New FLL Teams- You Could Be Eligible for Local Sponsorship

 LEGOS Ice Bucket

First State Robotics and FRC team #365 the Miracles of Engineering (MOE) would like to remind new FLL teams about a way to help pay beginner’s costs for 2014-15… and it doesn’t involve ICE or BUCKETS. It is through their rookie team sponsorship program.

First Year Teams will receive a $100 sponsorship and Second Year Teams will receive a $50 sponsorship.

To see if you are eligible and to find out more about applying for MOE sponsorship, please visit the website FSFLL.org.

Area youth put engineering and teamwork skills to the test

Area teams from New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Maryland met at Davidow Hall on the Salem Community College campus last Saturday Oct. 18, to test their engineering design and teamwork skills at the 13th annual Duel on the Delaware.

One part- an FRC competition event- was hosted jointly by FRC team 316 from Salem County, NJ and FRC team 365, of Wilmington, DE.

The second part was an FTC workshop and scrimmage event, sponsored by Diamond State FTC, NJ FTC, and PA FTC, three area organizations focused on engaging and inspiring youth through STEM.

In addition, teams competed for largest donation of new and used books to benefit Success Won’t Wait. A total of 12,000 lbs. of books were collected.

Local news coverage and additional pictures can be found here at New Jersey.com.

Two robotic events, fifty+ teams, one day

Photo: A.Groisman

Photo: A.Groisman

Mark your calendar! FSR sponsors two action-packed robotic events at the same place and time-October 18, 2014, at the DuPont Fieldhouse at Salem Community College in Carneys Point Township, New Jersey.

  • At the Duel on the Delaware FTC Scrimmage, more than 20 FTC teams from around the region will mark the opening of 2014 season and participate in robotics workshops and an informal scrimmage jointly sponsored by Diamond State FTC, New Jersey FTC and Pennsylvania FTC. The middle school and high school- aged students were challenged this September to design and build robots for a new game- Cascade Effect.