Dear Family, Friends and Supporters,

Help send the Salida Middle School Destination Imagination Team to Global Finals in Kansas City, May 22-May 25, 2024!

Destination Imagination (DI) is an international competitive S.T.E.A.M. (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) program. Our team earned 3rd place at the Colorado state tournament and qualifies to compete against teams from all over the world at Global Finals - this is our Super Bowl moment!

To do this, the kids need your help. It is expensive to go. We don't want finances to a barrier for the kids (there is a $5500 team registration fee plus transportation, room and board.) With your generosity, the team will represent Salida and Colorado on an international stage. Any amount is greatly appreciated. Donated funds will be used for registration fees, transportation to Kansas City, and room & board. Thank you for your support!

We can also accept Venmo @Holli-Keyser (through our team manager's account) so we are not charged processing fees. Checks are accepted, made payable to SMS Destination Imagination, mail to: Salida High School, Attn: Cassie Luttrell, 26 Jones Ave., Salida CO 81201. A tax-deductible receipt can be provided upon request.

Who We Are: Meet the Pickled Salidans!

This is our first year as a team and we love DI! For the past 7 months, we've been working on our Challenge to compete (as well as snacking on chips and messing with Bean - our team mascot lab mix). We built a giant pinball board with three modules that interacts with a soccer ball as our pinball. We created and integrated a story into our pinball machine system about two characters that get sucked into the pinball machine and have to defeat Elemental Monsters to escape. Help us continue our DI journey!