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Originally Posted by matthewdenny

Everyone thank you so much for your replies.

Heres an update: The school district did decide to chip in 2000 after all and we are within a few hundred dollars of being abole to afford the registration fee. And are going to register for a regional.

We have also applied for the NASA grant, and have our fingers crossed.

I've though about team fees, but our school frowns on that sort of things, and with the economic background of my students a $100 fee would probably cut 3/4 the team out.

Fortunately travel expenses (other than lodging) are covered by the school. We will have to pay for our own hotel. Last year we couldn't afford this, and actually slept on my parents basement floor in sleeping bags, and drove an hour back and forth to Cleveland. If it comes to it we could do that again.

We did a presentation for the rotary club last spring, but didn't get any sponsors from it yet.

Some other community organizations you may wish to approach if they are active in your area are: Lions Club, Kiwanis, or Ruritan.

If you have a local chamber of commerce they can be a great resource for networking with small businesses, while many of them may not be able to give monetary donations to the team they will often be able to provide a service you don't otherwise have access to.