With the Electric Claw support, The Mechanical Minds were able to hold a great event, going out into the community and spreading the word about the importance of FRC.
We were invited to show FIRST and its benefits to teachers from seventeen North Carolina county school systems, in hopes of gaining more FIRST NC teams.
Several of our team members volunteer to help mentor and coach at Arndt Middle School LEGO Robotics Teams.
Several of our team members volunteered to help mentor and coach local elementary schools' LEGO Robotics Teams.
Our team helped with 6-8 week classes hosted at local libraries after school once a week for grades 2nd-4th.
Several of our team members volunteered to help mentor and coach local elementary schools LEGO Robotics Teams.
Our team partnered with Catawba County Schools and served in multiple roles at the SUMO FEST 2025 Competition at the Hickory Metro Convention Center.
Our team served as judges for the second and third-grade robotics competition at Balls Creek Elementary School.
The Catawba Science Center asked our team to set up a STEM booth before the Discovery Family Concert: Robots, Machines, and Music at PE Monroe Auditorium on the Lenoir-Rhyne University campus.
Our team created 100 STEM bags filled with items needed for the Sphero component of the competition. We served as judges for the CCS Winter Robotics Competition at the Hickory Convention Center and shared our Crescendo robot with the students and coaches in attendance.