Massaponox Band Parents Association

Band Aid is the biggest annual fundraiser for Massaponax High School's bands, including the Marching Panther Pride (MP2). Last year, Massaponax was named a Blue Ribbon School for Music Education. Our amazing community of supporters (and you're in it if you're reading this message!) makes our students' life-changing experiences in band possible. We cannot do it without you and are so grateful to have you in our corner.

We are coming to you again this year to ask for your help to make this marching band season our best yet. Nationwide and here in Spotsylvania County, performing arts programs like ours receive minimal funding through the schools' budget. Community support is ESSENTIAL to keep our costs low for student participants and give them a top-quality experience that sets them up for life success.

Your support helps give our students PRIDE. They've already got plenty of pride for their school, as evidenced in their performance of the Massaponax fight song at this year's Varsity Football season opener: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hn6nE0ibChc. Your donation will help grow their pride in themselves--along with their self-discipline, perseverance, and grit.

Thanks to the donors who gave so generously to our 2023 Band Aid fundraiser, we were able to provide experiences for our student performers that wouldn't have otherwise been possible. Everything from the thrill of competing in a huge college stadium to pizza dinners to new marching shoes to trailer repairs and dry cleaning bills for our uniforms: our generous donors made it all possible.

Massaponax has a high percentage of low-income families, and we do everything we can to make marching band accessible to ALL students. Keeping our dues lower than our peer schools and offering generous financial aid to families in need is all made possible through YOUR donations. We cannot thank you enough.

On Saturday, September 14, 2024, our 60+ Marching Panther Pride student members will spend the day knocking on doors in the neighborhoods around our school to request donations. Your donation online will give them a head start and put us closer to our goal of $12,000.

We hope you'll come out and see this year's show, "The Last Dance" at a football game or competition this fall! Our schedule is on our website . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR INCREDIBLE STUDENTS!

Dieselco is the award-winning indoor percussion ensemble of Massaponax and Spotsylvania high schools in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. This extracurricular, competitive activity requires dedication and discipline from a talented group of student musicians.

Because this activity receives minimal funding from the county school system, fundraising is necessary to cover competition fees, uniforms, equipment, instrument maintenance, and other associated costs. Our most important fundraising goal is to lower student and family participation costs.

The ensemble begins rehearsing in November and competes January through March. They combine elements of music performance, marching, and theater to perform advanced percussion arrangements in coordination with choreographed drill on a customized floor covering.

Will you help these students develop teamwork, leadership, and musicianship? Please consider a donation of any amount to support their 2024 season. Our generous donors gave $1,650 last year, and we are trying to match that fundraising total this year. Any amount you can contribute is very much appreciated! Your tax-deductible donation goes to the Massaponax Band Parents' Association, a registered nonprofit organization, and will directly fund the Dieselco indoor percussion season this year.

Please be sure to leave "Words of Support" with your donation and mention the ensemble member(s) you're supporting with your donation. THANK YOU!