[Bob Steele]

Skunkworks has a relative simple plan.

There is a $25 cost to be on the team.

If you want to travel and participate at competitions you need to fundraise $300 per regional/championship. We usually do 2 regionals and CMP.
Only Juniors and Seniors can go to CMP. They must pay for their own airfare.
(We are in Seattle..)

So typical year for a junior They need to fundraise $600 for 2 regionals and another $300 to go to Atlanta plus they need to pay for their own airfare which is around $500.

We have fundraisers during the year to help do this.
Through these team fundraisers, a participating student can raise around $300.

They do other fundraising to come up with the rest.
By not having freshmen and sophomores go to Atlanta, we urge them to start saving for their airfare for those 2 years and put it in a bank account.
This teaches them to save...and makes the CMP something to really look forward to. This means they save $250 per year.... for airfare...

All of the student fundraising pays for about 1/2 of the budget with the other half coming from the bigger sponsors... for us BOEING and SPEEA.

This seems to work for us...

We also have a few anonymous sponsors that provide "scholarships" for needy skunks so that those that have a difficult time with fundraising can come up with their part...

We have a motto... no skunk left behind...

we live by it..