The MDI Music Boosters are a dedicated and active group who offer multiple fundraising opportunities every year. Money collected during fundraising efforts go into students' personal music accounts and/or the Boosters' general account to help support various music department programs and activities. These fundraisers include:
Pep Band Coffee Sales
When: September 27th to October 18th
PEP Coffee sales - sell bags of Giving Bean coffee with our very own logo. $5/bag goes right into your student account.
MDI Marathon Pasta Dinner
When: October 13th, Saturday before MDI Marathon
Help us "carbo-load" the runners!! We provide a pasta feast and 100% of proceeds from this fundraiser go to our summer scholarship fund. If you've received a scholarship in the past, come pay it forward with pasta!! We'll have volunteer signup sheets available in late September to the dinner.
To Volunteer, sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ca4aa22a1ff2-2018
Citrus Sale
Each year in November
Fresh delicious oranges, grapefruit, and apples from Florida are ordered in November and delivered before the December break. See any music student or Music Booster for ordering information. Students can earn up to $10 per box of citrus sold, with earnings going to their Student Account.
Returnable Bottle Collection Boxes (Ongoing/Year-round)
The Music Boosters have two returnable collection boxes around Mt. Desert Island. Students may sign up on a rotating schedule to empty and take returnables to a redemption site. 75% of profits will go into the Student’s Account, with the remainder going to the Booster general fund to help support our music programs. For information or to sign up, please contact Andrea Howell at andreahowell@gmail.com
Christmas Tree Sale at Salsbury Farm Hardware in Town Hill
When: Ya know, Christmas.
Starting shortly before Thanksgiving, we set up our trees and prepare for the holiday season. 100% of proceeds from tree sales go to the summer scholarship fund. We'll have signup sheets for helping sell trees available in November. We'll even put together a pick-up music group to play holiday songs during the sale.
Pep Band Coffee Sales
When: September 27th to October 18th
PEP Coffee sales - sell bags of Giving Bean coffee with our very own logo. $5/bag goes right into your student account.
MDI Marathon Pasta Dinner
When: October 13th, Saturday before MDI Marathon
Help us "carbo-load" the runners!! We provide a pasta feast and 100% of proceeds from this fundraiser go to our summer scholarship fund. If you've received a scholarship in the past, come pay it forward with pasta!! We'll have volunteer signup sheets available in late September to the dinner.
To Volunteer, sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d4ca4aa22a1ff2-2018
Citrus Sale
Each year in November
Fresh delicious oranges, grapefruit, and apples from Florida are ordered in November and delivered before the December break. See any music student or Music Booster for ordering information. Students can earn up to $10 per box of citrus sold, with earnings going to their Student Account.
Returnable Bottle Collection Boxes (Ongoing/Year-round)
The Music Boosters have two returnable collection boxes around Mt. Desert Island. Students may sign up on a rotating schedule to empty and take returnables to a redemption site. 75% of profits will go into the Student’s Account, with the remainder going to the Booster general fund to help support our music programs. For information or to sign up, please contact Andrea Howell at andreahowell@gmail.com
Christmas Tree Sale at Salsbury Farm Hardware in Town Hill
When: Ya know, Christmas.
Starting shortly before Thanksgiving, we set up our trees and prepare for the holiday season. 100% of proceeds from tree sales go to the summer scholarship fund. We'll have signup sheets for helping sell trees available in November. We'll even put together a pick-up music group to play holiday songs during the sale.