[Ankit S.]

Being from the same city as the Tesla Factory (Fremont, CA FTW!), we contacted them last year to see if they would be willing to sponsor us and got a similar response.

While they were unable to offer us a monetary sponsorship, they did donate ~40 really cool Tesla water bottles. If OP's team is really auctioning/raffling them off, I would recommend them to pretty much anyone (unless you already have a surplus of reusable metal water bottles).

Good luck with the auction/raffle!

EDIT:Obligatory 200th post edit. Only 54 more till a major milestone!