Homeowners: Looking to sign up for our Flag Fundraiser and to support our band? Please download this file:

Key: Delivery to Residents Day/Time; Pickup from Residents Day/Time

Labor Day and Patriots Day: Sat., Sept. 1st, 9 am to noon;Wed., Sept. 12th, 5pm-8pm

Fliers for Labor Day: Sat., Sept. 1st, 9 am to noon with route OR 2 pm to 7 pm after flags are put out

Veterans Day: Sat., Nov. 10th, 9am-noon; Mon., Nov. 12th, 5pm-8pm

Presidents Day: Sat., Feb 16th, 9 am-noon;Tuesday Feb 19th, 5pm-8pm

Memorial Day: Sat., May 25th, 9 am-noon; Tuesday May 28th, 5pm-8pm

Independence Day: Wed., July 3rd, 9 am-noon; Friday July 5th, 9am-noon

Each student is required to sign up for 3 holidays. 9, 10, 11 grades: 2 flag holidays in school year and 1 in summer (Memorial Day or 4th of July). Seniors may pick 3 holidays prior to the summer holidays, but if they want to commit to a summer holiday, they can. We will count on Seniors being there if they sign up for the summer.

Flag Project – A special thank you to Tim Walker for providing copies of extra fliers and coupons, to Berri Swirl for the Buy 1 and Get 1 Free Frozen Yogurt deal and to all of you for helping over the 4th of July!

CORRECTIONS ON FLAG HANDOUT PROVIDED AT THE BOOSTER MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT: Fee day Saturday is 10:00 am-1:00 pm, NOT 8:00 am-2:00 pm and nobody will be at the band hall until 10:00. Regarding dates for band students to help with flags: Except for seniors, students must choose 2 holidays during the school year and 1 summer holiday , NOT 2 summer holidays as stated in the handout.

Remember to choose the holidays that work best for you and think about partnering with someone for the same holidays if you have problems with a vehicle or driver. Holidays are Labor Day, Patriot Day, Veteran’s Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day. We will be leaving the flags out for Labor Day through Patriot Day with delivery on Sunday, September 2 and pick up on Wednesday evening, September 12. That will count as 1 flag holiday, leaving 4 others to choose from. Three holidays are required for each band student—Seniors are encouraged to choose 3 holidays prior to Memorial Day since they will be out of school; Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors please choose at least 1 of the summer holidays (Memorial Day or Independence Day) as 1 of your 3 holidays.

Respect for our flag: Overall everybody does a great job, but parents have reported a few times seeing the flag end drug across the parking lot or touching the ground. We must use these same flags for 3 years and we are starting to see some tears and stains. When rolling, transporting and placing on the flag carts, the main thing is to avoid loose fabric and crossed flags that get caught when pulled out. We want our community sponsors to be proud of the flags we place!

We are so impressed by the amount of community support for this project. Our community neighbors enjoy it so much and tell us how proud they are of the band students for the hard work that goes into this project. Thanks to all the students and parents for making it a great success!!

Flag shirts are available for $7 each. Shirts pre-ordered on Fee Day will be available on September 1st and at booster meetings if you need to pick them up later. If you pre-ordered and haven’t made your payment, please bring the payment when you pick up the shirt. There will also be some extra flag shirts available for purchase on September 1st when flags go out and on September 12th when they are returned. After that, you can pick up order forms in the band hall or print one off the website (not available yet). Remember that purchasing the flag shirt is optional. We would like to show our school pride and patriotism though, so you can wear any Cypress Creek blue band shirt if you don’t want a flag shirt.

We have received 997 renewals of the 1,699 flag orders last year, or 59 %. Flags with Pride will be sending out reminders, so we expect more to come! In addition, thanks to letters in newsletters and parents and students voluntarily putting out fliers, we have 65 new orders already! Flag customers have also donated $568 to the band.

We will be sending out the list of students signed up for these holidays soon! When received, make sure to email Gail at geissler@comcast.net if there are any issues.

From 9:00 am to noon: Pick up flags and routing sheets at the Cy Creek Band Hall and deliver to customers. Pick up flags by driving down the first alley to your left behind the band hall. That is the door closest to the room where flags are stored. You may also enter from the front through the door to the left of the band hall door as you are looking at the building. It is the entry way to the small commons area. Flags will be delivered to addresses listed on the routing sheets. You will keep the routing sheet packages with you and pick up the flags after Patriot Day.

From 5 pm to 8 pm: Pick up flags from customers and return to the Cy Creek Band Hall. Remember to neatly roll flags individually when picked up and wrap a rubber band around each one. When you return them to the high school, place them all the way to the back of the flag carts, straightly aligned, to avoid tears and snags.

Volunteers for fliers may either coordinate to go out with flag delivery routes on Saturday morning or go out in the afternoon after the flags have been delivered. Fliers will go to houses that do not have a flag placed in their yard. The areas that we are specifically targeting are Lakewood Forest and Prestonwood Forest. Please email Gail atgeissler@comcast.net if you plan to coordinate with flag deliveries on Saturday morning. The suggested time for going out in the afternoon is from 2 pm to 7 pm.

The sign-up sheets will be available here. The anticipated dates and times will be shown on the website as well, subject to unavoidable changes due to any band schedule conflicts. Reminders for exact times will be sent as each holiday approaches.