Anne,
Consider us part of your team. 103 runs out of a small town with no college, but is very artsy and has no corporate presence. We have a whole rural support network here to help you.
Check our rural support website, specifically the join us page to find all of the resource people you can handle from around the country:
http://www.cybersonics.org/cybersonics/rural/join.asp
You couldn't have come from a more remote location than the islands, so apply that can-do spirit. The way to solicit businesses in a small town is to go after small to medium sized dollars from a lot of people. Here's a form we use for local business/family/and private donations (download the community contributions flyer):
http://www.cybersonics.org/cybersoni.../downloads.asp
Use that as a reference ... a pic of the newly formed team would be cool.
We also have a corporate sponsorship packet to go after larger dollars.
You need one crazy teacher at some level.
Find the local parents who are excited about technology opportunities (and the 3.5 million in scholarship opportunities). These areas typically don't provide the opportunities for students so you would be giving these school and community a leg up for their kids.
At least one crazy teacher helps
hook the artsy kids with the animation and pr ...
email me at
rkressly@palisadessd.org if you want to talk more.
Parents/taxpayers make things happen in public schools.
Good luck!