBERS ($250)...

Donna & Ken Cala, Rosy Davalos & Francis Quinones, Tom & Lorrie Tolbert

GOLD MEMBERS ($250)...

Jon & Mindy Bergeron, Joerg & Stephie Bertholdt, Carolyn and Terry Bussey, Richard and Stephanie Butler, Diane Cunningham Rizzo, John Dean and Christine Gouig, John Eichel and Vali Ebert, Nancy and Bill Elzig, Vickie & Tom Hashimoto, Martin Kunz & Maria McCord, Sam Linh & Anne Lam, Leland Low & Lynn LaRocca, John & Maggie Maiers, Dennis McNabb, Betty and Jerry Morten, Hansen Pang & Marilyn Louie, Tyler & Sandra Ribera, Nancy Taylor, Annie Wong

SILVER MEMBERS ($100)...

Stacey Perkins/Arnstein, Peter & Anne Beireis, Chris Carlson, Laura Cvitanovic, Tammie Chambless/Doss, Steve Elias, Steve & Kelly Floyd, Kristi and John Ghiglione, Frank Ghiglione, Winifred Ghiglione, Jeff Grimm, Russell Higuchi & Barbara Krummel, Kathleen & Kurt Jacobson, Bob Kelly, Rich Krinks, Marshall & Lynn Langfield, Carolyn Million/Lathon, Scott & Lorina Leong, Nancy Lewis, Aida & David Lodge, Jacob Lustig, Dennis McNabb, Hank Morten, Dani Musso, Debbi& Eric Nakahara, Laura England & James Onuffer, Amy Huerta/Osborn, Jan Becker/Parsons, Joseph & Sandra Riley, Brad & Janie Thomas, Tirra & Lars Stenstedt, Esther Saidman & David Thorpe, Nicky & Bill Tobin, Kai & Katrin Vetter, Cecille Gozun/Villacsonta, Laura Grunbaum/Waldman, Cynthia Walrod, Anie Wong, Elaine Luz Woo, Wyman Yee

It's not too late to join!!  We really need everyone's support (especially the families of all Hornet athletes). Click here to find out how to join the Boosters.

Thanks again to all of our generous supporters!!

Booster By-Laws            

To view the Alameda High Athletic Supporters (Boosters) By-Laws (approved 08/07) click on the link below: 

Booster By-Laws

What We Do...               (Join Now)

In these times of wholesale budget cuts, many schools are reducing the number of teams they field or are cutting sports programs entirely.  As an exception to the rule, Alameda High has not wavered in its support of its extracurricular programs (drama, music, art, etc.)... including sports.  Through the school Administration's foresight, careful budgeting and the assistance of the Hornet Boosters, Alameda High has been able to sustain a complete and competitive athletic program.

The budget crisis is not over, however, and continued careful planning and community support are needed if we are to keep our sports programs going strong.

The Hornet Booster Club's primary purpose is to coordinate fundraising efforts to support AHS athletic programs.  The bulk of our monies are raised in the form of snack bar sales (at football and basketball games) and Booster Membership fees.

A common misconception is that the money made at football games goes to the football program and monies made at the basketball games goes to basketball.  That's not true.  ALL monies collected by the Boosters through fees and snack bar sales goes into a general fund to support ALL AHS sports.  When a team needs something, coaches simply need to submit a request to the Boosters and the Board reviews and processes the request.  

Last year alone, the Boosters provided funding for:

• Onsite Athletic Trainer

• Softball Field maintenance & supplies

• Thompson Field major field renovation

• Weight-room equipment & maintenance

• Coaches CPR training

• Team Jackets 

• Coaches certifications

• Weight Room equipment/supplies

• Gas for AHS team vehicles

• Sports equipment for a number of the different teams

Prior to that, the Boosters have supported Hornet teams with such items as:

• Cross Country & Track: starter pistol, discus ring, long jump pit,
  team banner, transportation expenses

• Women's Golf:  paid for trip to NCS, NorCal and State championship, plus championship patches

• Badminton: shuttlecocks,  netting, transportation expenses

• Water Polo: balls,  safety caps, ball cart and other equipment

• Swimming:  swim caps; lane markers

• Women's Soccer:  uniforms, balls, bags

• Men's Soccer:  practice Goals, new goal frames

• Volleyball:  balls, uniforms, nets, team jacket embroidery

• Softball:  batting helmets, bats, pitching machine, balls, sliding mat, mat for Batting Cage

• Women's Basketball:  uniforms

• Men's Basketball:  paid for trip to San Diego

• Baseball:  cost of umpires JV and Var, Lincoln Park storage shed

• Football: equipment,  game support personnel

• Cheerleaders: sweaters

• Mascot: Purchased Hornet Mascot ("Buzzy") Costume
  

In addition, the Boosters regularly fund a lot of "general school improvements" that benefit multiple sports and often AHS PE programs as well; things like:

ITEMS IN RED each cost many thousands of Dollars
and often many hours of VOLUNTEER time 
(with parents, coaches, athletes, and teachers all contributing)

• New Gym:

  • Interior painting

  • Ice machine

  • Wall padding

  • Scoreboard

  • Bleacher repairs

  • New volleyball standards and nets

  • Scorers table

  • Mural (in progress)

• Softball Field: 

  • Installed both softball fields, dugouts & fencing

  • Batting cage

  • Fence protective topping

  • Scoreboard

• Football Field: 

  • Installed Lights

  • Repaired restrooms

  • Snack bar improvements (including building repairs, rewiring as well as new hot dog steamer, cart, BBQ, coolers & crock pots)

  • New scoreboard

  • Purchased 2 storage containers for football & track

  • Purchased new tarps for fences 

  • Re-built the roof on the scorer's booth

  • Painted snack bar and scorer's booth

  • Painted goal posts

  • Re-wired electricity at snack bar

  • Cost of re-conditioning equipment

  • New Flagpole

• Tennis Court: 

  • Resurfacing Donation

  • Wind screens

  • Surface cleaning

• Soccer Field:

  • Portable goals

  • Corner flags

  • Goal net supports

  • Paid for repairs to goals

• Transportation:

  • Repaired van

  • Assisted with funding for athletes competing in State Track Meet

  • Van rental for Girl's Basketball team

• General:

  • Subsidize this website

  • Paid for two Athletic Director “Admin Assistants”

  • Weight room equipment

  • Purchased 2 large spirit banners

  • Bicycle donations for Grad Night

  • Athletic Dept. Assistants Subsidy

So please help us continue to support our student athletes...
join the Boosters Club today, and come on out
and volunteer at some of our events. 
It's fun and a great way to get involved.

Booster Club Meetings
2012-13

Booster Club meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month (unless indicated otherwise).  All meetings are held at 6pm in the Media Center 'pit' next to the library in the Alameda High Administration Building (2201 Encinal Ave).  Here's a map showing the room location.

Enter from rear parking lot.

• September 12 (Wed) at 6pm @ Speisekammer restaurant – 2424 Lincoln Ave
  “Kick-Off” dinner for head coaches & parent/team representatives

• September 19 - moved to 9/26

• September 26 - Board Elections

• October 24 - Moved up one week (from 10/31)

• November 28

• December 19 - Moved up one week (from 12/26)

• January 30

• February 27

• March 27

• April 24

• May 29 

All Booster members and other interested individuals are welcome.

Check back before attending; schedule subject to change.

Booster Club Meeting Minutes & Financial Report 
2012/2013