Dumpster Diving How to Get Stuff for Your

Dumpster Diving: How to Get Stuff for Your Team for Free or at Little Cost Kathie Kentfield, Director, NEMO (Non-Engineering Mentor Organization) www. firstnemo. org FIRST Championships Conference April 28, 2016, St. Louis, MO © 2016 Kathie Kentfield

"To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. ” - Thomas Edison

Why should you try to get items for free or at low-cost?

Inventory and Identify

Inventory and Identify Is it in good shape? Do you still need it? Keep it! Is it nonfunctioning, but worth repairing? Fix it! Is it in good shape but you no longer need it? Donate it! Is it in good shape but you no longer need it? Sell it! If no longer needed, in bad shape, not worthy of donating or selling it… Toss it!

Create Your Wish List

Who Will Do This?

CAUTION!

Sources of Free and Low-Cost Materials

What Will You Do With It Once You Get It?

What Will I Need to Own in Order to Use It?

Examples of Materials Teams Have Obtained

Additional Resources • • • atozteacherstuff. com www. sitesforteachers. com www. teach-nology. com managementhelp. org/gen_rsrc/megalist/m egalist. htm facebook. com freecycle. org craigslist. com freestuff. com rewards websites

To Recap

Thank You! Thank you to the following people who contributed ideas to this presentation: • The late John Burns, co-founder of FRC 839 • Dana Henry, mentor, FRC 839 • Jacob Komar, FIRST alumnus, mentor, volunteer • Scott Horler, mentor, FRC 1740 • FRC 173, 181, 3125 • Lia Schwinghammer, FIRST mentor and volunteer • Michael Dessingue, FIRST alumnus and volunteer