Community Supporter
$250
- Listing in the yearly recital program
- Thank-you post on Facebook and Instagram
- Recognition on the team website
- Small logo on the sponsor banner
Chapter 1
Who
we are
Our kids train like athletes and perform like artists. We’re the parents who started Together We Dance Booster Club, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so the cost of a season weighs a little less on every family.
We started in November 2024. Early wins: snacks for the whole team at our first big competition and sweatshirts for the seniors.
Our mission: “Together We Dance Booster Club is dedicated to making competitive dance accessible and affordable for all youth by removing financial barriers and fostering personal growth, discipline, and community connection.”
Our dancers train and compete with Elite Dance Company in Olympia. We’re a separate nonprofit with our own board, bank account, and books, and our board follows a written conflict-of-interest policy.
What we cover today
- Banquet tickets for every competition dancer and teacher
- Team jackets for this season (we’re raising for them now)
- Time together as a team
- Snacks at competitions
What we’re building toward
- Help with competition fees
- Choreography
- Costumes
- Travel
We don’t offer individual financial aid yet. If you’re a team family with questions about costs, we’re glad to talk.
Send us a noteAccessibility
Competition dance adds up fast for families. We’re building toward a day when cost doesn’t decide who gets to dance.
Youth development
Dance teaches kids to show up, take a correction, and count on a teammate. We help by giving the team time together off the stage.
Community impact
Our fundraisers bring South Sound neighbors and dance families together, and give our towns one more team to cheer for.
Last season on stage
Chapter 2
Our board
Parents and friends of the team who plan the fundraisers, sponsorships, and banquet. The best part is a front-row seat when it all comes together for the kids. One seat is still open.
Shanna Pratt
President
Amy Shaffer
Vice President
Ava Lund
Treasurer
Photo coming soonMelanie Newman
Secretary
Shannon Angell
Fundraiser Coordinator
- This could be you
Open
Event Coordinator
Interested? Let us know
Chapter 3
Dancer
spotlight
Every month our newsletter introduces a few of the kids this club is for. Meet November’s.
Ryker
Ryker’s favorite routine this year is the Jazz group, “I Got You,” and Ryker is excited for his first competition!
Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s favorite routine this year is the Hip Hop group, “We On Go,” and Brooklyn is excited to see all of her costumes!
Jaedyn
Jaedyn’s favorite routine this year is the Jazz group, “Get Down,” and Jaedyn is excited to be on stage!
Rylee
Rylee’s favorite routine this year is the Contemporary group, and Rylee is excited to go to new competitions and keep getting better!
Chapter 4
Where
it goes
The honest answer: we’re a young club, and we cover a little more every year.
Every gift goes into Keep Them Dancing, our fund for the team’s season. Last year that covered banquet tickets for every competition dancer and teacher, time together as a team, and snacks at competitions. This year we’re also raising for team jackets.
As the fund grows, it moves toward the bigger costs families carry: competition fees, choreography, costumes, and travel. The rest covers the basics every nonprofit needs, like insurance, filings, and fundraiser supplies.
$10kin gifts and fundraising in 2025-26, our first full year
70¢of every dollar we spent went to team programs
11fundraisers, run by parents and backed by neighbors
34banquet tickets covered for our dancers and teachers
Chapter 5
Fundraisers
Our fundraisers are neighbors and families doing it together: popcorn, poinsettias, a clean car, and more.
Right now: team jackets
$3,752 raised of our $5,000 goal
75% there as of November 11, 2026, with $1,248 to go. Next up: the Dirty Dave’s Pizza coupon fundraiser, December 1 to 31.
Give to team jacketsLast season’s fundraisers:
Out in our community
Fundraisers are only part of it. Here’s the team out and about around town.
Tacoma Rainiers night 
Talent show at Friendly Grove Park 
Spring hanging baskets 
Car wash day 
Our 2025 seniors 
Snacks for competition day 
Applebee's breakfast 
Packing Boo Crew bags 
Thanking our sponsors 
Recital bouquets 
Applebee's breakfast and car wash 
Picture day in the rain 
Seahawks Dancers intensive 
Volunteering with All Kids Win 
With our sponsor, Brewhouse Grill
Chapter 6
Watch
Dancers, neighbors, and a few very busy dogs, all in our latest reels.
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Dancer Highlights: October
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All this for a jacket: Applebee’s breakfast and car wash
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The Boo Crew is back
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The Boo Crew: mission accomplished
Chapter 7
Put your name
on their season
Sponsorship starts at $250 and puts your business in front of local dance families: the recital program, a thank-you post, and this site. It’s an easy way to show these kids their hometown is cheering for them. Sponsorships are handled by the Booster Club, not the studio.
Bronze
$500
- Recital program listing with small logo
- Thank-you post with your business tagged
- Business name on the team website
- Window cling or small plaque
Most popular
Silver
$1,000
- Recital program listing with medium logo
- 2 tickets to any performance event
- Framed team picture and thank-you card
- Name and logo on the team website
Diamond
$5,000
- Branded campaign, 3 promotional posts
- Shout-out at all major events
- Website feature with a clickable link
- Half-page ad in the recital program
Elite
$10,000
- Custom campaign, 5 promotional posts
- Business highlight video feature
- Top-placement logo at every event
- Present an award at the annual recital
Add to any level: Co-branded team giveaway, $750 · Logo in team highlight videos, $1,000
Confirm your sponsorship by May 15 to appear in this season’s recital program.
Become a sponsorThank you to our sponsors
- Tumwater Taco Company
- Brewhouse Pub & Grill
- PCI Pest Control, Inc.
- Town & Country Roofing, Inc.
- Grateful Dogs Grooming
Sponsors receive advertising and event benefits, so the deductible portion of a sponsorship is reduced by the fair market value of those benefits. We send written acknowledgement with every gift.
Chapter 8
Celebrate
together
Every season ends with one night when the dancers sit back and everyone else cheers for them.
Last June it was the Bal Masqué. The kids came dressed up in masks, and 95 people filled the room, 34 of them our dancers and teachers.
This season’s theme is Met Gala Glam. Start planning your red-carpet look; details are coming soon.
Interested in sponsoring the banquet? Ask us how.
A few moments from that night
Chapter 9
Join us
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Give once or monthly
Every gift goes to Keep Them Dancing, our fund for the team’s season. A small monthly gift is one the team can count on.
Donate now - 02
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Send a check
Payable to Together We Dance Booster Club, Inc.
P.O. Box 3714, Lacey, WA 98509 - 04
Lend a hand
Help at a fundraiser, get to know other team families, and cheer the kids on up close. Any hour helps, and we’ll work around your schedule.
Send us a note
Say hello
Get in
touch
Questions about sponsoring, giving, or helping out? Send us a note and someone from the board will write back.
Prefer email? admin@togetherwedancebooster.org
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