Team Cost Outline
Registration and Game: $500
Table and additional game materials: $150
Tournament Fees: $150 (+finals)
Team Shirts: $420
Pamphlets and materials: $100
Models and Project Board: $150
Team Spirit misc $100
Tournaments
Vancouver Tournament: parents paid individually
Seattle Tournament 1: $4000
Seattle Tournament 2: $4000
North American Open: $15,000
(estimates based on approx cost of transit, accommodations, additional tournament fees, food for the 8 team mates and 1 coach)
Money Raised or Collected:
Team member dues: $1050
Team shirts: $400
Sponsorships:
Luke Rodrigues (Biz Kids table sales)
Peter Hoemberg
Team labcoats sponsored by Thermo Boat (Hugh Carroll)
www.thermoboat.com
Bill Hartley Insurance Services
hartleyinsurance.com
Lifestyles Market donated a $50 gift certificate
lifestylemarkets.com
Fernwood Inn
fernwoodinn.com
John's Place
Maritime Museum
Registration and Game: $500
Table and additional game materials: $150
Tournament Fees: $150 (+finals)
Team Shirts: $420
Pamphlets and materials: $100
Models and Project Board: $150
Team Spirit misc $100
Tournaments
Vancouver Tournament: parents paid individually
Seattle Tournament 1: $4000
Seattle Tournament 2: $4000
North American Open: $15,000
(estimates based on approx cost of transit, accommodations, additional tournament fees, food for the 8 team mates and 1 coach)
Money Raised or Collected:
Team member dues: $1050
Team shirts: $400
Sponsorships:
Luke Rodrigues (Biz Kids table sales)
Peter Hoemberg
Team labcoats sponsored by Thermo Boat (Hugh Carroll)
www.thermoboat.com
Bill Hartley Insurance Services
hartleyinsurance.com
Lifestyles Market donated a $50 gift certificate
lifestylemarkets.com
Fernwood Inn
fernwoodinn.com
John's Place
Maritime Museum
We NEED your help!
Hello,
We are the bitFlashers, a First Lego League team here in Victoria, BC. We need your help! We just attended the BC tournament and won 1st place for our project and finished in the top 3 teams overall (that is in the top 3 of all of BC!) We have won a spot to advance to the WA Semi Finals (only the top 3 teams of BC won a spot and we are the only team from the island). There, we will be competing for a spot at the WA Championship games. We are tying to raise funds for our team to travel to Seattle twice in Feb. and then CA in May.
What is FLL you ask?
Well, FLL stands for FIRST Lego League (FIRST standing for For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology). FLL is a science and technology competition for youth centred around three main components; robotics, scientific/technological solution to an annually themed problem and core values. At the beginning of the year the theme is released along with a challenge. This year's challenge is Nature's Fury. Teams are to pick a natural disaster and a community and learn more about the impacts of that disaster in the context of Prepare, Stay Safe and Rebuild. After identifying problems their chosen community may face they then brainstorm and fine tune an innovative solution or enhancement and share their solution in a creative way. Alongside this challenge, a robot game is released. Teams are given a large board with a series of missions that must be completed by a robot in 2 minutes time. The team spends the season building and programing a robot built of Lego Mindstorms to complete these missions trying to build a high scoring, stable, fast and reliable robot. All throughout the season the team is learning and displaying great team core values and having a lot of FUN!
Who are we?
We are the bitFlashers, a team of 8 boys ranging in age from 9-14. We all have our own special interests but really enjoy our time with FLL. Part of our team is very keen in technology and robotics while others are very science focused. We all enjoy the aspects of teams and community. We have been competing for 3 years now and have been increasingly successful. Last year our team won first place for our Presentation at the Vancouver Island tournament and then went on to win a trophy for our core values and presentation at the Provincial tournament in Vancouver, BC. Each year too we help to raise awareness and funds towards the topic of the year. We had bake sales, garage sales and other events to help. Last year being Senior Solutions we focused spreading the word about Seniors in Need. The year prior when the topic was Body Forward our team raised money for War Amps.
What are we working on this year?
We are programming our robot to compete in the FLL Nature's Fury Robot Game at coming tournaments. With focusing on Prepare, Stay Safe and Rebuild, we have come up with a series of innovative solutions and improvements that may help in an event of a MegaThrust Earthquake here in Victoria (currently we are finalizing our UAV lifescan system, an Earthquake alarm, a conversion of any table to an earthquake shelter, fire extinguisher grenades and a game we are calling Seismic Survival).
Why do we need your help?
