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Re: Who are your sponsors?
Built on Brains is blessed to have a long list of sponsors including these primary ones:
Gentex Corp. (where I work) - Manufacturer of automotive mirrors and fire protection devices
Herman Miller Foundation - Foundation associated with large office furniture manufacturer
ITW Drawform - Precision deep drawn and metal stamping
Mead Johnson Nutritionals - Manufacturer of baby formula
Midway Machine Technologies - Maker of Conveyor systems
Plascore - Manufacturer of honeycomb panels
Town and Country Group - Commercial controls, electrical, and telecommunications contractor
Transmatic Manufacturing - Precision deep drawn stampings and assemblies
We also get support for others like Holland Motor Freight, Zeeland Lumber and Hardware, West Michigan Uniform, the local supermarket, and small machine shops. In the 2000 season when Drawform stopped providing full support for the team we got help from many small donors and even our neighboring team's sponsor.
Having a wide base of sponsors and mentors from many of these companies is one of our greatest assets.
Work through parents, the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club, engineering societies, the school board, anyone you can find contacts with. More and more teams seem to be getting grants from foundations also. Get your presentation materials ready and make arrangements to show the robot to groups. Have video and pictures to show at meetings with individual potential sponsors.
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