CHOICE Boosters

CHOICE Team

The CHOICE Team made history as the first MBUSD booster club established for a Special Education program. Its mission is to help build a better future for CHOICE Team members today — and for those who will follow in their footsteps.

Extracurricular programs at Mira Costa are primarily funded by booster clubs. Funds for the CHOICE Team booster club come from voluntary donations from local businesses, community members, families and friends of CHOICE Team members.

Primary fundraisers include the Manhattan Beach Pumpkin Race and the MADE BY CHOICE Pop-Up store community outreach program. The Pop-Up store appears at various locations and events across Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach and Redondo Beach, and is available online year-round — featuring unique, hand-crafted products designed and assembled by the CHOICE Team for a minimum donation.

Fundraising activities are designed to benefit each CHOICE Team member’s vocational transition by including them in selecting, designing, assembling, marketing and selling fundraiser products in a safe, neurodiverse work environment. After job training, members may be offered paid work experience — funded by the booster and local businesses — receiving monthly stipends commensurate with the work performed.

Donations and fundraising help cover supplemental vocational program expenses including transportation, stipends, an off-campus vocational training facility, work uniforms, and raw materials and equipment for fundraising. Most Job Coach, Supervisor and Instructional Assistant stipends are paid by MBUSD; the booster club covers other approved stipends above what the district provides.