Help Send Robotics Team 2584 to the FIRST World Championships!
This fundraiser is organized by teddyt
Fundraiser goal
$6,565 of $7,500 raised
88% completed. Raised by 65 donors
About
Team 2584 was founded by Reseda Regents Robotics from a Title 1, public, low-income high school, to give students the opportunity to prepare themselves for the fields of science, engineering and computer programming. Our team is a motley crew of students from lower-income areas of the San Fernando Valley and represented by a diverse squad of kids from across the cultural, ethnic, and gender spectrum. Please help us get to Houston for the World Championships!
What I’m Raising Money For
Two weeks ago, we competed against other schools from all over California (and China!) to try to earn a spot at Worlds. We were rated as underdogs, but we battled our way through the finals and in a huge upset, we knocked off the numbers one and two teams (many who were backed by deep pocket corporate sponsors like Apple, Google and NASA) and earned a berth in the World Championships! We are raising money for our travel expenses for our team and our supplies. All of the money earned from this fundraiser will go to getting our team and some supplies to Houston for the Worlds (which start on April 16th, 2019). These funds will be used to subsidize plane travel, the hotel stay, ground transportation, and food. Every dollar you donate will be going directly to helping us get to Houston and compete. NO AMOUNT IS TOO SMALL!
Unlike previous years, we are receiving NO MONEY from the school or school district, so we have to earn the money for our team exclusively from fundraising and paying out of our own pockets. And to be honest, this is a tremendous financial hardship for the majority of these kids, and an absolute impossibility for others.
Why You Should Give
We are the Cinderella Team of Robotics desperately in need of Fairy Godmothers/Godfathers to send us to the World's Robotics Ball in Houston. Unlike our competitors, we don't have fancy corporate sponsors. But we do have YOU! So, please wave that credit card shaped magic wand and click on the donate button. When you're done, please share and spread the word on your social media pages!
The experience of building a large-scale robot for competition, and then honing it throughout a series of events, is a tremendous opportunity for learning. Since many of us come from underprivileged backgrounds, this invaluable experience on the robotics team helps gain entrance to college as first-generation students. This hands-on training in engineering, construction and computer programming makes us more competitive for selective engineering colleges around the country. Every award, every competition is a valuable experience and an important line on our high school resume. And Worlds is a rare life experience and opportunity to meet kids from all over the word. In fact, many of our team members have never been out of the state or been on a plane before! Help make our dreams come true! When you help us get to Houston, you are quite literally changing lives forever.
Plus, it's scientifically proven that helping others releases endorphins and gives you a "helper's high." So Win-Win!
Also, cool incentives (prizes)! -------------->
Sponsorship levels
$2,500
R2-D2
Receive your name, company name or logo on a special large panel on the robot reserved for ONLY YOU, AND your name, company name or logo on the Team 2584 pit banner. Also receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (1 available)
$1,100
Mars Rover
Receive your name, company name or logo on a special large panel on the robot reserved for ONLY YOU. Also receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (1 available)
$1,000
Iron Giant
Receive your name, company name or logo on the Team 2584 pit banner. Also receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (1 available)
$750
Terminator
Receive your name or company name or logo on next year’s team t-shirts. Also receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (4 available)
$500
Optimus Prime
Receive your name or your company's name or logo on shared panel on robot. Also, receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (6 available)
$250
J.A.R.V.I.S.
Receive a customized video thanking ONLY YOU or your company naming you exclusively as team sponsor. (ALL SPONSORS AT THIS LEVEL OR ABOVE RECEIVE THIS).
$150
Dalek
Receive two Team 2584 t-shirts signed by the drive team (10 available)
Reward sponsors
$125
C-3PO
Receive your name or your company's name on our website (25 available)
$100
WALL-E
Receive a Team 2584 baseball style shirt in preferred size. (30 available)
$60
Robocop
Receive a Team 2584 t-shirt in preferred size. (30 available)
$40
HAL-9000
Receive a 3D printed 2584 keychain (50 available)
$35
General Grievous
Receive a collection of various TEAM 2584 buttons (50 available).
$25
Bender
Receive the eternal thanks of a bunch of truly grateful kids, and the knowledge that you made a difference in their lives. OH AND KARMA POINTS!
$10
Roomba
Receive that amazing feeling in your core processing center that you get when you do kind, wonderful things for others.
Activity and updates
April 11, 2019
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Teodor Francu gave $40.00
Way to go Paul!
April 9, 2019
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The Pugsley Family gave $10.00
Because Tenenbaums rock!
April 4, 2019
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Thank you thank you thank you!
Update from teddyt
Thank you, all of you angels, for helping the kids get to Houston for the World Championships! You helped us break through our goal AGAIN! With these amazing donations, we will be funding about 40% of the kids’ travel expenses! But 50% is even better, so we’re going to keep trying - we’re raising our goal to $7500! You have all been so kind and so generous and we are truly grateful! Now we’re going to try to find more donors, but you’ll always be special - you’ll always be our first.
