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Unread 25-10-2001, 21:07
nick reynolds nick reynolds is offline
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Thats an amazing accomplishment Matt, I take my hat off to you.
We have a large team of students and we tell them it cost XXX$$$ to go to the regionals and the Nationals. As each $ comes in the totel needed to go is reduced. Personal collections are credited direct to the person who collects it.
Even so each student ends up with some kind of personal out of pocket expense. The total each student needed last year was $1743.00.
Many of the corporations that we solicit could afford to write a check for the whole budget but it never ceases to amaze me how a mega million $$$ company can donate $20.00. I wont name names but its pathetic getting $20.00 at a time from any one of a hundred companies that have a ton of money.
When our team won the New England Regional in 2000 we thought we would be buried in companies eager to sponsor us, It was only our 2nd year and we had won what we consider the hardest Regional in the land. we Milked our experiences and talent to the moon but to no avail. again we are struggling to get enough funds just go to our local regional.
We dont get any funds from the school, in fact we dont want it. They try to play politics with us even though we try to keep a low profile but its hard.
Again Matt, well done and a good job.
Nick237