Wayne Stokes
Sports Editor
Daily Commercial
August 27, 1970
How many of us ever stop and wonder just what a group like the Leesburg Dad's Club does with all the money they accumulate after a year of fund raising activities?
It seems as if the group is constantly working on projects to raise money. Usually these efforts prove to be successful, but what ever happens to the proceeds: The results of the expenditures are very seldom ever made public, and what is the reason?
First of all, the Leesburg Dad's Club is composed of men who have the interest of the youth at Leesburg High School at heart, not any personal gain. These men spend many hours of their free (and sometimes not so free) time at work, striving to make school life just a little bit more enjoyable and prideful for the students who are lucky enough to be enrolled at LHS.
The members of the Dad's Club receive no financial gain whatsoever from their work with the club, but their genuine feeling of personal satisfaction is worth more than money can buy.
We were in attendance at the last meeting of the Dad's Club, at which time the subject of football team insurance came into the spotlight as the primary order of business. Every year it has been the policy and practice of the Leesburg Dad's Club to pay the cost for the insurance premium for every football player that is a member of either the Varsity or Junior Varsity squads. This has been a sizeable amount to pay every year, and it seemed as if the costs would never reach a leveling off point, increasing more each year that passed.
This year, insurance costs jumped by six dollars per policy holder and it requires only simple mathematics to figure out that the increase in the amount the Dad's Club has to shell out has risen considerably. In fact, if you multiply the number of football players presently out for the teams (over 100 strong) by the six dollar increase, you come up with a six hundred dollar increase in the insurance budget along.
Parents of Leesburg High School football participants should make it a point to personally thank the Dad's Club, as every boy that is in the program this year is covered by an insurance policy that costs $31.50 each. Not the first penny of this premium cost is coming from the parents, as the Leesburg Dad's Club is once again picking up the tab for the nsurance program.
During the discussion of the feasibility of handling the insurance program in 1970, one though kept being forwarded that explains the entire concept of the Leesburg Dad's Club. After every exchange, whether pro or con, it was brought up that it was for the kids benefit that the money was accumulated, and it should be spent toward the best interests of the kids involved. Eventually this line of thinking prevailed, but it gets harder and harder each year to pick up the entire tab for insurance, taking into consideration the spiraling cost factor.
The Dad's Club has been accustomed to buying meals for the athletic teams when traveling, but his activity will have to be curtailed in 1970. The budget will not stand for the expenditures.
To the members of the Dad's Cub that works so hard each year, this is a sore spot to withstand. They feel that more could be done if a more active membership was available to help in the club's activities. With additional hands pitching in to help out with the fund raising activities, more money could be raised for the budget, easing the load on the parents and school, and providing the area with a high school athletic program that would be the superior to any around.
Promoting the high school programs and promoting the high school youngsters is what the Dad's Club is all about. Without help and solid community support, the club would become a floundering organization, one sure to become useless failure. In the Leesburg Dad's Club, there is an abundance of good solid leadership that does a great job of keeping club activity organized and it is because of their diligent, conscientious efforts that the club has accomplished as much as it has.
The club has a need now for new active membership, capable of furthering the principles of the club. Leesburg is loaded with good potential Dad's Club members, but for some reason, the majority never seem to get involved.
Right now would be a great time to do just that.
Get involved with your Dad's Club. Today. You'll find out that it is a fine group of men, ones that a sportsman can enjoy associating with.They need your help.
The next meeting of the Dad's Club will embark the group on a brand new format of regular meetings. The club will now hold their meeting s at the Boulevard Buffet meeting room, where films and guest speakers will be a part of every meeting. This should offer the prospective member an opportunity to enjoy the tasty food that the Boulevard Buffet is famous for, In addition to enjoying the finest in sports films at every regular meeting. After a long period of all work and no pleasure, the club decided that it was time to have some fun along with their work, and the dinner meetings offer the greatest potential along these lines.
September 10 is the date of the first dinner meeting of the Dad's Club, so if you haven't been contacted by one of the membership committee concerning your joining the club, then by all means feel welcome to be at the meeting and enjoy the fellowship of a fine group of men.
The Dad's Club is in the midst of a recruiting drive to enlist new members into the club, because new blood is imperative if the alma and projections of the group are to be realized.
If interested in joining the club, contact Frank Lukens, Club President, or any Dad's Club member and they will be genuinely glad to have you aboard.
One note in closing, Leesburg High School is the only school around that has their entire football Insurance costs underwritten by an outside organization.
That speaks well for our Dad's Club and their efforts.
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Wayne Stokes
Sports Editor
Daily Commercial
August 27, 1970
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