Sponsor a Meal

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

For summer 2024, the Troopers estimate they will spend - at MINIMUM - $130,000 on food alone. Our mobile food truck serves two hundred and twenty people, four times per day, from the opening of spring training, until the summer tour comes to a close in August. It is one of the largest expenses that we incur as we work to sustain a healthy group of teenagers on their summer journey.

Due to the overwhelming physical activity that our students endure, it is estimated that they will burn calories equivalent to a marathon runner... each day.

Your support in our Meal Program will have a major impact on the health and sustainability of our students as they perform each night throughout America. Your support allows for our food crew to produce carefully crafted nutrient dense meals that support our Troopers.

UNDERSTANDING HOW SPONSOR A MEAL WORKS

1. When you sponsor a meal, understand that you are making a donation that covers the cost of one of our pre-scheduled meals. Sponsors do not decide the contents of the meal.

2. Our food production team has been hired to address the specific requirements of dietary needs, allergies, and the quantities needed to feed the 220 people on the road.

3. Because our administration operates with limited capacity, special requests for specific food items, "section love," etc cannot be accommodated. If you wish to provide a special treat to a specific section or to the whole corps, you will need to handle the coordination, pick up, and delivery on your own. No administrative or food staff will be assigned to assist with any physical meal or beverage donation. We welcome the gift, but it will be up to you to deliver said gift.

4. If you are wanting to coordinate an entire meal for the Troopers that can serve 220 people and abide by the requirements of our food program, you will need to get in touch with corps director Mary Duerkop at director@troopersdrumcorps.org. As a reminder, special treats for individual sections are up to you to figure out. If you are looking to do something for the entire corps and staff, feel free to reach out and we'll see if something can be scheduled.

5. All of our food is prepared on an industrial mobile kitchen. We have limited refrigeration space available and will most likely not be able to accommodate the storage of any outside food.

*NOTE: Daily recognition photos are NOT guaranteed. Specific dates or other requests are not guaranteed. Timing of recognition depends on many factors surrounding logistics, media schedules and how many people may be ahead of you in the line-up. Please be patient as we work to get your sponsor recognition online. We pledge to recognize all sponsors in some manner, even if not with daily photos.