Other than each teams relatively small budget from the athletic department and a variable donation/player by CHS Boosters primarily for required clothing the sports teams are responsible for raising the funds needed for running their programs through fundraising events. Equipment puchase and repair, Spirit packs and other clothing, tournament entry fees, referee fees, trophies and senior gifts, etc all take money. The team has officers who are responsible for managing those purchased through an ASB account. For the last five years or so, the Carmel boy's polo program has hosted three water polo tournaments through the season to raise funds. We have a reputation of running the best tournaments around but implied in that is participation by many people to make it happen. Selling food and tournament t-shirts are the vehicles for raising money. The food to be sold has to be purchased or donated. The program will be requesting a per family Food Fund donation of $45 which will be used to seed our home tourney snack bar supplies, provide food for players at certain Carmel hosted games, and provide food for specific late away-games. If you choose to donate financially we would greatly appreciate it. If so PLEASE BRING CHECKBOOK TO PARENT MEETING. If you can not make the meeting, please give the check to your team parent: Kim Crozier (Freshman), Kira Whitaker (JV and Co-Varsity) or Lori Luch (Head Chair and Co-Varsity) at our first scrimmage with Valley Christian on Saturday,August 30. The check would be made out to CHS ASB.
Since we don't anticipate any big purchases this year we have decided that the best use of at least our first $2500 of profits this year would be to donate to Friends of Carmel Aquatics (FOCA) which is a 501(c)(3) whose mission it to help fund the pool's operation. FOCA raised and donated $260000 toward the building and equipping of the pool. The roof on the stanchions near the entrance to the pool never got constructed when the pool was built and hence there is nowhere on the pool deck for swimmers/polo players to keep their belongings out of the rain/drizzle or sun. FOCA has been raising funds for the last five years through pool tiles and pool banner sales to raise it's $30,000 share of getting the roof done. FOCA is within $5000 of raising that amount and once constructed it will benefit everyone. Some day it will start to rain again and a $2500 contribution will buy a 12x12 tile for the team to inscribe however they want.
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Friday's practice has been changed to the early practice
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The Watsonville tournament on 12-13 Sep will be for freshman only.
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If you have aspiring younger polo players at home see the following:
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