Chrissy,
As an Atlanta area based team I have several questions. Obviously you will have to fly here so that will be a very large expense that can't be avoided. Hopefully tickets can be bought very soon to save $.
Have you considered asking the teams based in this area about lodging perhaps 1 or 2 people in private team homes to save expenses? There may be some possibilities here, myself being one of them. Hotels except in the perimeter of Atlanta may be hard to come by and may be high priced.
Also, I went to your
team web site which is very impressive looking, but it does not appear to have a current team list or competition list. I wanted to see names and number of members. How many team members are planning/like to come to the Championship's?
Give us an idea of just how big the need is for your team. To try to be delicate about this, is the school in a low income area or is it just the fact that a lot of money is needed in a short time? Perhaps some of us here see a San Diego school and we may think that these students are in a high income area when that may not be true.
Scott Chambliss as others do, have some good ideas about fund raising but as I am sure you know you have to get on it quick!
Perhaps give us a team instructor / leader contact?
Dave