Support NorCal FLL
Playing At Learning does not receive the team registration fees that teams pay to FIRST. In addition, we use the tournament qualifier fees to directly support the tournaments themselves – the fees pay for items such as facility costs (rent, custodians), awards, volunteer food and field setup kits.
We need your HELP directly to better handle the tournament infrastructure and team growth and help with better support/recruit volunteers!
Be An Advocate for NorCal FLL and STEM!
Are you willing to ask your employer/company (or others)
here is a sample letter to get you started!
Let Jill or Mark know if you want to be involved. The focus will be on funding/supporting The Play Space first and then on additional program staff. Next meeting Sunday, November 3rd
Playing At Learning has been incredibly frugal (full financials) – we are 100% volunteers – but is reaching a tipping point where we need to grow infrastructure and provide better support for teachers, coaches, mentors, volunteers, and teams.
Playing At Learning now has The Play Space – a cool, “makerspace” type of facility for the entire FIRST community to use throughout Northern California! But it is expensive and we need to have a plan B on using the space. If you have ideas or even just energy/creativity, please attend a brainstorming meeting at The Play Space in San Jose on Sunday 10/13 at 6pm to talk overall Playing At Learning strategy, options for funding and ways to leverage the unique building /space (The Play Space) that we have. Please RSVP by sending me an email to let me know that you are coming.
We have done A LOT with only volunteers but we can not handle the team growth and the resulting number of tournaments and tournament volunteers! Currently, all of FLL is operationally managed by one part-time volunteer (aka Jill) and it is too much.
We are not managing the program well and there are many more things that we could/should do for you and overall for the program: coach support, volunteer recruitment and support, trainings, scrimmage coordination and mentor help. There is so much MORE that could be done!
To even maintain “status quo”, we have to add staff and keep a location (The Play Space) for the staff people to work and a place to store tournament equipment.
Have ideas on ways to help – let us know!
Email fll at playingatlearning dot org