CONTEST EMAIL ARCHIVES

Date: 12/29/2006

Subject: TARC Fundraising and Publicity Ideas!

Thank you for signing up for the 2007 TARC contest! We wanted to provide you with some tools to help you get going in your efforts to raise funds for TARC supplies and other related expenses. Included with this email are links to a Fundraising Solicitation packet and a sample Team Press Release. Please look over both of these documents and use them to help your team publicize the fact that you are competing in this event. We encourage you to follow the instructions so that your community will be aware of your achievements!

Below are some additional fundraising ideas for your TARC team. Getting your TARC team started is easy and fun!

* Host an event and charge admission. Carwashes, concerts, pasta dinner, pancake breakfast, bake sale, garage sale, rocket demonstration, etc. Be creative!

* Participate in organized fundraising activities - School Sports concession stands, restaurant fundraiser nights, Krispy Kreme donuts, Entertainment books, raffle tickets, candy or gift wrapping, calendars, flowers or wreaths.

* Sell decal logo spots on your rockets. This is a great way to fund your team's participation in the Team America Rocketry Challenge and an easy way for you to give your sponsors something tangible in return for their financial support. Also, this helps you to decorate you rocket in a unique fashion. Be sure to remind your sponsors that their logos may get national as well as local media coverage if you qualify for the finals and win the contest!

* Contact local businesses for donation of parts and materials for the construction of your rocket designs - places such as hobby shops, hardware stores, home supply/construction, etc. Teams in the past have gotten things such as carpeting remnants, foam padding and a multitude of other supplies donated simply by asking. Often local stores may offer you a discount, so be sure to ask about that as well.

* Ask people and groups directly to support your team financially. Think about the organizations, businesses or people in your community that are supportive of education and technology. These are good places to start. You may need to do a little research and brainstorm with your teacher supervisor and family members to come up with some good leads.

* Complete the Team Press Release and submit it to your local area media (see link below). This is a great way to alert people in your community to your activities and get them interested in what your team is doing!

These are just a few of the ways you can go about raising money and awareness for your team's participation in Team America Rocketry Challenge.

Good luck and we hope to see your team at the Finals in May!

http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/features/team_america/pdf/tarc07_release-template.pdf

http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/features/team_america/pdf/tarc07_fundraising.pdf

http://www.aia-aerospace.org/aianews/features/team_america/pdf/tarc07_fundraising-act.pdf

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