An athletic "boosters program," alumni, and the annual Grimsley-Page football game generate much of the funding for the sports programs at GHS.

In August 1986, thanks to donations from athletic boosters, lighting power at the stadium was upgraded to 75 footcandles from 35.

His significant contributions have granted him influence and access atypical of an athletic booster.

Kilkenny, another wealthy athletic booster, had neither a college degree nor any prior experience in athletics administration.

Cole said that Harrick Sr. gave him a credit card to buy a television and that he received cash from an athletic booster.

Other clubs include various honor societies, community outreach programs, extracurricular foreign-language and culture clubs (French, Spanish, Latin), a school paper of news, and athletic boosters.

The athletic boosters work with the total athletic program.

The community is also involved with the school through organizations such as band boosters, athletic boosters and 21st century grant programming.

The university voluntarily disassociated itself from seven athletic boosters, and the NCAA extended an existing probation on the school for one year.

Coach Fiegel died in 2004, and efforts were made to establish the Walt Fiegel Foundation which is run by alumni and athletic boosters.