Concord Boys Track and Field 2023

This fundraiser is meant to support Concord High School's Boys track team for the 2023 season and into the future. In our recent history, we won our conference title 2018 for the first time since 2011. In 2022 we had state finals qualifiers in the 100m dash and 1600m run as well as several regional qualifiers both individually and in relays. We currently have a roster of 103 student athletes.

Funds are planned to be used for the following:

1. Upgrades to our shot put and discus practice space and equipment. We currently have 30 thrower athletes with only a single ring for each the shot put and discus (that we must also share with the girls program).

2. Team snacks for weekly meets (we have about 100+ athletes and 15 meets).

3. Equipment purchase and maintenance that includes extra spikes to be used during competition, hurdles, starting blocks, discus, shot puts, pole vaults.

The reason we chose to use gofundme is because we have been frustrated with how much of the profits from other fundraisers were kept by the company themselves, and also some of those products were more on the expensive side. Gofundme only keeps 2.9% of donations after a 30 cent administrative fee. So if you are generous enough to donate $20, we are able to keep over $19 of that donation! In the past, for a $20 donation, we would only be able to keep $8-$12 of your contribution.

We also realized that while most people would like to help, buying a $20 discount card, or "sports cup" was too expensive. With gofundme we are able to accept any size donation, which allows more support from people that care about our student-athletes!

Our athletes are most appreciative of the small meals and snacks we try to provide before each meet.

Our season is currently underway (our first meet was March 28), and donations will be able to be used immediately.

In the big picture, by operating through Go Fund Me- we have been able to save our supporters money as well as keep a larger percentage of donations!

Thank you for considering supporting our program this season! We hope we can safely see you at one of our events in the very near future!