We currently have 23 runners out for the Cross Country team
this year, which is awesome!! After
speaking to several parents the last few days, we have realized there is some
interest in helping out the team. We
have seven meets this year, four of them are after school and three of them are
on Saturdays. It would be amazing if we
could have snacks brought in for the runners on meet days. The students are often ravenous after running
in their race, and usually have an hour or two before they can get home and eat
a meal. Having snacks isn’t something we
have done in the past, but if there is interest and people are able, we would
love to start this tradition.
In a perfect world, the runners would each get a granola bar
(or something similar) and a banana (or another fruit) for each meet. If you can provide granola bars or something similar,
you could send it with your student or drop it off after practice and I can
keep it in my backroom. If you can
provide bananas (Aldi typically has them for about 0.35 per pound) or another
type of fruit, you can bring them to the meet or send it with your student the
day of. Since fruit is perishable, I
would need to know which meet you would provide for. Below is a list of meet dates. If you would be able to provide perishable snacks
for a particular meet, please send an email to gailliezm@usd231.com and let me know
which date(s)! If you would be able to
provide non-perishable snacks, please send an email to gailliezm@usd231.com and let me
know. You can send them in with your
runners in the next few weeks and I’ll divide them up for our meet
schedule!
Saturday, September 13th
Thursday, September 18th
Saturday, September 20th
Thursday, September 25th
Saturday, September 27th
Wednesday, October 1st
Thursday, October 9th
Saturday, September 13th
Thursday, September 18th
Saturday, September 20th
Thursday, September 25th
Saturday, September 27th
Wednesday, October 1st
Thursday, October 9th
We also have the opportunity to raise money for Cross
Country on Saturday, October 11th.
This money will help us buy
materials and needed items for next season.
There is a volleyball tournament at WMS that day, and Cross Country is
signed up to work the concession stand.
This is a great fundraising activity for us. We would need at least one parent volunteer
to be present, and at least three runners.
This would go from 9:30am – approximately 3:00pm. We realize this is a longer time commitment,
so we’re hoping we can get several parents and numerous students to divide up
the time. Please let us know if you
would be available to help out, and what time frame you will be able to
work. Concession stand working is fairly
simple and easy, so we hope we can make this work for the team!
Thank you so much for all of the support! If you have any questions or ideas, please do
not hesitate to contact us!
Happy Running!
Coach Gailliez & Coach Kost