2021-22 Fundraiser
We’re planning, we’re reviewing, we’re getting ready. This past year we started putting new systems of operations in place, and we’re confident that they will continue and get stronger to bring us right where we wanna be.
With big goals, come big costs. And so that’s what this fundraiser is for! We aim to raise $10,000 and have 75 donors (at least 45 of which are recurring) by Saturday, August 7th. We were, and still are, very pleased with how last year’s fundraiser went. Like we said at the virtual bbq, “in a year with a lot of stuff to worry about, we didn’t have to worry about money.” Please consider making a donation to us! Also, recurring donations would be much appreciated so we can be fueled up through the year.
Current Recurring Donors: Please confirm that your recurring donation has not ended.
Check out the video from our 2021-22 Fundraising Kickoff here.
Battle of the Buggies:
The same way we had a competition last year, we have one this year. In the spirit of a new buggy coming out this year (you know...without COVID-19 getting in the way), this time the teams are buggies. Choose your fighter:
note: you can choose any buggy to rep.
Winning team gets:
- Their buggy as the feature on the “what is buggy banner”
- A buggy feature highlight on the Instagram page
- Shirt for the respective buggy is brought back!
Each donor (one-time and recurring) will receive a gift of appreciation at raceday. Confirmed company matches count towards your donation! Here are the levels:
$15/mo ($180/yr)
Spirit of Buggy Donor Gift
This covers driver safety equipment for the year
$25/mo ($300/yr)
The "It’s Never PiKA" Donor Pack
This covers one race day wheel (each buggy needs at least 3!)
$50/mo ($600/yr)
"Top of the Podium" Donor Pack
This covers ⅙ of raw material required to build a buggy
Any questions?
Dear SPIRIT Racing Systems Alumni and Supporters,
This is Maame, Noni, and Cynthia, writing to you ahead of our (hopeful) return to traditional buggy. We have the pleasure of serving as Co-Chairs for SPIRIT Racing Systems in 2021-2022.
This year, we plan to focus on establishing data as a mindset, finishing the buggy and cementing a build program, womens top 3, recruitment/retention, amongst other goals. We want to accelerate into the upcoming year and make our return to regular rolls and Raceday smoothly and forcefully. We’ll facilitate increased knowledge transfer through continued development of our wiki, holding training sessions, and building. We intend to finish our new buggy by the end of this calendar year.
Continuing with what we did last year, we will be hosting a big fundraiser in July to allow us to get set up for the year so we are not scrambling to raise funds later. It worked super well last year, and we hope that this fundraising success continues this year and for all the years of SRS to come. Having a summer fundraiser also allows us to purchase materials ahead of time so we can hit the ground running. In the same vein, we have been preparing for the year in detail so that we can focus primarily on execution during the school year, allotting us more time to achieve the goals we have.
Our fundraising goal for the year is $10,000. We hope to achieve this by obtaining 75 donors. No donation is too small. Even $10 can buy us flashlights, $5 can get us tape, and the big bucks, well they can get us major items for data and build.
Thank you in advance for working with us to bring SPIRIT Racing Systems to the top! We value this support a lot as it goes a very long way to have funds. Please see our kickoff video linked above for further details about the year!
Sincerely,
Your 2021-2022 Chairpeeps
Cynthia Xu, Noni Shelton, Maame Conduah
Don’t forget: SEND PROOF OF YOUR DONATION (and company matches) TO spiritracingsystems.finance@gmail.com
We know your funds will be directed to SRS, but we want to give you credit as soon as possible!Forward the confirmation email from CMU or send a screenshot that proves the donation. Don't forget to include which Buggy you are repping!!!
