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Originally Posted by soccerchapo12
Team 1332 needs help getting to Atlanta
we first would like to thank team 341 and 2543 thanks for all your help.
we, team Swift, need your help with the money to get our team out there to Atlanta. any thing will help we really appreciate it.
For more information please contact:
Steve Langley
pvrobotics@aol.com
Thank You
Team 1332 |
Can you elaborate a bit more on the details of your situation? Do you have any money saved up. 10%, 20%, 50%? Are you willing to send a portion of your team? Colorado would be a long and expensive car pool.
We actually travel with another local team and split the bus fare between the two teams. You may want to reach out to teams that would be a short drive, and hitch a ride on their bus. Think of the adventure in that... If you can get cheap flights to Chicago or Detroit, there are a ton of teams going to Atalanta from those two regions and both are major airport hubs.
As far as hotel expenses once you get there? I know some teams have camped in order to save money. This is a bit of a gamble sometimes Atlanta is 80 that time of year. Other times it is cold and rainy.
On our team, the students have to pay for their travel expenses to Atlanta. many others do a lot of different things, but that is what our students do. They are allowed to subsidize their expenses via fund-raisers and what not, but they each have to earn or pay their way.
One team mentioned T-shirts. The highest profit on this usually requires the highest investment. There are also some websites out their where you can design and buy a t-shirt, and then post your design for sale. You will make $5-10 per shirt on this (it may take too long for them to process the orders and have a check ready for Atlanta).
Lastly, if families are going to donate, have the parents check at work for a matching program. Many companies will match gifts to educational institutions. This is a good way of doubling a donation.