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Re: sponsers
We have 5 commercial sponsor over 1,000, plus 3 foundations over a thousand and the NASA KSGC 10000 grant.
Not all these are donations of money over a thousand. One lets us use a building with utilities for free, another is for both mentor time (figured out to be several thousand for one mentor), and one is the matching program from Wal-mart(we raised a thousand through a raffle and they matched it last year), not sure about this year (thought matching was a one time offer).
Mostly we just ask and get our name out there. That is the best I see. We send letters to business and make phone calls and visits if needed. We also try to take advantage of any parent with connection to a business. Making your team known by making a contact in your local paper can be good. A team member writes a weekly article in our paper during the build season about our progress.
Because I mention a couple 1000 + sponsors I'll mention them all so they get equal coverage (KSGC/NASA, Baehr Foundation, Knights of Columbus, Electric Shop, Inc., Sutherland Family Limited Partnership, Team Bank, N.A., Wal-mart(Paola, KS), Roman Foundation, Kauffman Foundation (Also helping with 2005 KC regional), ABC Productions, Inc., Devry University).
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