Hey everybody,

There’s a First Tech Challenge competition this Sunday at Bellevue High School from 8 AM to about 5 PM! This is a great opportunity for us to help out Kevin Ross (FIRST Washington President) by volunteering there. This is a ton of fun because FTC challenges are much closer to real FRC competitions than Vex or FLL. You get the whole package: the fun environment, free food at lunch, a cool t-shirt, volunteer hours and you get brownie points for Saints Robotics!

There are two shifts: about 8AM to 12 PM and from 12 PM to 5 PM. We already have four people signed up to go (Dmitri, Vivek, Dom, Daphna) and it would be super fun if more people showed up! Come on people, you have time, do something and help out the community and robotics! This isn’t even annoying or boring, you’re going to a FULL FTC COMPETITION! With tons of robots from other teams! Great sneak peak into FIRST competitions if you’ve never been to one :D

Send an email to Kevin or Olivier if you’re going and we’ll get in contact with Kevin Ross about it immediately so he knows you’re there. If you just feel like showing up, that’s fine too! You don’t have to stick to the shifts, but it would be preferable.

Thanks!