TODAY is the LAST DAY to register your Kroger card with the Western Kentucky Trailblazers for our team to receive a percentage of the sales of our members. Please go to the website and sign up TONIGHT!
Also, please forward your quarterly total to me if you haven’t already done so. Tomorrow you will have your next quarter’s total posted. I will need for you to send that to me, as well. Whether you have your total from the previous quarters or not, please send me an email if you had your card/cards registered throughout last year so I can allot some credit to you towards your fundraising total. I also need to know if you had any friends/relatives who registered their cards with us. You are more than welcome to have your friends and family join our group. The percentage we get is based on the size of our group.
Have a great night and let me hear from everyone who participated!

Thanks!
Jennifer Woosley
jennifer.woosley@gmail.com

If you need a fundraising packet, please contact Jennifer Earnhart at jennifer.earnhart@gmail.com or 270-996-1218. She also has the Little Caesar’s order forms.

We need workers for the Campbell Lane Car Wash on September 12th for 9a-12noon and 12noon-3pm. We also need one parent volunteer for each shift.

Thanks!

Tryouts for the JV/Varsity and Middle School Boys’ teams will be held at Phil Moore Park, September 8-11th. JV/Varsity tryouts are from 1-3pm each day. Middle School Boys’ tryouts are from 3-5pm each day. A few have stated that they have time conflicts for one or the other, so feel free to attend the time slot that accommodates your schedule.

These tryouts will be run as practices. Be prepared to run drills for dribbling, passing, shooting, defense, etc. The coaches will make final cuts after the week is complete.

All other teams’ practices will begin the week of September 14th.

Jennifer Earnhart will be at Starbucks on Campbell Lane on Thursday from 3-5pm. Text her at 270-996-1218 if you want to stop by and pick up Little Caesar’s Order Forms. You can also arrange alternative pick up times and locations.

Western Kentucky Trailblazers

Campbell Lane Car Wash Fundraiser

WHAT: Fundraiser for the basketball program. These funds will be used to offset tournament expenses. Players will offer to dry cars, vacuum, etc…..while telling customers who you are and about our basketball program. Then…hopefully they will make a DONATION!! Please wear some type of team shirt to identify yourself as part of the group. If you do not have a team shirt no worries just  wear something like a red t-shirt.

WHEN:     Saturday August 22nd

Saturday September 12th

Saturday September 19th

WHO: ALL Trailblazer Basketball Players. We would like to distribute players evenly over the three Saturday’s.

TIME: 9:00-3:00

We will need two parents to be on site at the car wash to oversee the players during the time they are working.

Please email Jennifer Earnhart at Jennifer.earnhart@gmail.com or text 270-996-1218 to sign up. The following times are available. Jennifer will let you know whether your requested time will work or not.

Saturday August 22^nd 9:00-Noon and Noon-3:00

Saturday September 12^th 9:00-Noon and Noon-3:00

Saturday September 19^th  Noon-3:00

We would like 7-8 kids for each shift.

Please respond as soon as possible so we can get these shifts filled. Thank you!!!

Campbell Lane Car Wash has been very generous to let us try to raise some money for our program. They really don’t get anything out of this financially. This is just their way of giving back. So let’s all be sure to thank them and represent the Trailblazers well.

CORRECTION:
You can still access your quarterly information for the 3rd and 4th quarters. The 3rd quarter is posted now (see original email about how to locate that info). The 4th quarter will be posted on September 1. Sorry for the confusion.

Hello Trailblazer Families!
Fundraising for the coming year is underway, and we need to give credit to those of you who participated in the Kroger Rewards Program. As you know if you attended the parent meeting, Kroger did NOT send out an email to the participant but you can still access the quarterly information for (Sept – Nov) (Dec – Feb) (March – May).

PLEASE go to www.kroger.com/communityrewards, sign in, and go to “Account Summary” under “Account Settings” on the lefthand margin of the page. Scroll to the bottom and you will find your quarterly total. You can just screen shot it and forward it to me. This amount will only be available to you until August 31. As of September 1, the 4th quarter amount will be posted. I will need you to do the same thing with the amount posted at that time.

