Can you help Team Space Defined?

Five 4^th graders from Shelburne Community School (Anders Erickson, Colin Halliburton, Chloe Galvin, Emma Bosma, and Sam Williams) recently came in first place in a Destination Imagination State-wide competition, making them eligible to travel to Tennessee for the Global Finals competition.  This is an amazing opportunity for these students to represent Vermont in the technical challenge in front of 16,000 attendees from over 40 states and 12 countries.

For seven months the kids met weekly to work on their Destination Imagination project.  As a team they chose one of seven challenges that involved a "problem" to solve.  Team Space Defined (as they named themselves) chose the technical challenge Creature Feature.  These 10-year-olds built a creature that uses mechanical parts to perform certain actions.  They also developed a skit that incorporated the creature as a character.  The kids did all the planning, design, and work on their own - parents, coaches, teachers and family cannot suggest ideas or push teams in any direction.  From start to finish, the kids were responsible for the vision, creation and solution.

With the independent spirit of Destination Imagination in mind, the children have brainstormed and helped plan multiple fundraisers.   Here are some of our fundraising events coming up: 

·      Wednesday, April 29^th:  Eat at Uno’s, mention Team Space Defined and we receive a portion of the proceeds from the event. 

·      Saturday, May 2^nd:  Large Garage Sale in the Davis Park neighborhood.

·      Sunday, May 3^rd:  Join us at the Williston Rest Area on Interstate 89 North and South Bound for a bake sale from 8 am until 3 pm.

·      Friday, May 8^th:  Parent Night Out!  Team Space Defined (along with their parents, and other responsible adults) will be offering a night of fun at Shelburne Health and Fitness for kids so parents can have a night out on their own!  Pizza, games and a movie.  Details coming soon.  

·      Date TBD:  Car Wash at Shelburne Fire Department.

However they have a very short turn around time (6 weeks) and need to raise a large amount of money quickly as sending 5 children, two coaches and one parent volunteer to Tennessee for 7 days is estimated to run around $10,000.  Therefore we are also hoping our friends, family and community will come together to support this team by way of donations on our website.   Any amount helps and is greatly appreciated to make this once in a lifetime trip a reality. 

Please feel free to visit our website for more information. www. teamspacedefined.com   Thank you!