The success of our program is in direct proportion

to the involvement of our parents!


THANK YOU!

 

Our expectation is for every student, at minimum of 14 hours are to be volunteered by a parent.  If you have questions, please our Executive Committee or a Chairperson.

 

To sign up for current volunteer needs,

hover over "Volunteer" in the grey bar above!

(In mobile app, click the 3 white lines in the top left corner, then click the down arrow next to “Volunteer.”)

 

Descriptions of our volunteer opportunities, in order in which they typically occur during the season are:

 

Fundraising
All year
We have multiple fundraisers that will need chairpersons and committee members.

 

Hospitality Team             
All year
Help serve or provide food / beverages for various functions throughout the year. 

 

Knights of Columbus Flag Program Coordinator
All year
Communicate with interested parents and Knights of Columbus to determine & assign routes

 

Spirit Wear
All year
Help collect orders & distribute spirit wear

 

Rookie Day

Friday, April 12, 2024

We welcome our 8th grade WMS and Freedom MS students to participate in a fun day with our current marching band students

 

Prop Building
Pre-season (Apr-July)
Assist in the building various props that will be used in the marching band show

 

Banquet
End of 23/24 Season Banquet - Fri May 17, 2024, evening
We will need volunteers for set-up, ticket-taking, food serving, and clean-up

 

Chaperone - On-Site at WHS Band Camp & Saturday Camps
Band Camp - July 8-19, 2024  + Sat camps (TBA)
Morning (outdoor medical tent) & afternoon (indoor) shifts will be available

 

Water Team
During Band Camp - July 8-19, 2024 and Saturday camps throughout Aug & Sep
Fill the large orange water dispensers & move to the band practice area

 

Marching Uniforms            
Game/Competition/Parade Season (Aug-Dec)
Help the uniform team organize the uniform room, fit students, wash uniforms at home, and assist students pre-game & pre-competition.

 

Prop Transportation
Away Games (pep band mode), + three marching band competitions (dates TBA)

We rely on parents with vehicles with a trailer hitch to pull our band trailers to & from away games and competitions

 

Prop Load, Setup, Tear Down, and Storage

Prop parents help load props & instruments onto the trailers (for away games), unload props to the field, remove props from the field, re-load the trailers, and unpack the trailers & put the props in storage once we return to WHS. Multiple shifts will be available for parents who can only work either before or after the game. 

 

Chaperone - Games/Competition
Game/Competition Season (Aug-Oct, 2024)
Accompany students on the buses to and from games & competitions and sit with them during the game or competition

 

Concession Stand
All Home Games - (Aug 16, 30), (Sept 13), (Oct 4, 25)
Prepare food or cashier at the home game concession stand. Two shifts will be available for each game.

 

Senior Night

This will be one home game in Aug or Sep

We will need a few people to order flowers, pick up flowers, and pin/distribute flowers

 

Taste of Woodstock
Thu Sep 12, 2024

We will have a tent at TOW where we sell sodas & water.  Parents and students needed to work various shifts.

 

CCSD Marching Band Exhibition
This large scale event rotates between the six county high schools each year. The next projected year that WHS will host will be October, 2028.

 

8th Grade Night / Homecoming

One home game (likely Oct)

Help welcome 8th graders from WMS & Freedom to give them a taste of the WHS marching band program

 

Winter Guard Prop Transportation

Nov-Mar

We will need a parent with a vehicle with a trailer hitch to pull the small winter guard trailer to off-site rehearsals and/or competitions

 

Shottenkirk Raffle
Dec - Mar

Help coordinate distribution & collection of raffle tickets, track sales, and report sales/turn in tickets to Shottenkirk

 

Holiday Parade

Sunday, Dec 8, 2023

Volunteer as a chaperone and march with the band for the Woodstock Holiday Parade

 

Christmas Tree Repurpose Fundraiser

Dec/Jan 

Community members can sign up for their Christmas tree to be picked up by our repurpose volunteers.  We will need a few parents to pull trailers.  Trees are then taken to Lake Allatoona as part of a program to be repurposed as fish habitats.

 

Bingo Night

Jan, Feb or Mar

Assist with setup, concessions, bingo card sales, silent auction, clean up