If team members belong to same school, try the following option best suit your team profile.
(1) Middle School - Contact the After School Club Coordinator/Teacher - Explore with him or her.
Alternate contact Tech Ed Teacher.
(2) Elementary School - Contact Assistant Principal for guidance.
May be hard, but give a try. Win-Win for both teams.
(3) Check a FRC (may be FTC) team in your School District (or community) if they can Mentor your team and if established as a non-profit. Schools have not started yet and clubs don't meet till 3rd week of
September. I did a quick search for FRC teams registered last year 50 miles from zip code 22030.
Good luck.
Desh Deshmukh
You cannot use FIRST because funds are not going directly to FIRST. You can have them filtered through an account at your child's school. They set up an account for robotics. You will have to have a PO issued prior to spending any money. FIRST will accept
POs as payment as it is a contract.
Otherwise, you would have to have a group such as Ruritans, Scouts, 4-H, Rotary, or the like filter your funds for you. PTA could filter it, but they have the right to say "no".
On Aug 28, 2013, at 12:59 PM, Anastasia Hild wrote:
Isn't US First a non-profit?
http://www.usfirst.org/aboutus/vision
On 8/28/2013 12:56 PM, Phil Smith III wrote:
A church?
From: First Lego
League in Virginia and DC
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joseph
and Mary Holland
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 9:43 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VADCFLL-L] How to handle corporate
donations
I
am trying to get a FLL team started, and I have donations
available that could cover a significant portion of our
initial start-up costs. The catch is that these donations
need to be made to a non-profit group with a designation
for our team.
I am having a difficult time finding a non-profit group
that will support this. FLL coaches manual suggests
working with a school. Our school PTA has said "No" and
the principal is not sure how to handle such a procedure.
Can anyone offer guidance on how to proceed? Do you know
any groups in Virginia and/or Richmond that might support
a team and accept these donations on our behalf?
I appreciate any advice!
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