Work for tuition and endowment at Victory Field!

A one of a kind program is now available to all Roncalli parents through our Future Foundations program.  This past fall and winter over 200 Roncalli families have been working concession stands at Lucas Oil Stadium to help raise money for the school’s endowment program, and each family’s own tuition account.  We are now extending the availability of the program to all 900 Roncalli families.  The work consists of activities similar to working at your parish festival or fish fry, and you would be working in a stand at Victory Field. 

Sign Up Form   Victory Field/Indian's Schedule

Work Program Description

What is the program and who does it serve?

The program involves the Future Foundations endowment, and the opportunity to work for tuition assistance. A family may work at Victory Field earning both tuition assistance for the family’s tuition account, as well as supporting the Future Foundations endowment. The Future Foundations endowment is a permanent fund which earns interest over time, with the distribution or proceeds from the fund to support an institution. The distribution or proceeds from this endowment will serve Roncalli students in need of financial assistance. It is the long term goal of the endowment, that all need based financial assistance will be funded solely through the proceeds of the endowment. This program is one of the sources that will fund the endowment. The program also serves as an opportunity to work for tuition assistance to reduce a family’s tuition balance to Roncalli High School.

How does this program work in regards to my tuition assistance for my family’s tuition account and the Future Foundations endowment?

Upon working an event, which is typically working a concession stand at an Indians game, the commission which is earned for that event is split amongst the individuals working the event. For each person in each event, 80% of the commission earned will go toward your family’s tuition account (tax free) as tuition assistance, and 20% will be a contribution to the Future Foundations endowment. Commission amounts can vary greatly as last season, some games brought large commissions and other games were poor commissions due to weather. Last year we averaged $55 per event per person for typically a 5- 6 hour work day.

What if I just want to work to help contribute to the endowment?

We have several families that find this is a great way to contribute to Roncalli High School. Many families worked last year at Victory Field and Lucas Oil Stadium simply as a contribution to Roncalli. During the last season of events at Lucas Oil Stadium and Victory Field over $46,000 was raised by Roncalli families specifically for the Future Foundations endowment. If you would like your contribution to go specifically to the endowment, please note that request on the Victory Field Interest Form.

What is involved in a work day?

Activities include serving food and drink, and are similar to those activities you find working at your parish festival or fish fry. We will try to combine families that are new to the program with families that have worked previously in the program for each event. The start time for each event varies, but the length of a work day is typically 5 - 6 hours. The attire is a plain white or red Roncalli uniform golf/polo style shirt, a pair of black pants or modest length shorts or capris, and visor provided by Roncalli. A bus takes care of transportation to and from the back parking lot of Roncalli for each event.

Who can work?

The program is for adults only for two reasons. First, many students are incapable, or unwilling, to work at the level required for the program. Second, there is alcohol served in each of the concession stands in which we work. For your family, either spouse (or both spouses) can work; or someone can work who is 21 years or older, in which you designate to work for your family’s tuition account. An alcohol permit and T.I.P.S. training card is required to work an event at Victory Field. We will have training dates for both the permit and training card. There is no charge for either the alcohol permit or the T.I.P.S. training card.

How and when do I sign up to work?

Additional documents are the Victory Field Interest Form, and the Indianapolis Indians Schedule. On the Indians Schedule, the game dates in red are the home event dates and game times for the season. The list of home games we will be working can be found on the Victory Field Interest Form as we will not be working every home game. The following is a timetable of the bus departure from Roncalli to give you a better idea of the time frame for a given event:

You may sign up to potentially work as many games as you would like. Roncalli will create a calendar of workers for each event. We would ask that you make every effort to commit to the games for which you have been scheduled. We completely understand the calendar extends far into the summer. We will also create a substitute list in case you are unable to work your scheduled date, in which you will contact someone from the substitute list to assume your position. The substitute would then earn the commission for their tuition account.

If interested, please complete the Victory Field Interest Form and return it to the Business Office at Roncalli, or fax the form to 788-5581 as soon as possible.  If you have specific program questions, feel free to contact us at dgervasio@roncalli.org or call the Roncalli Business Office at 787-8277.

Why are we having the Future Foundations Victory Field program?

There are several reasons for the program.  The critical reason behind the program is a recognition that the cost of educating students at the secondary level is escalating at a rate that the current school revenue sources cannot maintain without increasing tuition at a level that will eventually price the school out of the reach of too many families.  Raising money for an endowment could give the school an alternative revenue source so the tuition in the future can be at a level that is affordable.

The program also provides families an opportunity to work toward reducing the tuition amount due to Roncalli while also giving back to the school, and specifically the financial assistance program assisting students who need financial assistance in the future.  It also gives anyone who is interested in building the endowment program for the future of the school a unique avenue to donate.