8/9/19:

ARES and ACME robotics presented at the nevada county fair, we talked about our team and FIRST in the hope of recruiting new members, preferably girls as we were an all male team, and lots of girls aren’t into robotics. We brought the robot from our FIRST Rover Ruckus season, and let kids drive it around to get a feel of what it could do. We also let the community know about how FIRST provides helpful opportunities for youth to learn more about robotics, managing your time, and working on the business aspect of a job or company.

6/24/19:

Over the summer, ARES volunteered at a summer camp for kids who were interested in FLL or learning about robotics. One of the members of the software team, Jason, taught at the camp at one of our local schools, and nine kids ended up attending. He taught them how to do some basic mindstorm assembling, coding, and challenge completing. At the end they had a decent understanding of how FLL worked, and some of the kids were interested in joining or helping to start a team.

4/6/19:  

ARES helped run a booth at the Nevada County STEAM expo, where we presented our robot and explained what/how we had done in our rookie season with FIRST. There were lots of other booths at the expo, and we had a slideshow going with pictures of our team to educate and inform people of our team.