Honoring our commitments

Dearest PR and fundraising team,

First things first - I think you have done an amazing job given all the difficulties and constraints you are working with in order to support this robotics team. Raising more than $10,000 is not an easy thing, and whatever happens, remember that your efforts are recognized!

With that, I think we learned a lot about fundraising this year - especially about timing. I think we've learnt that we need to get started a lot earlier, especially with the constraints that we face at Castilleja.

The reason why I am motivated to write today is mainly because my heart hurts to think that we seriously upsetted a dear parent of robotics last night. The food donations have been critical to this team, but this is definitely something we could have secured in the off season (something to keep in mind for the next year). This dear parent had taken time off to make cookies, salad and the works just for us, only to find out after she had done so that we had Lulu's providing dinner last night. This is a real shame, and it speaks to our need for coordination between all parties and our need to try to bump up the timeline a little bit.

Everything that happens that's not rosy is an opportunity to learn from! I hope that we can work together next year to make doubly sure that something like this doesn't happen again.

Best of luck with all your other efforts!

Emily