Home of the Blaine Marching Bengals

You can pay 100% of your marching band fees and expenses by participating in a variety of fundraising activities for students and parents. There are several ongoing fundraising opportunities described below. Suggestions are always welcome for any new and exciting fundraising activities for the Marching Bengals. Feel free to contact the Blaine Band Boosters with your ideas or bring them to the monthly Booster Meeting.

August 16 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - at Blaine High School

The garage sale committee will be forming soon. If you would like to be a member of the committee and / or volunteer your time to assist in the event, please send an email to the web master

Drop off dates are August 2nd and 9th - drop off sites and time to be announced later - keep checking back here for further details!

Large items (furniture, bikes) need to be dropped off the day of the sale between 8:00am - 9:00am

We provide the necessary crew to man various concession stands at the Metrodome for various events and CenterPlate deposits the money earned directly into the students individual band account. Training is required.

1. Earn up to $60 each time you work, pay goes directly into the students individual account.
2. Minimum age to work is 16 - 17 as a youth spot
3. Minimum age to work as an adult is 18
4. Minimum of 4 workers needed per shift
(If you signed up to work and are unable to show up you must find a replacement worker or you will have to pay each person $20 that worked if the group shows up short a worker.)

Uniform Code: Black pants, plain white T-shirt or sport shirt, short sleeved top. No sandals, open heeled or open toed shoes.

Bring your photo ID. Parking fee of $2 per person except the driver since they provide the gas.
Must arrive on time. Meet at Blaine High School to carpool 1 hour prior to our starting time.
Crew must check in at the CenterPlate desk at the Metrodome.

One of the easiest ways to put funds into a student's individual band account is to buy and use gift certificates from the Anoka-Hennepin Educational Foundation (AHEF). AHEF purchases gift certificates from metro area retailers at a discounted price, then sells them at the regular price. The difference between the discount and regular price is then split 50/50 between AHEF and individual band student accounts. AHEF funds are paid to individual accounts on a quarterly basis.

For example, Acapulco restaurant sells gift certificates to AHEF at a 20% discount. If you purchase $50 in Acapulco certificates, both AHEF and your student earn 10%--$5.00.

Certificates are available at the Anoka-Hennepin Educational Service Center at:

11299 Hanson Boulevard in Coon Rapids
between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Local personal checks are accepted. You can also mail your certificate requests. Just include a stamped, self-addressed envelope with your order form and your certificates will be mailed to you in just a few days.

To receive proper credit be sure to fill in the bottom of the form with your information: Under SCHOOL/PROGRAM write Blaine High School Band, Under ACCOUNT NAME write your students name to credit the student account.

We are set up with fundraising at Chef Space. Any customer can ask for 5% of their total to be donated to the marching band. Chef space is a place where customers can make and take meals. They will also prepare meals for their customers at no extra charge. Their web site is www.chefspace.com. They are located on 105th and highway 65 near Arby's, their telephone number is 763-717-7890.

The band boosters have made arrangements for to work the concession stand in the field house for various football, basketball and volleyball games.
Click Here to volunteer.

We've just joined the Cartridge World - Blaine Recycling Program to help raise funds for our organization. This program provides a convenient location for collecting ink jet cartridges and laser toner cartridges while it raises funds for the band.

Here’s how the program will work: students, parents, friends, can drop off their empty inkjet and laser toner cartridges at a Booster meeting or contact Renee Raskin at ReneeCR@msn.com for pickup. Monthly, a Cartridge World -Blaine representative will pick up the bin contents and Cartridge World will then mail a monthly check to our organization. Cartridges pay approximately $0.50 - $1.50 per cartridge. The more we collect the more money we raise!

We hope you will start bringing your recyclables to our site immediately to help us raise funds. An added benefit is that not only are we raising money but we are keeping these items out of landfills. Please urge your neighbors, employer, church or civic groups to participate in our fundraiser.

Start saving your cartridges today.
We look forward to your enthusiastic participation!

We volunteer annually to cleanup after events at the National Sports Center and the NSC deposits money directly into the marching band fund; these events are mandatory for band members. There are additional events that band members and their families can volunteer for and the money earned for those events are deposited in the students individual band account.

Volunteers Needed for the following dates:

July 11

1:00 - 3:30 pm
7:00 - 9:30 pm

July 12

1:00 - 3:30 pm
7:00 - 9:30 pm

July 15

1:00 - 3:30 pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm
9:30 pm - Finish

July 16

1:00 - 3:30 pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm

July 17

1:00 - 3:30 pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm

July 18

1:00 - 3:30 pm
6:30 - 9:30 pm

July 19

3:30 - 6:30 pm

Those participating in marching band are required to do three. Any above three and students are earning money for their personal accounts.

We have teamed up with SmugMug to offer photos of past and future events and photo sessions.
Click Here to view our SmugMug photo galleries. 100's of photos available now, more to come!
These photos and photo gift items are available online and the profits help the Blaine Band Boosters to organize and support events, transportation, instrument purchase & repair, show fees and many other things. If you have any photos of past events to donate or want to volunteer your photographic talents please contact the Blaine Band Boosters or e-mail the webmaster here.