How has the recession affected your team?

[Kims Robot]

The most notable is two of our student's mom's have lost their jobs, and Harris is asking us to "tighten our belts".

Oddly enough, though, our Patron drive is going as normal if not better. We have more large sponsors ($200+) on the back of our TShirts than ever. Several of the smaller companies are giving less ($50 down to $25 or the like), but we are finding to our suprise that most businesses are still willing to contribute at helpful levels. Im not sure if its the writeoff aspect or how they work it, but our patron contributions havent really decreased. This year so far we have raised close to $9,000, and have about 60 patrons.

Although, as seen with Harris asking us to tighten up, I know a lot of major sponsors are really aiming to decrease their spending whereever they can, and unfortunately that means reduced large sponsorships. But I think as seen by our patron drive, so far, money is still out there, you might just have to work a little harder for it.