How does your school/town support you?

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Our school system superintendant has promised us coverage over fees to go to championships if we can make it that far. Our team is by far the one with the most sponsors in our county. NASA-GSFC happens to be our principal sponsor for obtaining the kit of parts.

The team sponsors are NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Anteon Corporation, OXKO Corporation, ARINC-ATES, Staggerwing Museum, Chaney Enterprises, Chesapeake Protection Services, Anne Arundel Tech Council and The Windemere Group. The number of sponsors and people the team has available to it is increasing as the team improves relations with newspapers such as The Capital-Gazette of Annapolis, locally run businesses, and local engineering corporations.

I cannot release the monetary amounts involved in the support we get. Teachers from the science department devote a great deal of time organizing the activities for FIRST students. Our community is quite appreciative of our teamwork and engineering efforts and often are willing to take drastic measures to support the team.