Each year the Saratoga Music Boosters conducts various funding campaigns. These campaigns help fund the director-identified program needs that are not funded from school district monies. In addition, two of these campaigns, wreath sales and cookie dough sales, offer students the opportunity to offset trip participation costs.

It is believed that establishment of a student account fundraising program and tracking system motivates students to be more involved in each fundraising activity and concurrently enables students an opportunity to raise funds to help offset individual band, colorguard, choir, and/or orchestra travel expenses.

Student Accounts

Each student can have a "student account" established in his or her name as early as sixth grade. This account, once established, will carry forward with the student through high school and until graduation. If the student has funds left in his or her account upon departure from the program and/or upon graduation, the funds are either transferred to a younger sibling or become a general fund donation. There are no refunds from student accounts.

Funds raised by each student will be credited to his or her account after each fundraiser. The SMB treasurer will account for and track the student account funds. In addition, when music trips are planned, the music directors must work with SMB staff to ensure that students get the appropriate amounts deducted from their trip balance when they have accumulated funds in their student accounts. The student account records are public records and are available for review upon request.