Get Involved!
You had a unique experience at WSU - you were in the band! Thousands of Band Alumni like you experienced something special and have those memories you can cherish for the rest of your life! The purpose of the Alumni Band is to bring together Band Alumni like yourself and help promote and support the current bands. Your time and resources are limited but you would like to give back somehow. How can you help out?
There are many ways you can help show your Cougar Pride and support of WSU Bands:
- Help by Joining the Alumni Band! Your membership helps us accomplish many things: participation at events, operational expenses through dues, scholarship fund raising and the people/time needed to accomplish tasks for the group. Dues are $20/person or $30/family per year. Our band expenses including the website, communications, instrument repairs, annual meeting food/supplies and music acquisition.
- Have an instrument you want to have used by the best band in the west? Donate your instrument if you can't play but would like to support those who would like to perform! This is a tax deductible write-off based on the value of the instrument. Email publicity@cougaralumniband.org for the instrument information and consult with your tax advisor for your tax info!
- Donate to the Scholarship Fund! This is an important focus for our group, as it is a great promotional tool to build awareness of our group with the existing band and helps students stay involved!
While financial help is always appreciated, here are some other great ways to help out:
- Participate in performance events! We have some events we do annually, and are now extending into other performances. We play in some wedding receptions, parades, and are looking to get more of a presence with the WSU Alumni Association events to help them and build a greater presence with more performances for us! Know of an event that would be great for us to play at and may help our schoarship fund raising?
- Ask your fellow band alumni friends to get involved! Their involvement helps keep our group functioning and provide fun opportunities.
- Participate in Alumni Band committees. We have a scholarship committee that actively reviews and recommends scholarship award winners every spring. It's a great way to connect with the band and make an important decision for us.
- Donate pictures of when you were in the band. Please scan them so you keep your copy, and you can share memories for your peers to enjoy and others to see and enjoy!
For questions or help in any of the above topics, or to suggest others, email publicity@cougaralumniband.org!
Go Cougs! Go Band!