This year our team will be competing in Vancouver for a spot at the Washington State Semi-Finals and then hopefully the WA State Championships. This will involve a local tournament in Victoria, a qualifying tournament in Vancouver and then 2 tournaments in Seattle, the last being State Championship. From there our team is aiming to attend either the North American Open Championship at LegoLand, CA or the Open European Championship in Paderborn, Germany. With these lofty goals our team is looking to raise money to offset the travel costs.
How can you help?
We have a range of options and sponsorship levels that can suit any budget and everything helps! We are also looking for donated items, food, services or certificates for our team to use for our Silent auction, raffles or fundraising events. Whether monetary sponsorships or donations, here are our levels.
For more information visit our website bitflashers.weebly.com or email us at [email protected]
Thank you so much for your time,
The bitFlashers
(Ayden, Geordie, Arun, Zander, Luke, Khalil, Kai and Ren)
Hello,
We are the bitFlashers, a First Lego League team here in Victoria, BC. We need your help! We just attended the BC tournament and won 1st place for our project and finished in the top 3 teams overall (that is in the top 3 of all of BC!) We have won a spot to advance to the WA Semi Finals (only the top 3 teams of BC won a spot and we are the only team from the island). There, we will be competing for a spot at the WA Championship games. We are tying to raise funds for our team to travel to Seattle twice in Feb. and then CA in May.
What is FLL you ask?
Well, FLL stands for FIRST Lego League (FIRST standing for For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology). FLL is a science and technology competition for youth centred around three main components; robotics, scientific/technological solution to an annually themed problem and core values. At the beginning of the year the theme is released along with a challenge. This year's challenge is Nature's Fury. Teams are to pick a natural disaster and a community and learn more about the impacts of that disaster in the context of Prepare, Stay Safe and Rebuild. After identifying problems their chosen community may face they then brainstorm and fine tune an innovative solution or enhancement and share their solution in a creative way. Alongside this challenge, a robot game is released. Teams are given a large board with a series of missions that must be completed by a robot in 2 minutes time. The team spends the season building and programing a robot built of Lego Mindstorms to complete these missions trying to build a high scoring, stable, fast and reliable robot. All throughout the season the team is learning and displaying great team core values and having a lot of FUN!
Who are we?
We are the bitFlashers, a team of 8 boys ranging in age from 9-14. We all have our own special interests but really enjoy our time with FLL. Part of our team is very keen in technology and robotics while others are very science focused. We all enjoy the aspects of teams and community. We have been competing for 3 years now and have been increasingly successful. Last year our team won first place for our Presentation at the Vancouver Island tournament and then went on to win a trophy for our core values and presentation at the Provincial tournament in Vancouver, BC. Each year too we help to raise awareness and funds towards the topic of the year. We had bake sales, garage sales and other events to help. Last year being Senior Solutions we focused spreading the word about Seniors in Need. The year prior when the topic was Body Forward our team raised money for War Amps.
What are we working on this year?
We are programming our robot to compete in the FLL Nature's Fury Robot Game at coming tournaments. With focusing on Prepare, Stay Safe and Rebuild, we have come up with a series of innovative solutions and improvements that may help in an event of a MegaThrust Earthquake here in Victoria (currently we are finalizing our UAV lifescan system, an Earthquake alarm, a conversion of any table to an earthquake shelter, fire extinguisher grenades and a game we are calling Seismic Survival).
Why do we need your help?
This year our team will be competing in Vancouver for a spot at the Washington State Semi-Finals and then hopefully the WA State Championships. This will involve a local tournament in Victoria, a qualifying tournament in Vancouver and then 2 tournaments in Seattle, the last being State Championship. From there our team is aiming to attend either the North American Open Championship at LegoLand, CA or the Open European Championship in Paderborn, Germany. With these lofty goals our team is looking to raise money to offset the travel costs.
How can you help?
We have a range of options and sponsorship levels that can suit any budget and everything helps! We are also looking for donated items, food, services or certificates for our team to use for our Silent auction, raffles or fundraising events. Whether monetary sponsorships or donations, here are our levels.
- Bronze (up to $200) Get your name on our framed Sponsor Page that is on our website along with the framed version being put up at all of our events!
- Silver ($200-$500) Along with the above level, have you logo or name printed on all our materials (flyers, posters, ads and pamphlets) and posted on our Project Boards.
- Gold ($500-$1000) Along with the above levels, have your logo or name printed on our team shirts!
- Platinum (over $1000) Along with the above levels, be on our team banner that comes with us to all tournaments and we will bring with us in all media interviews.
For more information visit our website bitflashers.weebly.com or email us at [email protected]
Thank you so much for your time,
The bitFlashers
(Ayden, Geordie, Arun, Zander, Luke, Khalil, Kai and Ren)
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