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Originally Posted by Mr MOE
Awesome job to Team 25! When Wayne told me about this fundraiser during lunch at PARC, I thought he was joking. Obviously, no joke.
Question 1 - you guys willing to share how much you raised during this fundraiser?
Question 2 - what are the rules and deadlines for the caption contest?
Question 3 - Wayne, I can't recognize you without the Hawaiian shirt? Which one are you again?  |
1- we profited over $2000 for the day and have a capitalized $1000 in trophies and gear pre-bought and ready for next season. We project a $4k event next year if the crowd is the same and we get similar participation.
2.- captions- what captions?
3- I am the guy in the purple banana hammock right in the center with the blue tube over my shoulder. I got very tan for the competition.
Ive always said that if you build the team the successes will come. This event proved that the team can do just about anything and it was great training for them to work together and learn how to put on an event. We need that training for our young team with BE6 coming in November.
As Bharat said- we wanted to get funds from some source other than the same group of parents and robot related people. This event open the doors into a new world for both us and the competitors. My team is learning a lot about new people. And these guys were impressed what a bunch of robo kids can do.
If you think this was a strange fundraiser wait until you see what we have planned for September.....
WC
(BTW- the guy in the pic that is "me"above runs a CAD company and offered to hire some of my team right on the spot for summer work. He was VERY impressed with FIRST and our team. I can see him coaching his own FIRST team in the near future.......)