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Bilbo21

I would donate £50 but that's not worth anything in dollars now.

kn78

that is 80.01 canadian dollars that would help significantly 

Bilbo21

You could try doing a sponsored 100 mile bike ride to pay for the transport to--wait a second...

kn78

are you trying to diss us, we actually need the money because none of us can afford the trip 

Bilbo21

Good luck to you if you can get it.

Candidate35
Do you have ratings? Is your chess club an officially recognized club at your school? If so do you have an adult (teacher/parent) that is responsible for organizing events like this and sponsorships/fundraising?
kn78

3 of the best players are rated and yes this club is recognisable around the school. I am the clubs president and I am responsible for organizing events and sponsorships/fundraising?

Candidate35
What are your ratings? So you have formal recognition by the school but no budget or school personnel that promotes the clubs needs to the school, or organizes scheduled events for the club? It's left to just the kids?
kn78

yeah it is left to the kids, and our rating range from 800-1900, we are going to meet the school to help with our budget but i doubt that they will give us anything

DrSpudnik

I have some bits of string, old buttons and small pieces of old tinfoil. Would that help?

kn78

any donations or sponsorships will help the chess team

Stolen_Authenticity

Non- Sequitur - There's No law, against it.. But, why the 'Tunesian' flag, if you're posting, as a 'teacher' from, 'Canada'?

kn78

I am a high school student and under fide I represent Tunisia, I live in London,Ontario,Canada which is where the school I go to and that needs funds to support chess there is   

JamesMadison222

I've found in my chess club that creating some internal competition makes for great focus.  I now rate the kids on an Elo calculator I made here: http://qa76.net/elo.

This is NOT a valid rating outside the club, as this only curves the kids against each other.  But by having them compete for an internal team rating, they get very motivated and competitive.

Not sure if that would help the teams performance overall or outside the club, but thought I'd throw it out for consideration.

kn78

thanks the elo thing will deffinetly make them more competetive for sure

DrSpudnik

I thought chess.com forbade begging in the forums.Undecided

kn78

Please support our chess club here on this website 

https://www.gofundme.com/2tu3k7rs?ssid=814908038&pos=4

any sort of donations can help

kn78

please support our chess club 

Bilbo21

We get the message!!!!

kn78

But no one is helping