Selling fireworks is a new fund-raiser for 2014-15 that will not only be very profitable for the band this year, but can potentially be profitable for many years to come.
As a trial run, we have been invited to man the TNT Fireworks sales booth at the Walmart parking lot at 1180 Dutch Fork Road in Irmo from June 27th through July 5th. Yes, we will be working on July 4th. Hours are 10am to 10pm and we will be having shifts working 10-2, 2-6, and 6-10 each day.
Sign up using the Events calendar in Charms for any shifts you can. We need active participation in order to prove that we can handle this type of event going forward.
Only students aged 16 and up can work in the sales booth and handle the fireworks. However, we are considering having the younger students out front promoting the band and its activities while people wait in line. We are allowed to place banners and hand out flyers promoting band activities.
We will need all hands on for this event. Paying us 20% of all sales and requiring very little investment, it carries the potential to make very substantial on-going revenue for the band program, revenue which we need to improve our other events and band activities.
If we handle this event well, it is likely we will be invited to staff the newest TNT Fireworks stand that will soon be located on Longs Pond Rd.
Fireworks sales will take place around July 4th and around New Years of each year. This is a fund-raiser that can provide excellent operating revenue for years to come.