FIRST asks a great deal of you. From your team registration fees, to your time, to your personal sacrifices, the list could be very long. We want to say ‘thanks’ for everything that you invest in our young people and the so-important mission of FIRST!
Giving Back
Nov 28, 2017 Written by Frank Merrick.FIRST Choice FUN Tonight
Nov 27, 2017 Written by Kate Pilotte, Kit of Parts Manager.Kate Pilotte, Kit of Parts Manager, will be joining FUN (FIRST Updates Now) tonight, along with other guests, to discuss FIRST Choice!
FIRST Choice, NASA Grants, Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 22, 2017 Written by Frank Merrick.
Running is a good decision at this point in the calendar.
Help Support Tomorrow's Problem-solvers!
A gift to the FIRST Annual Fund helps us empower more kids to be young leaders and innovators. Your gift will help by making hands-on STEM programs more widely available to underserved students across the country and throughout the world.
FIRST Robotics Competition Suppliers
Window Shopping for FIRST Championship Housing
Nov 20, 2017 Written by Frank Merrick.Information, including links, to the Championship Preview Housing websites. Check out the available options now and be ready for the opening in December!
So Many Things...
Nov 16, 2017 Written by Frank Merrick.Edit: 11/17/17 to correct language about criteria for seeing FIRST Choice login credentials. Additional details and reminders about Registration Payments, Kit of Parts, Event Housing, the Safety Animation Award, and Team Standards and Banners.
PreKickoff Kit of Parts Information
Nov 15, 2017 Written by Kate Pilotte, Kit of Parts Manager (but really the product of work by the whole Kit of Parts Team).Details about the new Kit Of Parts page, FIRST Choice, and the Pre-kickoff Release of the Virtual Kit.
Something New – Team Avatars
Nov 09, 2017 Written by Danny Diaz, FIRST Robotics Competition Systems Engineer.Avatars have been used in arcade video games since the early-mid 1970’s, and have become a way to represent and identify players and personalities.