February 2018 Team Newsletter

Volunteers Needed - Get Involved!
Parents, chaperones, and siblings of attending teams: Please join us as a volunteer for VEX Worlds and be part of the excitement! Prior experience not necessary for most roles, and we can train you in five minutes. We are also in need of experienced Referees and Tournament Manager Operators. Help us make this the best year ever! VOLUNTEER (https://www.roboticseducation.org/vo…ds-volunteers/)

Congratulations!
Congratulations to Aaron Barker and Andrew Dahlen on receiving an Event Coordinator Achievement Award at the VEX Robotics Minnesota State Championship recently. State organizers surprised them with the award in appreciation for growing participation to over 300 VEX teams across Minnesota!

Now Accepting Nominations!
Nominations for Mentor and Teacher of the Year Awards are now available at Robot Events. Deadline for nominations is March 20, 2018. Don’t wait, submit yours today! NOMINATE (Robot Events)

Sponsor Spotlight - Dell The REC Foundation is grateful to our sponsors like Dell who enable students to participate in rewarding hands-on robotics engineering programs that will serve them well throughout their lives. We are pleased to have support from Dell employees as volunteers at our robotics events through the volunteer system. Dell empowers countries, communities, customers and people everywhere to use technology to realize their dreams. They provide technology solutions that help people to achieve more, whether they’re at home, work, school or anywhere in their world. LEARN MORE (http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/usco…rp-comm?~ck=mn)