ALSO – IF you would like to use the Kroger Community Rewards again, you will need to re-enroll BEFORE AUGUST 31 to start earning again for the Trailblazers. Your Kroger card will still work, but it will not be earning any money for the Trailblazers unless you re-enroll. You can do that from the same screen – the “Account Summary” screen. Scroll to the bottom and click on “Re-enroll”. It will then prompt you to enter your organization’s number or name. The number is 88226. Click on the search button after entering the number. The website will bring up “Barren River Home School Association Trailblazers”. Click on the button beside that and hit return. It will then tell you that you are re-enrolled.

The Trailblazers have earned $914.21 on the first 3 quarters! We will have earned well over $1,000 after the 4th quarter is over. I will be allocating these funds to everyone who participated, based on the percentage that your totals for the last 2 quarters to the overall total earned by the group. We had 17 families participating in the first 2 quarters and 19 in the 3rd. You may have signed up a friend or relative’s account, as well. I will also need their totals/quarter in order to assign it to you. IF I do not get something from you, I cannot possibly know who participated or not, in that Kroger will not give me that information – it is protected for your privacy. So, PLEASE get it in to me so you get credit for your fundraising with Kroger.

Please email jennifer.woosley@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Western Kentucky Trailblazers

Additional Fundraising Information……PLEASE READ

After our meeting the other night a few questions popped up that we wanted to clarify in regards to the various fundraisers.

Little Caesars: Jennifer should receive the order forms from the company the week of August 17^th. Please be looking for an email next week to let you know when and where to meet Jennifer to pick these up.

Coke: All cases sell for $22. We are charged tax on everything but water. So the profit on the waters will be around $4.50 per case and on all other products approximately $3.50 per case. But you just charge the customer $22 flat rate.

Krispy Kreme:  When you are selling to the customer remember you are selling gift certificates for them to purchase a dozen glazed donuts at any time of their choosing. These gift certificates are good anywhere nationwide. THEY ARE FOR GLAZED DONUTS ONLY.

Car Wash Campbell Lane: Please being looking for a sign up sheet on the website soon. These funds will be used to help offset tournament expenses during the season. We need everyone’s help so please sign up. It will be a great way for the kids to work together and have fun at the same time. All while letting people know about the basketball program and hopefully taking in some donations.

Please keep all money separate for each fundraiser. You were given an envelope for each fundraiser so please keep this separate.  For example, if a customer buys Coke products and Krispy Kreme gift certificates they need to write two separate checks to Western Kentucky Trailblazers. Thank you for helping us keep all this separate. It will help our job when it comes to submitting all the orders.

All orders are to be turned in at practice the week of September 14^th  by the end of the week.  Or Jennifer and Marlene will be at Starbucks on Monday September 21^st from 3:00-4:00 to collect fundraising packets. Jennifer will be at the Scottsville Road location and Marlene at the Campbell Lane location. If you need to make other arrangements please let us know.  Thank you for helping us get these collected in a timely manner.

All orders will be distributed on Thursday afternoon October 15^th between 2:00 and 5:00 at Jennifer’s home 838 Hunters Run Avenue. All Little Caesar’s and Coke products will be ready for pickup. All items MUST be picked up during this time period due to the fact we will not have room to store the pizzas in the refrigerator or freezer. Thank you for helping us with getting these picked up during this time period.

If you have any questions please contact:

Jennifer Earnhart 270-996-1218 or Jennifer.earnhart@gmail.com

Marlene McPherson: 270-791-5655 or the4mcps@gmail.com

Attention: If you are a new family joining the Trailblazers this season, please arrive at 6pm for an orientation to the Trailblazers.

Our annual parent/player meeting is scheduled for August 10th at 6:30pm at the WKU Center for Research and Development, 2413 Nashville Road (The Old Mall). Enter through the main doors in the center of the building. Walk straight back to the door marked Small Business Accelerator.

It is very important that at least one family representative attend this meeting for updates on the Trailblazers basketball season. In this meeting, we will cover:

• Program policies
• Tryouts for building competitive teams
• Fundraising
• Practice and game schedules
• Coach introductions
• Website usage
• Volunteers
• Tournament information