Thank you for supporting the AAHS March-a-Thon! We value the support our award-winning band program receives from our community!

There are three donation options (your donations are tax-deductible):

Credit Card (via Square)
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PayPal
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Check
Please make your check payable to: Kadet Krew. Include on the memo: DONATION.
You can mail it to us at the following address:
Kadet Krew
6660 Delmonico Drive
Unit D337
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

If you’d like to receive a receipt for tax purposes, please include a note with your donation that includes your email address and we’ll send you a receipt.

What is March-a-Thon?

March-a-Thon is our largest whole-band fundraiser. Band members “march” through the neighborhoods that support AAHS, going door-to-door, asking for monetary donations to help the band.

Our northwest Colorado Springs community really looks forward to this event! Alumni, band alumni families, and all kinds of folks really truly enjoy seeing the kids out on March-a-thon evening. Some will bring out instruments to play the school song, sometimes the students get to demonstrate some of their marching skills. Parent-drivers report homeowners walking after them to make sure the kids are going to stop by their house.

History: Way back in the 2000s, the band, like so many other organizations, used to sell coupon books. Many people asked if they could just write the full amount to donate to the band instead of buying a thing they really didn’t want in the first place.
We also asked people to sponsor to pay for number of times/hours marching around the track – a “March-a-Thon” – and spent a whole Saturday doing that. The students then had to return to collect sponsorship amounts. Not only did we lose a day of rehearsal, it was often hard to reach people a second time – and again, many people asked if they could just donate to the band instead.

What is the gain? This is our largest single-evening fundraising event. In just a few hours, donations often total over $10,000!

Where does the money go? The money goes to Kadet Krew, the 501(c)(3) non-profit booster organization supporting the band – Kadet Krew money is used to pay for band expenses like meals, water, equipment, and travel expenses not covered by the school’s side of the band fees (For instance: feeding 100 students for a single meal costs around $1,500! Multiply that times competition days for this season!)