Broke

[KelliV]

Times are tough, and finding money is tougher. I would take a look at what type of fundraisers your school will allow... and then do all of them you can.

I also wouldn't rule out VEX. It could provide you a way to build robots while you fundraise for next season. It's not a "step backward" as you may suggest. It is an incredibly well run competition and some of the most competitive teams in FIRST also work with VEX. In the current economy it is an affordable solution to your problem. There is so much you can do with the platform, and if you want to stay within the FIRST realm then why not check out FTC. I hear you can weld things these days? Sorry but I've never actually done FTC so my info is based on murmurs on CD.

Back when FTC was VEX I was on WildStang's team and thought it was AWESOME. Seriously, at the end of the day robots is robots, I'd rather take a year off of FRC to fundraise and compete in VEX than not have any robots at all.