Devil’s Den and Student Association represent our school spirit. Student Association raises money throughout the year which a lot of our student body is a part of. Devil’s Den promotes sporting events and is in charge of hyping up the student section. But they are not receiving the money they need to do so.
Devil’s Den members Charlotte Messacar, Luna Agosta, Henry Tiderington, and Evan Bernard all agreed that there were props and other stuff for home games they wish they could have, but don’t have the money for them.
“I would definitely want smoke bombs and massive confetti cannons,” Agosta said. “I would also like to get more professional merch so we could have better giveaways. In the past, fundraisers had not worked, but I think we should come up with new and better ideas,”
For home football games they want to get accessories for the different themes. For the beach theme, they want to get beach balls and a t-shirt cannon, but Devil’s Den doesn’t have the money to buy things, instead, they have to steal from the Student Association funds. Mrs. Pierce, the leader of both of these vital organizations, tells us just how underfunded Devil’s Den is.
“I would say there is a lack of funding because there isn’t a clear source of funding. We just use the leftover money from Student Association, and we just do homecoming tickets. That money pays for homecoming, and if there’s extra after the dance, and all the other school activities for things like Adopt a Family and powder puff. Devil’s Den gets the leftovers.
Mrs. Pierce doesn’t have the power to get funds, it is a bigger decision. The school director of student activities, Mrs. Petz is in charge of all the clubs at South. There is only so much money to go around, but many think more money needs to go to student association and devils den.
“Student association and Devils Den are definitely underfunded, and they should get their own separate funding,” Petz said. “Student association does stuff all year around, and having a set budget would benefit both the student association and Devil’s Den,”
These programs need funding to show school spirit, especially at home football games. If Devil’s Den got more support, they could attend more sporting events and try to bring the student section to more student activities other than football.
“We tried to do a fundraiser with devil’s den t-shirts and hoodies but that didn’t really raise a lot of money so now they are just used for giveaways,” Pierce said. “We had to submit a grant to get the speakers and we submitted a grant to get a cart. But we have talked about doing fundraisers to get stuff for the student section like pom poms and fan faces.”
