The 11th annual Bantam Booster Auction will be held March 9 at the Lewiston Elks Club. According to the Clarkston Bantam Booster Facebook page, this auction sets the booster club’s budget for athletics and activities.
“This is the second year for The Bantam Boutique where legitimate, useful, items are crafted by CHS students to be donated and highlighted in a special corner of the auction,” said Hollie Williams, president of the Bantam Boosters. “The girls basketball team is putting together a T-shirt quilt with all the Golden Throne T-shirts from the beginning as well.”
The Bantam Boosters hold monthly meetings the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in the lecture hall of the Clarkston High School.
Accomplishments of the Bantam Boosters include the 6th Street reader board at CHS, the United States flag in the main gym, the main gym scoreboards, courtyard picnic tables, spirit banners, and outdoor trash can holders.
“We assist by providing funds towards uniforms, which are on a four-year rotation,” Williams explained. “We try to honor special requests by CHS groups, events, or teams if they are within our guidelines.”
The Clarkston Booster Club also contributes $300 toward printing for the The Bengal’s Purr Golden Throne publicationn each year.
On the other side of the bridge, Lewiston High School handles fundraising quite differently, where each team or club raises funds for its own program. According to LHS athletic director, Corey Williams, each group has a few fundraisers that work really well. This makes it difficult for the school to forgo those in place of just a few school-wide fundraisers.
Those Lewiston High School programs have been busy with fundraising this school year. The girls basketball team held its annual poinsettia sale and raised approximately $6,000 according to coach, Dave Cornelia. This money will be used for summer camps, and travel gear. The LHS cheer team also held the annual Mr.LHS competition, raising $5,000. The cheerleaders will use this money to cover competition Rooster