Rural Teams - Sustainability

[Greg Shaw]

I am very happy to see that there is a thread to talk about funding rural teams. My name is Greg Shaw and I am the Lead mentor for team 3601. We are a rookie team from Webberville Michigan and we were funded by a jc penney grant this year. This is a rookie year only grant and we are now looking for new sponsors. I have had no luck approaching companies--but we will keep trying. I am currently looking into federal education grants from the Department of Education. Once I find aout about possible federal grants I will post info on this thread. Also, I am leaving for St. Louis tonight and I am hoping to get some leads during the trip. It is VERY important that we find away to help rural teams survive and trhive in FIRST. Thank you for getting the converstaion started!