FUNDRAISING FOR WINTER GUARD
Floors, props, costumes, circuit entry, travel to regionals — winterguard season lands a bill on every family before the first show. A five-week online campaign spreads it across everyone who loves your performers.
WHY IT WORKS
Run it in November. Have the money before the first show.
Winter guard fees come due between November and January, and regionals start in February. A five-week campaign that kicks off right after marching season puts the money in hand before floor deposits and circuit fees land — and the families who just watched fall guard are the warmest donors you'll have all year.
Run winter guard as its own fundraiser, or as a branded fund inside the band program's Campaign Hub. Either way, guard money is tracked as guard money.
Each member gets a personal page with their photo and story, plus one-tap sharing to everyone on their list. Twenty members with 25 contacts each is 500 personal asks.
School guard, independent guard, scholastic or open class — if you have members, families, and a season fee, the process is the same.
PROVEN IN THE FIELD
Guard-sized groups, documented results.
THE SIZE TWIN
$126,965 from 38 members
The Rouse Royals — a guard-sized ensemble with guard-sized costs — have documented nine straight seasons, growing from $4,785 to $22,286 a year.
Read moreTHE BAND NEXT DOOR
Guard families already give
Rouse and Leander band campaigns — $994K and $694K documented — include guard members' networks every fall. A winter campaign taps the same list at its warmest.
Read morePart of a bigger department? A Campaign Hub puts every fine arts program on one page — each as its own branded fund, with per-fund reporting and one payout.
See the Campaign HubBEYOND THE CAMPAIGN
Two more streams, all year long.
Every campaign also includes a corporate sponsor page for local businesses and a monthly giving club for your most loyal supporters — steady money that keeps coming between campaigns, with students earning incentive credit for both.
It varies widely. Local scholastic guards often run a few hundred dollars a member; programs that travel to WGI regionals and beyond can run well over $1,000 once floors, props, costumes and travel are counted. A season-long fundraiser lets families cover it together instead of one invoice at a time.
Right after marching season — November is ideal. Five weeks gets the money in hand by December or early January, before circuit fees, floor deposits and February regionals.
Yes. Run its own campaign, or its own fund inside the band's Campaign Hub, so guard money and reporting stay clean. If the boosters fund everything, join the band's campaign and skip the second ask.
Yes. Independent and scholastic guards run it the same way — members, families, and a season fee to cover.
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Free to start. Five weeks. Kick it off the week marching season ends.
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