Hello fellow Dragon Backers! We have just begun another exciting school year, so we wanted to take this opportunity to re-cap the activities of the Dragon Backers during this past 2006-2007 school year.

Fundraising Efforts

The profits we earned from fundraisers enabled us to contribute to many pride building activities. Our main fundraisers included profits from the sales of “Dragon Wear”, meals provided at Big Blue night and the Conrad Nightingale Track Meet, and profits from $10 (single) and $20 (family or business) Dragon Backer Memberships sold. We thank you for your generous support! We hope you will re-new your membership for 2007-2008!

We will be mailing out membership renewal forms or you can pick up a form at Big Blue Night at our merchandise booth.

Sponsored Activities

For the past several years, the Dragon Backers have awarded a $250 college scholarship to both one senior girl and one senior boy. Students interested in receiving the scholarships must first fill out an application. Last year’s winners were Emma Hawkins and Ryan Sooter. Congratulations to Emma and Ryan!
The Dragon Backers also donated up to $50 each to support the volleyball team, football team, cross country team, boys and girls basketball teams, baseball team, track team, band, and the after-prom committee. These funds are available to all sports and extracurricular activities.
We contributed to Senior Parent Night for all sports. This included paying for flowers and pictures.
We provided FREE meals to our HHS athletes at Big Blue Night and the Conrad Nightingale track meet.
We promoted Dragon Pride by giving away FREE pom poms at home football games, FREE Dragon Wear at a home basketball game, FREE plastic basketballs at several home basketball games and promoted “Donuts for Dragons” by giving away FREE Krispy Kreme Doughnuts after another home football game.
Our most visible example of promoting Halstead and Dragon Pride is the Dragon sign that we put up just outside of Riverside Park on Hertzler Road. This accomplishment was done in conjunction with the Halstead Chamber of Commerce and the city of Halstead. This has been an ongoing project for the past several years and to date we have spent approximately $2,700. We also received $1,500 in financial assistance from the Chamber of Commerce. We also have plans for future improvements for the sign. A special thank you goes to Marla Kaufman for keeping the landscaping/flowers looking so nice this past year.
For our next major contribution to the district, we are donating $2,000 to help the district upgrade the sound system in the main high school gym. This project should be completed soon.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming big events include Big Blue Night, where we will again provide the meal and unveil the new line of Dragon Wear! We hope you consider volunteering for this exciting yearly event.

By visiting this website you will be able to keep informed on the activities of the Dragon Backers as we plan on posting current and future activities of the dragonbackers.

If you have any ideas for ways to promote Dragon Pride please contact Kent Bohling or Brenda Sooter. The Dragonbackers is an organization in which many of us work together by contributing what extra time we have to support the students in our district.

Again, thank you to all who have contributed time and money to support the Dragon Backers. We’ll see you at Big Blue Night!