Farnsworth Aerospace Upper Campus KidWind Team

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Farnsworth School Organization, Inc.
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Help Team Electrical Potential attend the National Renewable Energy Challenge in Houston, Texas!

$1,940

raised by 26 people

$5,000 goal

And They Are Off...

Update posted 5 years ago

Team is on their way to Houston!  Thank you to all for the support you have shown us!  

Farnsworth Aerospace Upper Campus KidWind Team, ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL, took 1st place at the Regional KidWind tournament on April 13, 2019 with their wind turbine design. The team has been invited to compete in the National Renewable Energy KidWind Challenge at the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) conference in Houston, TX on May 21-23, 2019. Team Electrical Potential will compete with other teams from all over the world and have opportunities to learn about the wind industry at the national convention. While there, they will have access to every aspect of design through construction of wind energy.  For more information on the national competition, please visit: www.kidwindchallenge.org


We need your help to raise funds so that all ten students and Coaches, Lynn Spears and David Barrett, can experience this great opportunity. Your donation will help pay for cost of airfare and lodging. Any extra money will be used for food and ground transportation. All contributions are tax deductible.

Cost Breakdown:

Hotel: $150 a night x 4 nights x 5 rooms + Taxes = $3,500

Food:  5 lunches and 4 dinners = $1,220

Ground Transportation = $280

Team Electric Potential consists of 5th through 9th grade students working together to explore, design, construct, and investigate wind energy alternatives. Farnsworth Aerospace PreK-8 Magnet School is a St. Paul Public school located on the east side of St. Paul, Minnesota. More information about our school can be found at: https://www.spps.org/farnsworth


Donations can also be made by checks payable to Farnsworth School Organization with "KidWind" in the memo.  Mail or drop off donations at Farnsworth Upper Campus located at 1000 Walsh Street, St. Paul, MN 55106.

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