I attended this event last year and it quite incredible to see these high school students work so collaboratively and revel in their love for science/robotics. Below please find some information on this year's upcoming event on March 2 at New England Tech's Automotive Center (located off of I-95). Thanks in advance for anyone who can help out on that day. You will NOT be disappointed. See http://www.riedc.com/files/Apr...

Thanks.

Andy

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The FIRST Technical Challenge (FTC) in Rhode Island is looking for technical professionals, educators, parents and all others interested in supporting robotics and students to help with the FTC Challenge on March 2, 2008. The event will be held from 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. and will be held at the Automotive Technology Center at England Institute of Technology in Warwick. We are in need of volunteers to serve in a variety of roles to make the day run smoothly.

The day of the FIRST FTC Challenge, 40 RI high school teams totaling 400 students, will put their robots to the test. The teams compete in a timed technical challenge against each other. The day is full of team energy, cheering for the robots and the excitement of coming down to the wire to determine the winner.

We need you! We need you to work with these RI students for the day. If you are interested in helping out please complete the attached form to Erin Flynn.

RI FIRST needs volunteers in the areas of:

Judges Referees Scoring Pit Managers

Crowd Control Registration Announcers Time Keepers

Judges Assistants Field Manager Runners Team Queuers

Practice Field Coord. Queuing Assistants Floaters Information

Greeters Robot Inspectors

For more information on FIRST and the FTC Challenge go to www.usfirst.org. If you have any general questions please contact Erin Flynn, RI FIRST Affiliate Partner at New England Institute of Technology, 800-736-7744 ext. 3462 or by e-mail at eflynn@neit.edu.