We are an all-girls Odyssey of the Mind team from Longwood, Florida, competing in the balsa structure problem.

We need YOUR help to get us to World Finals. Don't delay! We have only 4 short weeks to fundraisers a total of $12,000 to get our team of 6 girls and 2 coaches to the world finals stage.

What is Odyssey of the mind you ask? It's a creative problem solving competition in which teams of no more than 7 students complete a year long challenge/project to perform at competition.

Our challenge? Design and build ultra-lightweight tower out of balsa wood that can hold incredible amounts of weight. Then perform a team written 8 minute skit. The skit includes placing as much weight as possible on the structure and must include a party theme that explains the weight placement on the structure creatively, while simultaneously colliding 2 golf balls, 2 tennis balls and 2 pool balls into the structure, while also wearing...fancy team made hats. Sound a little out there and random? That's the fun of this STEM based creative competition. Students work all year on these projects to create the most entertaining and elaborate performances that are over in less than 8 minutes. The balsa structure problem adds the in depth engineering aspect to it that really steps the problem solving up a notch.

This season, we placed 1st at Regionals which earned us a spot at State Finals where we received the prestigious Renata Fusca Award (an honor given to teams that demonstrate exceptional creativity, teamwork, and engineering excellence for an incredibly unexpected solution to the balls colliding with our structure) and placed 2nd overall in the STATE.

Now, we’ve qualified for World Finals at Iowa State University in Ames Iowa and we need your help.

This isn’t just a competition it’s real-world engineering, creativity and problem solving.

As an all-girls team, we’re proud to represent young women in STEM. Through this experience, we’re learning problem-solving, design, resilience, and teamwork; skills that will shape our futures.

Goal: $12,000

Funds will go toward Travel, Lodging, Competition Fees, and team expenses for World Finals.

Your donation directly supports the next generation of engineers, innovators, and leaders.

Although not exactly an exotic location in Ames Iowa, World Finals gives us the unique opportunity to interact with and compete against students from all over the world.

As a team from Florida Odyssey of the Mind Association (a 501-c3) your donations can be tax deductible!!!

No Amount is too small EVERY DOLLAR HELPS!!!!! HOWEVER, Donations of $250 or more will earn recognition on our Team T-shirts worn to the World Finals Competition. The bigger the donation, the bigger the recognition.

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