What we are doing while it snows sideways

Good Afternoon Teams,

The Northeast is experiencing blizzard conditions today, but FIRST is still hard at work.  The weather has caused a delay in today’s scheduled shipments to the most distant kickoffs, but staff are still able to work on other projects.  (If you are worried about kits not making it to your kickoff in time, don’t worry, we deliberately build in extra time for weather related delays.  We expected the problem to occur as the kits crossed the Rocky Mountains, not as they left the warehouse here in Manchester, but here or there, we do have a cushion.) 

One of the other projects is now ready.  I mentioned back in September that Google gave FIRST a grant to develop and implement an environmentally friendly student driven fundraising program.  In the 12 weeks since then, FRC and FTC teams have received email blast updates as the FIRST Green E-watt Saver Program was developed.  Today it is ready!  Team main and alternate contacts will be receiving an email soon with details, but you can learn more right away by visiting the resources page on our website.   The initial program is for US High School teams, however we do have plans to expand internationally.

12 days to Kickoff
See you then!