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Alyse Aratoon gave $35.00
I believe in this awesome team!! Keep moving forward, everyone!! Kick some serious robotic arse! -
Jeanne Obrien Ebiri gave $50.00
April 2, 2019
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Gabriela del Campo gave $25.00
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Ryan Rowe gave $25.00
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Philip Smoot gave $40.00
Calvin’s a righteous dude -
Douglas A Ronning gave $25.00
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Oana Drew gave $350.00
Because I happen to love one of the kids involved in this project!!! -
The Smalls gave $50.00
Go teams!!! Jake - you rock! -
Casey Sharbaugh gave $20.00
April 1, 2019
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Marcus Lee gave $150.00
I’m honored to help support Jemma and her robotics team move to the next level! -
AWit gave $25.00
Investing in the future. -
Anonymous gave $100.00
This is a donation from ReachLocal and Melissa Lindley -
Sandi Logan gave $75.00
Go Jemma! -
Anonymous gave $20.00
For Ishan Gupta. !!!! Go Ishan GO !!! -
Joel I Silberman gave $25.00
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Steve and Lisa Sinclair gave $40.00
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Anonymous gave $100.00
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Roberta gave $35.00
I want to support the team and help get them their chance. -
Stephen Grossman gave $150.00
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Lori LAKIN Hutcherson gave $60.00
Clever Kids building ish will save us all! -
Julie Zarchi gave $25.00
Good Luck Jemma. We will be sending you luck from Kentucky at Vex Worlds. Those Dixie/Millikan kids are certaining doing ok!
March 30, 2019
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Veronica Toledo gave $25.00
March 29, 2019
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Carol Edlefsen gave $25.00
I want to help! -
Sapana & Asit Gupta gave $100.00
Go Team ! -
Caryl D Birke gave $15.00
Friend of Jake's. -
Rob & Missy Carpenter gave $100.00
It was either this or the Trump 2020 campaign. Lol. -
WOWOWOWOWOWOWOW!
Update from teddyt
Thank you so much for your incredibly generous donations! Because of your kindness, our kids are more likely to be able to make this trip (and not go broke in the process). Because of the overwhelming response, we are raising our goal a bit in the hopes that we can cover even more of the kids' costs. Thank you again for all your support! We are truly grateful!
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Bob Tenenbaum and Carol Greentree gave $500.00
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Anonymous gave $25.00
GO Jake! It's just like another Harmony cross-town marathon! -
Florence Drocan gave $50.00
Because sometimes you need help to get on top. Just make sure you pay it forward in the future to someone else in need... -
Alina Wade gave $60.00
Support our nephew Paul and his robotics team!
March 28, 2019
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Stelray Plastic Products, Inc. gave $500.00
Go Jake! Best of luck in Houston!!! -
Christopher Seman gave $100.00
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Kimberly Gill gave $10.00
Kids are our future and deserve this chance to show how wonderful they are. -
Akash Gangil gave $40.00
All the best! -
Rachel Simon gave $25.00
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AMY DUGAN gave $60.00
Go Jake and Team!! -
Gina B Eskigian gave $40.00
Go Regents! Make us valley kids proud! -
Paul S Chitlik gave $250.00
Jake and his teammates are awesome and LAUSD should be supporting them. -
Judith Scharf gave $25.00
Friend of Judy and David. Supporting Jemma! All the best to this amazing team! -
Savelie Badanau gave $100.00
Robots are cool. Learning and working with a team building more robots are even better :) -
David J Dayneko gave $25.00
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The Brodsky's! gave $50.00
Good luck Jake and team! -
Daniel Mironescu gave $60.00
I like to help🤘 -
Marjorie Denker gave $150.00
Nephew on Team -
Ankur Agarwal gave $60.00
March 27, 2019
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Judy and David Rutt gave $500.00
We need 2 t shirts for Houston -
Stibel Family gave $500.00
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Sophia Abram gave $500.00
Proud of you! -
Tracy B Blackwell gave $40.00
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Esperanza Cole gave $35.00
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Cynthia Contreras gave $25.00
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Adit gave $25.00
For my friends at Reseda High, Go Champs! -
Michal L Harris gave $50.00
Because I think after all their hard work these students deserve to follow their journey right to the end, however this turns out. -
Karen Barnett gave $20.00
I want to support my former student, Jemma, and her team in their amazing endeavor. -
Leslee gave $10.00
So these amazing kids can go kick some butt! -
Miriam Granat gave $100.00
No “prizes” necessary. I’m happy to support Jemma’s teammates. Go compete to your very best! -
Teddy Tenenbaum gave $100.00