[Tinmint1]

The tin mints have always been a community team and didn't actually have a home until September of last year. We had been working out of our mentor teams shop for almost a year. We went to local realtors and other things and had no luck. We ended up lucky that one owned a mall in our area and was able to donate a 5,000 sq.ft space that we could fit our JrFLL, FLL, and FTC out of too. They were working out of a mildewy basement for three years at that point, And it wasn't a great place to meet.

Being the coaches daughter I was more involved in this process then most, but my advice is to just keep reaching out. Go in person adult or even student as long as there is a plan. If you have to go to one hundred places before you find anything it's worth it. Despite it being hard don't give up, someone will say yes.