Mr. Brody Noppe is on his way, folks!!

A brilliant and kind, 6th grade gentleman. Brody has competed and won his seat on the school's Academic's Club Team. Brody is the youngest student on the team, competing in the older age brackets.

Brody's winning scores have secured him a spot on the team competing in the Academic Game State Tournament.

Brody is now set to attend the State Competition in March. Right here in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Once States is finalized, Brody is due to head on down to Orlando, Florida, to face a tough challenge at the National Academic Game Championship.

He is being summoned to arrive with students from other schools; gathering together from all over the United States.

This intense competition will take place in April from Friday the 21st to Monday the 24th.

Brody feels positive in his heart and mind that he will be a success in Orlando.

His father and I have been able to secure a rental for a more reliable vehicle to travel with him to Florida, as flights for our family of 4 is not well within our current budgets. On top of the vehicle being planned for, the resort in Orlando is booked for the required competition days.

As we are residents of the state of Michigan, the drive down to Orlando direct is 23 hours. We are hoping we have the ability to stop along the way for rest. However, this is one of the current challenges we are facing.

As most of us have just survived the holidays, Brody and his younger brother, Emmet, will celebrate their birthdays just 10 days away from one another in the month of March.

If you are able to support Brody's continued drive for educational opportunities and willingness to step outside of his comfort zone, and the travel needs that are required, in any way, you would be benefiting his future, and the exposure to the many different possibilities his passion for learning can take him to.

The simple tools of survival would be enabling him for a chance to get all the way through, there and home.

Items we invite you to grant for our trip are bottled water, gas gift cards, Airbnb gift cards, Visa gift cards. Any type of food gift card you feel comfortable with giving.

We are hoping our call for reinforcement for support will get Brody to his goal.

Please accept our deepest gratitude as we thank you for making it this far in our journey forward together.

UPDATE FOR MARCH 2023:

He is all set to compete at State's and will be going overnight for several days for the first time ever without his family and staying at a hotel with his other teammates.