Regional & Championship Tsunami Appeal

[Petey]

This is meant to be a preview--we'll be debuting it at Manchvegas.

But Team 1073 is organizing--has been, for the better part of a year--a fundraising "front": a network that we hope to extend through the rest of the FIRST family. An offseason, fundraising "competition", where teams would "compete" to see who could raise the most money for a booby prize, and then all the teams involved would vote to see who they wanted the whole pot to go to, and whatever established charity gets the most votes would receive the entire pot of money.


www.projecthelpinghands.com

Please don't steal our concept--help us implement it.

If you're interested, PM, email, or IM me.

Thanks,

--Petey

p.s. Realized the connection to this thread might not be clear, but a Tsunami relief fund could be a good choice for a charity.

[ClicheCow]

not to knock your idea, but most charity organizations have stopped accepting/are about to stop accepting donations for the tsunami relief, as they already have way more than is necessary. There are plenty of other good ways to donate your money.

[Greg Needel]

Originally Posted by ClicheCow

not to knock your idea, but most charity organizations have stopped accepting/are about to stop accepting donations for the tsunami relief, as they already have way more than is necessary. There are plenty of other good ways to donate your money.

I agree with clechecow that there are many other deserving charities that are having to struggle with donations because so much money is going over seas. not to put down Tsunami relief because they defiantly need it but there are many organizations that still require support on the home front, where the amount of money raised by FIRST teams could actually be appreciated instead of just a penny in a jar of hundred dollar bills

[Aignam]

A national run-by-FIRST-teams annual grant to save dying veteran teams or help needy rookie teams.

...is that possible?

[Petey]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

I agree with clechecow that there are many other deserving charities that are having to struggle with donations because so much money is going over seas. not to put down Tsunami relief because they defiantly need it but there are many organizations that still require support on the home front, where the amount of money raised by FIRST teams could actually be appreciated instead of just a penny in a jar of hundred dollar bills

That's part of the motivation behind www.projecthelpinghands.com--that, and being able to combine so much money into one pot that it would be more noticeable.

--Petey

[unapiedra]

Originally Posted by Greg Needel

I agree with clechecow that there are many other deserving charities that are having to struggle with donations because so much money is going over seas. not to put down Tsunami relief because they defiantly need it but there are many organizations that still require support on the home front, where the amount of money raised by FIRST teams could actually be appreciated instead of just a penny in a jar of hundred dollar bills

Why just donate money? It would be great to adapt a team there (or some place else).

There are a lot of countries where students like us are not given such a big opportunity. So besides that it is a good idea to donate money why not support a team some where else in this world.
There is a lot what needs to be done and doing so gives you also new aspects on how to solve problems due to cultural differences.

Get it going!