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Dear Family and Friends,

The music department at my high school, Kettle Run HS, has begun our biggest fundraising project of the year: “Tag Day”. Last year, Tag Day raised over $15,000. This money goes toward new instruments/equipment, music, repairs, computer programs, uniforms, and everything else it takes to run our EIGHT TIME “SUPERIOR RATED” band programs.

On Tag Day, all of our band and color guard students spend several hours going door to door, paired with classmates, asking for donations to our program. If a person is not home, we leave a “Tag” (a letter similar to this) letting them know of our fundraising efforts and how to donate. An exciting new addition to Tag Day is on- line donations from people we know outside of our school district.

This year, our goal is to raise $20,000! That’s a big jump. Contacting you, our family and friends, will help attain this goal. An added bonus is that by ME contacting YOU personally, my own efforts will directly be reflected in my student account.

During Spring Break 2018, our band has been invited to showcase our talents marching at Walt Disney World. The trip is costly. By taking the time to reach out to you, I will receive about 45% of your donations toward my trip.

You can make a donation one of three ways:

1) Send a check made payable to KRHSBBA Kettle Run High School Attn: Band 7403 Academic Avenue Nokesville, VA 20181

2) Pay via PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/KRHSBBA On the donate page, there will be a box that says “add special instructions to the seller”. Please add my name so I get credit for reaching out to you.

3) Pay with Credit Card: **See extra note after web address** http://www.kettlerunband.org/ ** Scroll down to bottom of band web site. Click on the “Donate” button. Choose to pay by credit card (rather than PayPal). When paying with credit card, there isn’t a clear way to communicate with our record keeper that this donation is because of my efforts. Please email: [email protected], indicate how much you donated and for whom is was meant.

Thank you for supporting me and supporting my awesome music program!

Sincerely,