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Re: Fund Raising Ideas

MOE 365 last year had a 5K run in which we raised about $2000 from sponsorships and pledges. We had a local company that organizes these types of runs in order to make it an "official" event that serious runners can use to record their times - I'm not a runner so don't ask me for details on that. It cost more but we got more runners than we would without it. But you can make an unofficial event as well. Money is raised by sponsors and by pledges. We were able to get sponsors that wouldn't ordinarily be interested in sponsoring a robot team but who routinely sponsor 5Ks and marathons, like a chiropractor. Individual team members also went out and got pledges per miles ran (or walked in many instances). The amount you can raise that way is unlimited.

We also advertised to local FLL and FVC teams, several of which used it as their own fundraiser via pledges.

Our 5K this year is scheduled for April 7th. Details are on our web page - http://www.moe365.org/

P.S. I didn't run it last year - I took pictures of the runners instead!
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