Community Involvement // Program Initiatives
- Outreach Programs
Our outreach programs are meant promote learning about science and technology. Some recent demonstrations have been Girls in Gear, elementary school workshops, and Her World.
- Community Presentations
We demonstrate at local events to educate the public about the value of the FIRST program.We have gone to many demonstrations, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Franklin Institute, the Farnborough International Airshow, and many elementary schools.
- Charity
The team has become very involved in local charity drives. Every year at Ramp Riot, the team collects cans of food for the Ambler Community Cupboard. We have also donated sports equipment for needy athletes, an estimate of 200 school supplies to children in Iraq, and donations for the family of a fallen police officer. The team helps other teams by donating to a neighboring school district so that they could start an elementary school robotics program.
- Ramp Riot
A 36 team competition hosted by WHS to benefit all FIRST teams and open to the public. Thousands of people come to this off-season event every year.
- Recruiting Campaigns
We do many activities designed to attract new engineers and students to the robotics program, like going to engineer society meetings.
- Mentoring
We provide advice, training and technical assistance for elementary school teams and rookie high school teams in both our area and internationally.
