How you can help

Without the generosity of our donors, sponsors, and volunteers the Fair wouldn't be able to provide such amazing opportunities for our youth.
For that, we are truly grateful.

Monetary Donations

Donations of any amount are always the best way to help the Fair continue to provide valuable opportunities for our youth. Not everyone has time to volunteer, but still want to help. We completely understand! We have several options, please choose the method that fits best for you.

You can make a one time donation here and choose your own amount. Or we’d be over the moon if you considered selecting a recurring membership below.

your Donations help Provide

College Scholarships

Fair Awards

ISEF Entry & Travel

Genius Entry

Workshops

Student Entry Sponsorships

Community Events

Organization Operations

Monthly Membership Tiers & Benefits

Basic

$10 / month
  • Two registrations for the upcoming year

Standard

$25 / month
  • Two registrations for the upcoming year
  • Two Pass It On registrations for the upcoming year

Premium

$50 / month
  • Family registrations for the year
  • Two Pass It On registrations for the upcoming year
  • One single-day workshop space

Elite

$100 / month
  • Family registrations for the year
  • Two Pass It On registrations for the upcoming year
  • One single workshop space and a single day workshop Pass It On
Pass It On
This is a special opportunity to pay the registration fee for someone who would not be able to participate otherwise.

In-Kind Donations

Not every donation has to be your hard earned cash. We gladly accept in-kind or gifts in kind which instead of giving money give allow for several options be it a good or service. Think you may have something that you could help us with or provide? Give us a call and let’s chat!

314-529-1329

Examples of In-Kind donations

Other ways to Support

For your convenience we’ve joined up with AmazonSmile to provide a list of items and supplies that would be ideal candidates for supply donations. You can shop the list and either have them shipped to your home just like any other Amazon purchase, or choose to have them shipped directly to us! We love this option because AmazonSmile also donates 0.5% of all eligible purchases to our cause when registered, at no cost to you. Even the smallest contributions have a major impact.

AmazonSmile is a simple way for you to support your favorite charitable organization every time you shop, at no cost to you. AmazonSmile is available at smile.amazon.com on your web browser and can be activated in the Amazon Shopping app for iOS and Android phones. When you shop with AmazonSmile, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added benefit that AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. You can choose from over one million organizations to support.

Yes, you use the same account on Amazon.com and AmazonSmile. Your shopping cart, Wish List, wedding or baby registry, and other account settings are also the same.

On your first visit to AmazonSmile, you will be prompted to select a charitable organization to receive donations from your future eligible AmazonSmile purchases. We will remember your selected charity whenever you shop at smile.amazon.com or with AmazonSmile activated in the Amazon Shopping app, and then every eligible purchase you make through AmazonSmile will result in a donation for your selected charity. AmazonSmile will occasionally contact you about donation amounts disbursed to your chosen charity or about the program.

Mastodon Art/Science Regional Fair

Our Caps Your Cause

For every cap code redeemed, Prairie Farms will donate 5 cents to the charity of your choice.* When a charity reaches a 1,000 point goal, we send them a check for $50.

1. Begin by purchasing Prairie Farms milk in plastic gallon or plastic half gallon containers.
2. Peel off the Prairie Farms cap sticker to reveal a unique, redeemable code.
3. Select “Mastodon Fair, Hillsboro, MO” where it says to select an organization.
4. Enter cap codes.
5. Click the donate button.

Check out the list of eligible items directly from Prairie Farms themselves here!

Volunteering

Do you have a talent, a service, or an opportunity that you would like to share with the Fair? We are always looking for more people to help throughout the year, and there is a spot for you with us! A couple of hours of your time makes a big difference.

Our volunteers, including judges, provide over 3,000 hours of manpower. It takes that, and more each year to run the Fair. Fill out our volunteer form so we can help find the perfect place for you.

Qualified judges are people who have either a degree in art or science, or work in a relevant field as a profession.

Because you share your knowledge, skills, talent, and time to judge the projects, the Fair will remain a prestigious event for the students!

Who are our judges? They’re teachers, undergraduates, graduates, retirees, and professionals in many fields of science. Many of our previous winners become judges, during and after college, because they know first-hand the value of the Fair.

Not sure if you’re eligible? Go ahead and fill out the volunteer form below and we’ll give you a call!

Feedback

We strongly encourage feedback and would love to hear from you. We are going through a lot of changes lately and we want to ensure we meet the needs of our community.

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Registration is closed

We typically open registration as early as October, so please check back later. We’re working hard to take your feedback and build a bigger and better Art and Science fair. We look forward to seeing you there!

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