What should I do for fundraising for a robotics team?
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July 18th, 2010
I am in a robotics team at my high school, and need to raise more than 15,000$ for the team to compete. We have had dinner auction fundraisers, and asked organizations for sponsorship, but thats pretty much all we have.
Any ideas?
Also, as a publicity thing for our team, we are planning to set up booths at local festivals, and possibly sell art to earn a little money (any helps), what possible things can the team make that will look good, not take TOO much time to make, and be profitable?
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One possibility is Kickstarter
I have no idea how well it will work, but it is an idea, and we have seen other projects succeed… including at least one other robotics team.
Hold a dance with an “electronic” theme. There’s great synth-based dance music galore, at least 40 years’ worth at this point. If someone can donate space (with good room-filling sound), bevvies/snacks and one of you be the DJ, then you’re sorted. Charge an entry fee, of course, and make it so that all bevs/snacks sold also go to your team.
When you’ve got enough people there, stage your own mini-version of America’s Best Dance Crew with you guys doing the Robot to something like Rock-It. That way, it’s not like you’re passively going for money from people, but giving them something back as well.
Sweet holy moly, you could go on Ebay and acution off naming rights for your robot(s).
Purchase some t-shirts and silk screening equipment and pull some “Team robot” or whatever t-shirts to sell at your other functions. Those are 2 things you can do.
Here in Alberta when a school or community centre needs funds they hold a casino day. In this ecomony I don’t know how feasible that would be but if you can get adult volunteers together and get a casino on-line then you can net tons of cash.
I agree that Kickstarter would be a great place to start. Also, if you’re planning on selling art you could try Etsy
@jerv It looks promising!! Currently setting it up! thanks!!
@aprilsimnel hmmm…..thats a really good idea! I may have to set that up during the school year!
@Hypocrisy_Central haha. my team has though of selling naming rights
for our robot…but our school has problems with that…
@tranquilsea my team is school related, and having anything affiliated with gambling of any sort is prohibited. But thanks for the idea!
@Unexpected_Rain the link didnt work! i went ot etsy.com, but dont wuite understand what you are trying to say!
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