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Find sponsors that can help get the message out. Local Pizza joint? Ask for free pizza on Fridays and some advertising space in the restaurant for events in exchange for publicity from the team. Go out to your county or state fair and demonstrate. Have a local D-League hockey, basketball, baseball, or arena football team? Ask for a few nights to run the robots on the court/field and some money in exchange for their logo on the bot.

BAE, DuPont, BAH, NASA? Sure, they'll help you with your KOP and your entry fees, but it's your job to go out into your community and find people who can give you the greatest in-kind donation of all: 15 minutes to show people what you do and how they can do it.