P.S. What type of food do you guys suggest we bring? (Nothing too expensive or fatty though
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For the first meeting I had chick fil a nuggets..they turned into one of our better sponsors too! From then on it varied..sometimes cheese and crackers, subs, chips and salsa. Durning build season some of the kids approached local restaurants and they fed us nightly.
Being a home school team you might consider approaching other public or private schools in the area that don't have FIRST teams and ask if you can partner or at least recruit there. We have 4 schools on our team. Also check with a science musem or society in your area.
Dont rule out a good garage as a build space. We used one of our college mentors garages and just fed all his roomates every night so they didn't mind
Good Luck