[Jimmy Nichols]

I thought a lot before posting this, but we are in need and I want to make sure we exhaust all of our resources to help the event succeed and stick around. Please see the note below and PM me if you have any contacts or are able to help, thank you.

Teams,

Queen City FIRST is hard at work to provide another great experience for our 2nd year event. As hard as we have worked, the one area we have not had much success in is fundraising. We recently had a large sponsor pull out and we are left with a large deficit to make up. As a team leader myself I understand the economic times we are in is hard for teams. A lot of us struggle to just get our registration fees paid for. But, I am asking that folks contact their local sponsors or other connections to see if they can provide some sponsorship to the Queen City Regional. We see this event as belonging to all of us here in Ohio and we want to make sure we can continue to provide another home event for Ohio Teams to attend. We were informed that if QCR is not able to cover costs this year, then the event will not be recommended to return for the 2014 Competition.

Many of you may feel as though your local sponsors won’t want to support an event so far away, but they may have contacts in the Cincinnati/Dayton area that will. If you are able to help and find a company or person willing to help, please contact me and I can get you the donation paperwork. No donation is too small.

Thank you and Good Luck to everyone this season,