[Doug G]

We have shifted to making students/parents responsible for all travel costs (airfare, bus, hotel), food during build season, 2 shirts, and possibly registration fees, if the team cannot raise sponsorships for those (which hasn't happen yet). So depending on the year and where we travel to, students/parents are looking at $100 minimum (attending 1 local regional) to $1200 (attending 1 local, 1 out of town but < 500 miles, and 1 out of state). Almost every student/parent fundraises a good portion of these costs. We are lucky to have a local Bingo hall where all the proceeds goes to those who work it. This last year we made about $18k for parents that worked there so that they and their students basically travel for free. Those that don't work the bingo hall usually have to write a big check at some point to pay for travel. We also do car washes, fruit snack sales, and computer raffle tickets which are tracked per student and profits they make go into their account.