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Originally Posted by xitaqua
I am curious to hear how the recession has affected parents contribution to the team, and how many teams ask for "team" contribution before hitting the business for financial support.
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Our students are expected to give pay a deposit for team travel but that is mostly to ensure the committment of the student to travel. Depending on the success of their efforts for fundraising and our patron drive (where we ask businesses for financial support), a proportion of the remaining team costs are paid. So the "individual" contribution and requesting support from business are independent functions. We ask the parents to support the students in contacting the businesses, especially if they can be the help to get the foot in the door of their own workplace or the business of a relative. We have discovered that the personal contact is essential in getting a business to say yes to sponsorship, so we expect the students to do as much face to face as possible.