Offering more than hot dogs
The young visitor on the left holds his hand out to his dad for money to spend at the Snack Shack operated by the Wiscasset High School All-Sports Boosters Club. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper
The young visitor on the left holds his hand out to his dad for money to spend at the Snack Shack operated by the Wiscasset High School All-Sports Boosters Club. KATHY ONORATO/Wiscasset Newspaper
The Wiscasset High School All-Sports Boosters has announced that they will be purchasing concussion headbands for any soccer player that chooses to wear one.
“Our players’ safety is our number one concern,” Boosters President Ann Kinney said.
“The game of soccer, especially the girls’ game, has gotten very aggressive,” she said.
The bands being purchased by the Boosters are the ForceField Protective Headbands, which retail for about $15 each. The headbands are “lightweight, ventilated and adjustable with an impact absorbing polymeric layer that wraps around the head, offering increased protection at crucial impact zones where many head impacts occur,” according to www.forcefieldheadbands.com.
The site also claims the band “reduces impact up to 80 percent.”
“It’s a small price to pay for this type of protection,” Kinney said.
The Boosters raise money through the sale of concessions at the Snack Shack, which is opened for every home soccer game.
They offer hot and cold drinks, hot dogs, burgers, chicken sandwiches, baked goods and more. The Boosters plan to have a booth at the Wiscasset Family Days Airshow at the Wiscasset Airport on October 6.
Besides the concussion bands, the Boosters recently sponsored several homecoming events at Wiscasset High School, which were very well attended.
“We wanted to bring homecoming back to where it used to be,” Kinney said.
In efforts to raise school spirits around the Wolverine mascot, the Boosters have been working with the high school administration to make some revisions to the existing Wolverine logo.
The Boosters have collected and submitted four images that students will soon be voting on. “We are hoping the students will embrace the Wolverine mascot if they have a say on the logo,” Kinney said.
They also provide the sportsmanship awards for each sport.
Other officers of the 2012-2013 Boosters include: Heidi and Danny Grover, co-vice presidents; Lori Urquhart, treasurer; and Colleen Whitaker, secretary.
The Boosters Club can be reached at whsboosters@roadrunner.com; and their Facebook page, whsallsportsboosters. Its next meeting is Thursday, Oct. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Wiscasset High School Library.
“We are always looking for help,” Kinney said.
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