After raising approximately $30,000 from March to August of last year in a frantic, yet successful bid to keep six Kellogg High School sports alive, Kellogg Save Our Sports (SOS) will celebrate its one year anniversary fundraising for 2011-2012 with the second annual SOS Spaghetti Feed and Auction Friday at the Kellogg Elks.
The event will begin at 6 p.m., and at 7 a live basket auction will commence. Tickets can be purchased at KHS or at the door for $5 a person or $18 for a family of four or more.
According to volunteer Judy Rose, since August SOS has raised approximately $10,000 and, relative to last year, the funding situation for the KHS soccer, softball, baseball, wrestling, cross country and cheerleading programs is seems to be solid.
"We're not quite as worried as last year," said KHS wrestling coach and SOS volunteer Scott Miller. "At the same time if nobody shows up on Friday we'll get worried pretty quick."
As all six sports were budgeted specific funds in 2010, when the March Levy failed and SOS was created the organization had a definite goal to shoot for. The goal, which was approximately $30,000, was reached in August but farsighted SOS members continued to prepare for next year.
"We've never really stopped," said Rose. "Since August we've had spaghetti feeds; we were at Silver Hoops; the cross country team did a triathlon; we've been selling Wildcat apparel; there's just so many things I just can't remember them all."
With a solid start on fundraising volunteers hope to equal or exceed their goal, which is currently undefined, by June 1.
"Although I can't be sure, I'd say we're at least halfway to what we'll need," said Miller. "When school's out we'd like to be done."
Miller's inability to say for sure what the goal for next year stems from the fact that the baseball and softball teams have yet to start playing. Miller said when the teams are finished and have spent their money the full picture will present itself.
"We can't tell where we're at until the end of the baseball and softball seasons," he said. "But because we've been cutting corners we should have a pretty good rollover from the money we raised last year."
Regardless of exact knowledge of their goal SOS will continue fundraising in an attempt to secure adequate funding and with it some time to relax over the summer relinquishing the issue to mental depths where it has not laid for a year.
Miller said any excess funds raised will be donated to the KHS Booster Club.
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