Volunteer for Upcoming Robotics Competition

Next month, Penn High School will host the IN District – St. Joseph Tournament. Penn expects to host 32 teams for the qualifying FIRST Robotics Competition. The event will be held March 10-12 at Penn, the first time a district tournament has been held in northern Indiana.

It will take a lot of help to pull off a competition of this scale. Therefore, Penn Robotics Team 135 and the FIRST League are looking for volunteers! They need the community’s help in filling volunteer and coordinator positions for this major community tournament. Your reward for helping out?!? The satisfaction that you will be helping to motivate hundreds students pursue opportunities in science, technology and engineering!

Five of the 32 teams competing in the event are from local area schools:  ElkLogics Team 2867 (Elkhart Schools); Las Pumas 2197 (New Prairie High School); Memento Vitam Team 5484 (S.B. Career Academy); Riley WildBots Team 3865 (Riley High School); and Penn Robotics Team 135 (Penn High School).

The FIRST Robotics Competition is an annual competition that challenges high-school students, working alongside professional Mentors, to construct a robot for competition. The ultimate Sport for the Mind™ measures the effectiveness of each robot, the power of teamwork and collaboration, and each team's display of Gracious Professionalism ®. Through their participation, students experience the excitement of science, engineering, technology, and innovation; build well-rounded life capabilities such as self-confidence, communication, and leadership.

Interested volunteers should sign up via the link below for the Volunteer Information and Matching System (VIMS). After a screening process, VIMS matches and schedules volunteers with open event positions.

VIMS link:

https://my.firstinspires.org/FIRSTPortal/Login/VIMS_Login.aspx

Facebook Group:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/sjdistrict/

Event page:

http://www.indianafirst.org/2017-st-joseph-event