The ninth annual Old Rochester Regional Athletic Booster Club Phonathon will take place on the evenings between March 1 and March 16 with student-athletes calling area residents to request a pledge of support for ORR athletics.

The ORR Athletic Booster Club has sponsored a phonathon to help ORR student-athletes raise funds to support the high school’s athletic programs, and because of the generous support of the tri-town community, this annual event has been a tremendous success.  

The ORR Athletic Booster Club was organized in 2004 for the purpose of supporting all of the athletic teams at ORRHS.  Its mission is to encourage interest in and provide financial support to all ORR interscholastic athletic teams and to recognize and reward teams and student-athletes.  The club promotes several events each year to raise funds for athletic equipment, uniforms, awards, and scholarships for graduating student-athletes.

Funds raised by the Booster Club have been used to enhance the school’s athletic facilities and to purchase equipment for use by ORR teams. Some of the Booster Club’s recent projects include the purchase of the "Bulldog Snack Shack" concessions trailer, the addition of 4 new elliptical machines for the school’s strength and fitness center, and the construction of new award display cases next to the gymnasium.

Since its inception, the Booster Club has raised over $300,000 to benefit ORR athletics.

Over 60 percent of ORR's nearly 700 students participate in athletics. ORR now has 22 varsity level sports after adding boys and girls lacrosse to its athletic program last year. ORRHS is a four-time winner of the Boston Globe’s prestigious Dalton Award as the Division 3 high school with the highest overall winning percentage in the entire state and was named the South Coast Conference overall champion last year based on the combined records of all teams.

For more information, please visit the ORR Athletic Booster Club’s web site at www.ORRAthleticBoosters.com, or follow them on Facebook at facebook.com/ORRABC.