A San Antonio area choir booster club is keeping the mum tradition affordable while raising money for students.

Homecoming mums — ornate strings of ribbons, trinkets and glitter worn at school celebrations — can be elaborate and pricey.

The Johnson High School choir boosters plan to make hundreds of mums this season, with prices ranging from $5 for a simple design to $65 for the most elaborate versions.

The fundraiser operates at Abiding Presence Lutheran Church on the North Side and assists around 250 choir students. It’s expected to raise around $5,000 for the program.

“We’ll make about 300 mums total for the season,” said Kerry Jonitz, the Johnson High School choir booster club president.

Jonitz said that volunteers have the process down to an organized routine.

“If we had to buy

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