[Chris_Elston]

They way we have solved this issue was we started a 4-H club. Since then the robotics program was removed from the local high school and restarted as a 4-H club. 4-H has insurance that covers everyone in the club as long as they become a 4-H member. Our county covers several schools and it's not a problem to accept students from other schools, even Jr High students help with the team. It would probably be a logistics nightmare to restart or move your team to 4-H, but I thought I would mention this in case there is anyone out there that might be interested in this approach for a new team. It's been working very well for us. In fact, you get an automatic 503(c)(3) status when you are part of 4-H, insurance, and few extra things. There are few things you can't do, like have raffles because that's considered gambling. However there are way too many positives that outweigh any negatives if any. There is also the ability to accept 4-H members across counties, although we haven't had this case yet.





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