Each month during the season, NHAHA will provide at least one organization-wide fundraiser opportunity.

Participation in all fundraisers is voluntary, and designed to assist our members with season fees and other related expenses,

All fundraising, by either the entire association or
individual teams, must adhere to the following policies.

ARAMARK fundraising has additional guidelines 
which will be distributed at training and are listed below.

1. Each team may do independent fundraising for that team.  
2. Each team will decide whether to do one, several, or no fundraisers. If a team participates in fundraising, the funds raised will be managed by a member of that team.
3. No team may do any team fundraising which will conflict with Association fundraising or any other team's fundraising. In order to keep this from happening, all team fundraising must be approved by the Fundraising Coordinator, who will keep track of what types of fundraising is being done by individual teams and when that fundraising will take place. In order to receive approval from the Fundraising Coordinator, the team applying for approval must submit the form listed below.
4. No member may be forced to participate in any team fundraising. However, it should be recognized that some types of fundraising may be more successful if all members participate. Members not participating in team fundraisers will be expected to pay their share of the team expenses.
5.  Funds raised may be used for any team activity or purchase such as but not limited to: extra ice, attending tournaments; hotel fees; team parties, bowling or other outing, warm-ups, gym access, coach/manager/player gifts, charity donation, etc. 
6. No funds acquired through fundraising will go directly to the families involved, as it is assumed that the name of the Vipers, Esmark Stars, or NHAHA will be involved in some manner in the fundraising activity, and therefore must be used in a NHAHA/team related activity.

NHAHA provides the opportunity for our members to volunteer for the organization at PNC Park for Pittsburgh Pirate games and other events to help pay for their hockey fees. 

ARAMARK is the company which runs the concession stands for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and our volunteers must take training provided by ARAMARK prior to the beginning of the baseball season.  The number of events we are requested to supply workers for is determined by the Pirate’s season.  The better the season, the more workers they need at each game and the more they pay – usually between $95 - $110 per event.

Unfortunately, the MLB season does not run in sync with our season! If you are interested in applying for one of the training slots available now, please read ALL of the rules/regulations/expectations regarding Aramark.  Since you must have a player on a Vipers or Stars team during the season to benefit from this fundraiser, please do not apply unless you are certain that your player will be trying out/going to play for us (Vipers/Stars) next season. 

If you are interested in more information about becoming a  Aramark Volunteer, please email our Aramark Volunteer Coordinator, Christine George, at aramarksignup@gmail.com, and include:

• your name
• your player’s name
• division (age level) your player will be playing
• phone number

Christine will contact you will details about the training and program ASAP. 

NEW HIRE TRAINING DATES:
Please note... you must be available to be on-time and stay for the entire training! Also, please review all of the Aramark volunteer policies and requirements  prior to signing up!)

ARAMARK concessions is the largest fundraiser for individual members in which NHAHA participates.The primary goal of NHAHA's participation in this program is to help members pay their season hockey fees.

To be considered for the ARAMARK program you must be willing to accept the NHAHA terms that are listed below and the ARAMARK contract. PLEASE READ THE TERMS & CONTRACT CAREFULLY, NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE MADE.

NHAHA participates in the ARAMARK fundraiser by sending trained "volunteers" to work concession stands at PNC Park. In return, ARAMARK makes a donation to our organization. 

If you are scheduled to work, you must report to PNC Park about 2 hours before the game begins, close and clean the stand after the game is over, and sell drinks and food during the game. There are usually several people working the stand at the same time; so you will not be alone, but it is a long hard work day. It is NOT similar to running the concession stand during a school football game.

ARAMARK prepares for the upcoming season by scheduling training sessions. In order to participate in the fundraiser, you must be trained by ARAMARK. The spring dates for mandatory NEW HIRE Grand Slam / Serve Safe classes have passed. 

There may be further training dates later in the season.

To Register for Training: 
Email Christine at aramarksignup@gmail.com.The ARAMARK Coordinator will contact you and let you know when and if we have any ARAMARK training sessions scheduled. Sometimes we need to wait until spaces open up as ARAMARK only runs training when they wish to increase the number of workers.  

SCHEDULE
ARAMARK provides us with the dates they want workers and the number of workers wanted.  These opportunities will be provided to you.  It is then your responsibility to respond in a timely manner that you wish to work.  It is the member’s responsibility to keep track of his scheduled events. A master schedule will be maintained by NHAHA's coordinator(s).

SIGN IN
It is the Responsibility of each member to sign in at each event at the ARAMARK office on the NHAHA sign in sheet by their name in order to receive payment for that event worked. If you do not sign in, you will not be paid for that event.  When ARAMARK sends us the list of workers who have worked each event that list will be distributed to you.  It is your responsibility to review the list and notify the Coordinator within 5 days of any discrepancy.  Include details of your work for the event such as, "I worked on register 2 in booth 307.  An attempt will be made to negotiate recovery of payment.

Members are responsible to keep track of their dates worked and the amount in their account. The Aramark Coordinator will also keep track of your account balance and events scheduled to work/worked. If you need to inquire about your account balance please email the Aramark Coordinator. Aramark dollars will be applied to your season invoice as they are received by the organization. Please note, it often takes 30 days or more for Aramark to send a check to the organization for a game worked by our volunteers. It is the member's responsibility to make sure the amount credited is the correct amount.