searching for sponsors

[RoboMom]

This is the hard part of FIRST.
Some suggestions: contact "the Society of Women Engineers" (I think it is www.swe.org, but check) You have a huge selling point in being an all girls team.
Start asking all your parents and mentors for a contact among their friends and co-workers. Be prepared to write a professional letter stating exactly what you want. Be prepared to give a presentation on why they should sponsor you. Mention all the scholarships thru FIRST.
I have more advice but lets see what other suggestions you get.
Hang in there.

[indieFan]

In addition to asking parents and mentors for contacts, remind them to look into their own company's methods of giving. Some will donate on their own. Other will give "in kind" or "matching" donations.

Also, look into E-Scrip (www.escrip.com) and Ralph's Club (http://ralphs.com/ccprogram_about.htm). These are nearly effortless ways of raising money. The one catch is that RC pays out quarterly, and I believe E-Scrip may be the same way.

indieFan