Team Funding

[Mark Sheridan]

Yeah your local senior mentor would be your best bet to get things smoothed out. They probably have ideas of who to talk too.

This depends on how your school is and how many students you have but when i was on 766, we charged a fee on the team. I think it was $200 at first but could be waved if a student has finical hardships. i think 3309 does $100 I don't remember. I will have to ask another mentor.

Now this may sound weird but its a fairly standard practice in high school sports especially ones with a lot of equipment. I think I was charged a couple hundred to play lacrosse in high school. i think it was like 20 bucks for track. That could get you some money in a hurry.

The next step would be to pretty much gather the team and start calling potential sponsors. Visit potential sponsors. Let them know your situation, bring lots of pictures and videos and show exactly why you need their support. contact everyone, restaurants, car dealerships, local banks, and etc. Find non-profit organizations like a local rotary club. Pretty much you need to do this as much as you can. If you can get ten dedicated people to each contact 10 companies a day for 10 days. Thats 1000 companies. Also talk to the parents, someone may know a potential sponsor. I think half of 3309's sponsors came from that.