Our Parent Fundraising Committee works throughout the year to organize a variety of events to provide as many opportunities for families to raise money to reduce different costs, including costumes for recreational and competitive dancers, competition fees, studio equipment, recital costs and studio updates. The committee is made up of parent volunteers and can be reached at rmadfundraising@gmail.com with any questions or if you would like to help.
Examples of Fundraising
Selling Raffle tickets. The proceeds of this fundraising benefit all families (Recreational & Competition).
The Competition Team holds multiple events to raise additional money for the team. These funds help balance the extra costs of competition-level costumes, outfits, and multiple registration fees to attend competitions. Events have included 50/50 draws, flower sales at recitals, Wing Nights, Bottle Drives and more.
If you have a fundraising idea, the committee would love to hear it! Please fill out this form.
Volunteer Fee
At registration, each family will provide a post-dated cheque for $150, dated for June 15, 2023. The cheque is to be made out to RMAD. If you have not earned your volunteer hours, the cheque will be cashed on that date.
This fee is collected to help cover costs incurred when extra work is needed and there are not enough volunteers. Volunteering is also a great way to grow your connections with fellow dance families while raising funds and/or lending a helping hand!
The Volunteer Fee is non-refundable if you withdraw your registration at any time.
How do you earn your Volunteer Fee back? Support 3 or more RMAD activities/events.
Activities/events that are eligible included things where volunteers are needed to run the event, like Wing Nights, car washes, recitals, running tables at a craft fair, bottle drives, etc. Some events are not eligible. This includes selling raffle tickets at grocery stores and the Thirty-One Fundraiser. This is because the participation in these events directly generates money for participants. If you are ever unsure, simply ask.
Your account balance must be paid in full by the season deadline or no later than 4 weeks prior to the last class of the session in order to qualify.
How is everything tracked?
Volunteers need to download this Volunteer Tracking sheet and track their activities.
If it is an event they are supporting, they need the event’s Volunteer Lead to sign off on the sheet.
The volunteer needs to submit their sheet to the Fundraising Committee to organize payouts so it’s important that volunteers ensure they sign this before leaving. If the volunteer is not physically attending the event but donating something, they simply need to communicate with the lead before the event to ensure the contribution and credit is noted.
What are the time frames?
Once registration opens for that season up till the last day of the season will count towards that session’s volunteer fee.
All fundraising activities after June 1 (or the Spring Recital) will count towards the next season.
When can you expect to see your fee credited?:
If you have earned all your hours, the cheque will not be cashed (and will be destroyed).
Comp Team Fundraising Events
How are proceeds applied?
Proceeds are split up between each student whose family participated/contributed as credits to the family’s account.
When can you expect to see your fee credited?
The Fundraising Committee aims to have account credits applied no later than 3 weeks after each event.