An excerpt from the 2015 Chairman’s Award submission:
“Spreading our influence is a team-wide effort as we all come together to make FIRST loud.”
Sixteen years ago, this team began challenging the status quo and excelling further than expectations. Now, more than ever before, we strive to build a team that greatly impacts not only our students, but our community, our sponsors, and the future of science and technology. Through FIRST, our team has given students a purpose, a career path, and a reason to love the word “nerd.” We want to show what our team can do, and what anyone can do if they get involved. We show our students the opportunities they have within reach, and they show us the difference they can make. Our mentors encourage us to take charge of our own experience on the team, stressing that what we put into the team is what we get out. However, no one will get anything out of what FIRST has to offer if we never expose them to it. We work to accomplish this by engaging our immediate community, including schools, businesses, organizations and the FIRST community including FRC, FTC, and FLL.