For most people, fundraising sounds like, well, work. People don’t give away money for free, even to organizations that serve others. Money is necessary for our organizations to function. We cannot fully support the bands without some financial backing. Music is an underfunded program in most schools, and part of serving the bands is filling in those gaps.
The Beta Eta chapter of Tau Beta Sigma and the Gamma Xi chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi attempt to make fundraising more interesting by working retail at M&T Bank Stadium. By sending both brothers and sisters to every game to run the shop, we’ve learned to work together. The retail environment allows both organizations to make a solid amount of money in a short amount of time. We collaborate more than before and we’ve learned to work alongside anyone in our organizations.
For Beta Eta, this is progress. For years our only method of income was working a few NFL games as security for either the Ravens or the Redskins. Before that, we tried to ask for corporate donations for our projects and in return have a file full of rejection letters. Over the past decade, BH has worked their way through every type of fundraiser. We’ve done restaurant fundraisers, bake sales, raffles, collected old phones and ink cartridges, and even tried a car wash, but we are most successful when we combine forces with our brothers in Gamma Xi. Double the manpower means double the possible proceeds.
University of Maryland
Tau Beta Sigma - Beta Eta
