Montana Destination Imagination

Images from this years Celebration of Creativity are now online in our new Image Galleries. These galleries can be accessed using the link in the main menu.

In addition, the Pins and T-shirt Designs section has been updated with this years dinosaur themed pins and shirt. Go check them out!

Congratulations to all teams for making it to the State Celebration! Presenting at the State Celebration is a great culmination for many teams, showing that they've overcome their challenge, and displayed their solution. Below are the results from the Celebration. Good luck to those that are advancing to Knoxville!

The 2008 State Celebration of Creativity will be held on March 29, 2008 at Manhattan Public Schools.  This year has been a wild ride with teams having to overcome obstacles, investigate myths, reveal secrets, perform chores, crush structures, and change history.  Thirty teams Montana teams from Rexford to Hardin will be competing in the state tournament to earn the right to attend the Destination ImagiNation Global Finals in Knoxville, Tennessee, at the end of May.

 Team Managers, Membership Coordinators, and Parents see the attachements to download the schedule and the information on what to bring.  The maps and additional information were mailed on March 12th.

To help celebrate 25 years of creativity Destination ImagiNation will be launching various grassroots fundraisers. For those of you who want to support Destination ImagiNation, Inc. and enjoy cooking, like to shop online, or want to get your holiday shopping done early and help out the program, please go to www.idodi.org , click on the DI Fundraiser button, and follow the instructions on the next page. Thank you ahead of time for supporting this wonderful program.

• Purchase a DI Membership Passport - ASAP
• Complete Online Tournament
  Registration Form and Online Appraiser Registration by December 15, 2007 to qualify for Early Bird Fee.
• Deadline for Membership Application, Tournament and Appraiser Registration Forms & Fees - January 15, 2008.
• Regional Instant Challenge Days - January (contact your Regional Director for Date and Location).
• Regional Tournament - February (contact your Regional Director for Date and Location)
• State Tournament - Manhattan - March 29, 2008
• Global Finals - Knoxville, Tennessee - May 21-24, 2008

Important Dates and Contact Information To find out who your Regional Director(s) are and when tournaments and trainings will be held in your region check out the Calendar and Contacts pages.

You can now renew your passport or apply for a new membership at Shop DI or download an application at IDODI. You must purchase a passport before you can download any of the Challenges, Rules of the Road or Guides. The fee for a single team passport is $110. A 5-pak (five team) passport application fee is $225. These fees are paid to Destination ImagiNation, Inc. In addition it will be possible to order a additional CDs plus hard copies of the program materials for an additional $25 per set.

Scholarship Montana High School Seniors who participated in creative problem solving programs for two years should check out our scholarships.

Congratulations to the Elementary CSI:DI team from Manhattan Christian School
1st Place at D2k.7!