Lowest Budget??

[Beth Sweet]

Originally Posted by Rick TYler

Having said that, hearing about teams with $50,000 budgets only increases my resolve to set up a Most Excellent fund-raising program. I see it as just another challenge for our students to overcome.

I think that you hit it right on the button. Everything is useful, even failure. The worst things are useful and things like low budgets, problems with teams or problems with regionals can be used as an example of things that need to be fixed. It all goes along with the school of thought that disfunctional things are functional. They teach us to work harder to make ourselves functional.

[KTorak]

1023 started this year with a little left from last season and got a $2500 check from La-Z-Boy late in the buiild season (Feb 20th or something). We just got another $2500 check that we are saving for next year although we need $4000 to attend another regional. All the other money has been donated from small contributers or fundraised by the team. All team mebers/families pay out of pocket for hotel/food/flight to Atlanta and any other Regional event we attend. We make do with what we have and do very well (GLR Finalist), but we're still trying to get other large sponors but we haven't had much luck.