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Here
are just some of the things we do, as an organization:
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The WBSPBC sponsors AHL and NHL bus trips that are open to all
of our members in order to provide support to our team in its
travels. We also host visiting booster club members when they
visit our arena. This enables us to get to know other teams'
fans, sometimes making friends for life. Yearly member
participation in the annual AHL Booster Club Convention is also
a way to reach out to other booster club members around the
league.
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We provide a monthly newsletter, "The
Tip of the Iceberg", which is published eleven
months out of the year and is free to all Booster Club members.
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The Booster Club offers holiday hospitality for our
players and coaches. This usually includes the giving of
home-baked holiday cookies made by Booster Club members and
distributed to our players and coaching staff.
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The Booster Club hosts a "Meet the Players" party held
early in the season. It offers an opportunity to mix and mingle
with our players and coaches and get to know them. A
year-end "Awards Banquet" for the team and members is
also a Booster Club tradition. At least one player is seated at
each table, space permitting.
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The Booster Club works with and donates to various charitable
organizations as well.
* The WBSPBC has established a
Welcome Committee to help our players and coaches adjust to life
in our area by distributing packets of information, coupons,
etc. and assisting them in finding services they may need in
relocating to their new home.
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The WBSPBC maintains Penguin Island
near the arena.
* Fund raising is a part of the
Booster Club's agenda in order to help defray the cost of our
charitable contributions and special events, such as the yearly
"team" gift.
* The Booster Club assists the
Penguins front office with volunteers
for handouts on game nights, as well as by supplying volunteer
drivers for them for any Penguin- sponsored events (as needed).
* The sale of WB/S Booster Club fan
attire and novelty items is part of the way we show our support
for the team as well.
* The most visible way we support
our Penguins is by letting them know we are there when they are
on the ice -- with our voices! |
