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And now, the biggest shout-out of all. Our team has had a very tough year financially, despite frantic and extensive work on the team's part. Basically, we were looking at not being able to afford registration fees.
With less than three weeks to go and $1600 to raise, I cannot tell you how worried I was.....we had tapped almost every resource in our town, it seemed.
Today a check arrived in the mail for $1600.
An almost-anonymous donor halfway across the country, who reads my frequent blog-posts about FIRST, wanted to contribute. I have never met this person, didn't even know his real name.....I guess I gave a good testimony about FIRST on my blog, hehe. It is mind-blowing for someone to support a cause they only know about from another person.
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That is great news.
Parents are a great resource for teams. I the case of my team they are all we have. Considering up until this summer we had little to no school support and have built out of a garage since before I joined the team.
One of newest and most active mentors is one of the team members dads. He has helped our team restructure and develop a business format that has helped us to recover.
My team exists today in large thanks to my dad who has not only provided us with technical expertise but most importantly he pulled the program back from the brink by stepping in and filling the vacuum created when our mentor for 8 years had to pull back. He has devoted literally thousands of hours to my team over the past two years acting as the administrator, coach, mentor, and advisor. His efforts are what held my team together; and now it looks like my team is finally back on its feet again. He is one of the strongest believers in the goals of FIRST I have ever seen.