[ruralrobotics]

I want to first give you a little background. Team 5657 is from a small community in rural Wyoming. The town has 1500 people and there are 112 kids in the high school. This summer a flood came through our little town and wiped out many team members homes and local sponsors businesses.

We have started the process of fund raising and asking for donors to support this years team. Unfortunately, with all of the losses it has been difficult for the locals to help out. Many of the local businesses lost to much to have any funds for sponsorship. I know many of you are in a similar boat (flood pun) and know how hard it is to get funding.

We are NOT asking for money because this isn't the place for that. However, we would like to ask for any of those teams that have been around for a long time or have a large budget each year if they could help us out with parts. Last year was our rookie year so we don't have much. I know that there are teams that have tubs of old CIM motors, motor controllers, wheels, and gearboxes that they don't use anymore.

If you are one of those teams we would greatly appreciate your help. This would help us reduce the amount of money we need to raise for the build season. I'm just trying to get creative here of ways to keep this team afloat (flood pun). If your team can help please contact us. We appreciate your support.

Sincerly,

Team 5657