NAXC this week: October 18 We Need Snacks for the Tri-State Invitational on October 22! If your runner is participating in the meet, please sign up and help to fuel our team! Could You Be Our Next Secretary? We're looking for someone to serve alongside our Secretary next season, with the goal of taking over the position for the 2028-2029 season. We’d love to have you follow along to learn the ropes. Please email us if you're interested!      Thanks for a great season! Now that the regular season is behind us, the NAXC Booster Association wishes to celebrate the incredible successes of this year. We watched this team grow stronger in discipline, grit, and friendships while having fun along the way. They worked hard, pushed themselves, and supported each other beautifully all season long. We are proud of every runner. And we’re excited to support our postseason runners as they compete against some of the best regional and state teams. Thank you to all the parents for your time, food contributions, encouragement, and constant cheering at finish lines. Our parent community supports each other while encouraging our children. Everyone’s involvement makes this program better. And it creates the kind of environment where these athletes can thrive through competition.   Lastly, we had a successful year of fundraising through a new platform, Snap! Raise. We raised over $11,000 in a matter of weeks. Many thanks to everyone who participated. This has provided a lasting financial impact for our NAXC athletes and program. As the largest single athletic program at NA, we support over 160 talented athletes. Our costs are extensive with the depth of this team. We will use these funds to maintain dues at the current level and support the needs of our children and coaches in the years to come. Over the past several years, NAXC has experienced increased costs in providing our students an exceptional experience (i.e., the cost of clothing, screen-printing, transportation, equipment, and food). As a result, we contemplated increasing dues for each family. However, because of the overwhelming success of Snap! Raise, we are now prepared to financially support our athletes going forward. In the short term, we can confidently maintain the current NAXC Booster fees and minimize the overall number of fundraisers needed to support the program year-to-year. Please send our gratitude to the many family members, friends, neighbors, and coworkers who supported NAXC this year. We are grateful for this year. We are grateful for these kids. We are grateful for supportive coaches. And we are grateful for each one of you. We look forward to building on these successes throughout the post season and into next year. Thank you!   PS - Don't forget to sign up for Winter Track!    Team and Individual Runner Photos are now available! Pavely Photography has your runner's photo ready! Click here and log in with the password NA2026 to see all of the great pics.   SUPPORT THE TEAM! Order Soergels' Essentials: Delicious, fresh meal ingredients! Enter the discount code 20FORNAXC when placing your order to receive a $1 discount on your order - plus NAXC Boosters receives a $20 donation.    We appreciate our sponsors! Family Charitable Donations Please consider a donation to NAXCBA! Family donations help maintain and expand our existing support for NAXC athletes and allow us to plan for future equipment purchases and expenses.  We thank you for your generosity towards our student athletes.     Your donation is tax deductible as allowed by federal/state tax regulations, as we are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.       In Europe, all cross country seasons end at the Finnish line.    Your NAXC Booster Association Board: Tony Pizon (President) Stephanie Lucas (Vice President) Megan Wotherspoon and Shien Hou (Co-Treasurers) Rachel Handel (Secretary)   About the NAXC Boosters Association The North Allegheny Cross Country Booster Association (NAXCBA) is a 501(c)3 registered non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the North Allegheny Cross Country runners and coaches.  We are a group of parents who provide support for our runners by organizing pasta dinners, food tables for invitational meets, and weekly yoga classes. We supplement the Athletics Department by providing equipment and team t-shirts/hoodies for our athletes. We celebrate our runners by hosting a Recognition Night and other team related activities.  To provide these services, the NAXCBA assesses dues and holds fundraisers to support team initiatives.