Robotics Competition Fund

Four years ago, as a High School Physics Teacher and Robotics club sponsor,  I got a grant for a Vex Robotics kit. The grant is good as long as we attend one competition a year. Funding has not been a problem until this year, but due to budget cuts, the school cannot fund this years competition. We would do regular fund raisers but I found out on January 20th and the competition is February 4th, leaving very little time regular fund rasing avenues. I would like to thank you in advance for any help you might can give us.