The Blair Robot Project (FRC Team 449) is a nationally competitive, student-led FIRST Robotics Competition team based at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. We are dedicated to STEM education, inclusivity, and outreach.
Sponsors make this possible. We appreciate the many ways our sponsors back us: monetary gifts, in-kind donations, services, technical expertise, and mentorship. Scroll down to see standard sponsorship packages — or reach out about building a custom partnership that meets your goals.
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Why back us?
Sponsoring Team 449 is a direct investment in STEM and in the community: in high-school students who are learning design, engineering, software, fabrication, teamwork, and leadership — and in the younger students and families we mentor and inspire through outreach.
Robotics here is real engineering under pressure. Students design, build, program, and field complex machines on hard deadlines. That rigor shows up in competition: Team 449 has won back-to-back FIRST Chesapeake District Champions, and is one of just five FRC teams ever to do so with an undefeated run.
Those skills carry forward: 100% of recent Team 449 graduates went on to higher education, with 92% of them pursuing STEM fields. And they ripple out. Over the past three years, our students have given 2,100+ volunteer hours at 32 community events. We reached thousands of K–12 students across Montgomery County, including by running STEM Fairs at Title I elementary schools to bring hands-on robotics to kids who might never otherwise see it.
We stay open to everyone: no dues, no roster caps, no experience required, with travel and event costs waived for members who need it. Your sponsorship develops tomorrow's engineers and widens the door behind them.
Our impact, by the numbers
In the past three years, Team 449...
- Gave 2,100+ volunteer hours at 32 community events.
- Reached 4,000+ people—students, families, and community members.
- Drew 18 teams to the 2025 Blair Bunnybots, an all-time high for the off-season FRC event we design and host.
- Welcomed 49 FIRST LEGO League teams to the two Montgomery County qualifying tournaments we hosted
- Grew from 70 to 100 students. Nearly one-third of the team is female.
- Founded FLL Team 57535. Mentored FTC Team 27025, which reached the Chesapeake District Championship for the first time this year.
Source: Team 449's 2026 Impact Statement
Sponsors make this possible
Support from our sponsors provides robot parts, tools, electronics, fabrication materials, software, competition registration, and travel. Just as importantly, it funds our outreach: the events we host, the younger teams we mentor, and the materials we put into students' hands at Title I schools.
Sponsorship levels
Your name and logo will travel with one of the region's most visible robotics programs. We can display it on our robot and team apparel at multi-day district competitions, on our Bunnybots livestream, and across the schools and community events we reach throughout the year.
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- Name on team T-shirt, brochure, and banner
- Name on our robot
- Logo on team T-shirt, brochure, and banner
- Logo on our robot
- Name and logo on our homepage
- Listed with Team 449 on official FIRST websites
- A Team 449 robot demo at your workplace or event
- Name announced with Team 449 at competitions
- Title sponsorship of Blair Bunnybots or our _FIRST_ LEGO League tournament tournament
- Limited to one per event
Let's get creative. Companies support Team 449 through funding, mentor time, fabrication help, tools and materials, software, event sponsorship, workplace demos, food, transportation, technical services, and more! We can build a partnership around your company’s goals. Email us at blair.robot@gmail.com!
Donations and tax information
Team 449 accepts donations through the Montgomery Blair High School Magnet Foundation, Inc., our fiscal sponsor. The Foundation is a Maryland public charity exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the Foundation are deductible under section 170 of the Code. The Foundation’s Employer Identification Number is 26-2790557.
To donate online, use this PayPal link.
Or make a check payable to:
MBHS Magnet Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 101
Kensington, MD 20895-0101
Please write "Team 449" in the memo line so the donation is directed to the robotics team.
For questions about the Magnet Foundation or donation documentation, contact board@mbhsmagnet.org.
