|
Date |
Event |
What we did |
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February 6th and 7th |
Open House |
Tours of build/design facility showing our work in progress |
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March 9th, 10th, 11th |
St. Louis Regional, Family Arena |
Competition; placed 9th of 45 teams, 1st place for Imagery, 2nd
in Safety |
|
April 22 and 23rd |
St. Peters Home and Garden Show |
Had 2 booths, live robot demo outside in parking lot, video of
competition playing, literature about RCR and FIRST, Lego™ demo
inside with static robot display. Invited by Safe Kids |
|
April 27th |
Bring your child to work day |
MasterCard's corporate headquarters: live robot demo with 2 other
local teams; Charter Communications? data center: live robot demo
and Lego? Demo |
|
May 1st |
Healthy Communities |
Robot and Lego™ demo during fair to highlight healthy living. @ ADIO Chiropractors |
|
May 6th |
Carwash at Huck's |
Fundraiser, live robot demo |
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May 11th |
Recognition Dinner, |
Live robot demo, award ceremony, dinner for sponsors, mentors,
team members |
|
May 14th |
Together we CAN |
Booth highlighting River City Robots Volunteer opportunities
during a Food Drive and Volunteer fair. The fair was held in
conjunction with Community Council of St. Charles County |
|
May 26th |
Mini Masters Golf Tournament |
Robot and Lego™ demo for participants. Proceeds of the fundraiser
went to Crisis Nursery. Organized by Exchange Club-St. Charles. |
|
June 14th |
Recap of FIRST Season at St. Louis Science Center |
Dinner with other teams from the local area, reviewed a video
about the competition, viewed IMAX film. |
|
June 17th |
Safe Kids Helmet and Car seat Checks |
Lego™ Demo |
|
July 3rd |
Ridgetop Estates
4th of July Parade |
Walked a parade route, robot and Lego demonstration. Awards: 2nd
place in costume design, 3rd place for the float entry |
|
July 4th |
O'Fallon
4th of July Parade |
Walked a parade route with float containing 2 robots (one was
animated), won 1st place in the "Future of O'Fallon" category for
our float |
|
July 13th |
Cuivre River Co-Op Roundup Celebration |
Presentation to award recipients, we were one of the groups to
receive financial assistance. |
|
July 20th |
Emerson Electric Engineers Club Dinner |
Robot demo and presentation with Team 931, a "hot time" was had by
all. |
|
July 21st and 22nd |
IRI (Indiana Robotic Invitational) |
Competition; placed 39th of 65 teams |
|
July 27th |
Conference call/web cast with Autodesk™ |
Discussion about how to disperse software for next year, we are
one of 10 teams piloting the new process |
|
July 28th |
Volunteer with United Way |
Team members served meals to area residents who have been without
power for days due to storms |
|
August 5th |
Safe Kids Helmet and Car seat Checks |
Volunteer for crowd control |
|
August 13th |
Habitat For Humanity Golf Tournament |
Team members assisted with event, sponsored by Exchange club of
St. Charles County |
|
August 23rd |
Orchard Farm's open house |
Robot demo and presentation to parents/students |
|
September 17th |
Trails for Tails |
Humane Society event. Robot and Lego™ demonstrations |
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September 30th |
Family Fun BLAST at New Town - St. Charles |
Robot Demo and Lego™ table with area teams (3-9pm) |
|
November 11th |
Annual St. Louis
Robotics Workshop |
RCR joined with the Gateway Institute of Technology and other
local teams to learn and grow! |
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November 18th |
1st Annual RCR FLL Competition Demo |
Pitted the 8 RCR sponsored FIRST Lego League teams against each
other in a public display at EPC Computers in St. Peters |
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November 28th |
Comedy Forum Fundraiser |
Bill Davis set up this wonderful comedy show with 5 comedians to
benefit the River Cit Robots |
|
December 9th |
FIRST Lego™ League Nanotechnology Challenge |
Eight teams sponsored River City Robots. |
