pic: THRUST 1501 Thanks Sponsors this Summer
 

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our team has only 1 sponsor so we only had to go one place and do a demo. We did that at the end of april.....

Remember:
No Sponsors=No FIRST

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Yeah it was a lot of fun thanking are sponsors. As well as I was shacking like to many hands for pictures, I'm blind from all the flashing of the cameras!!! :D :D :D

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I believe it is well worth thanking sponsors. I mean if it wasn't for the sponsors teams would not have the money to compete let alone build a robot. I am hoping next year we get just a little more money (enough to make it to nationals at least).

If a sponsor gives a team money and they never hear anything again or see the robot the team build or the members on the team, i very much doubt that the sponsor will want to give the team money again. We personally invited all of our sponsors to IRI, gave them a MVP (Most Valuable Player) award, and gave most of them a picture of our team with the robot. They also got to meet and talk to the students that went along for the sponsor thank you's. Which is a good thing for the team because the sponsors get to hear what each of the students learned, and how FIRST has inspired them.

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Yup, we do a BBQ picnic for our sponsors and mentors at the end of the season, where we present them with their participation medals, thank you plaques and say a few words about their contributions to the team. We also take the time for the outgoing leadership to introduce their replacements.

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See we tried a thing sort of like that, but not very many places showed up. So we switched to the personal thank you thing.

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Yeah....how many sponsors does your teams have?

How did you get them to come to an event like this? I'd like to learn any special methods ;-) Poke them in ribs?

We have a horrible time with turn out for this, and feel it doesn't get all the thanks out like we hoped.