As part of our mission to be more than robots, we've spent the past three years researching and developing our personalized Buzz Gloves -- an effective, non-invasive treatment for hand tremors in Parkinson's. The impact team has worked with many people with Parkinson's and we have spoken at a Berrien County PwP (People with Parkinson's) meeting. Now, with an iterated design and community engagement, we need more Joes to lead the charge.
We're searching for more Buzz Glove Ambassadors on our team. These ambassadors will understand how the gloves function, understand how the gloves connect to our overall Impact mission, and be able to represent this initiative in outreach and judging settings.
To prepare new ambassadors, Elizabeth will be running a Buzz Glove training session on Thursday, July 31, from 12:00 - 2:30 PM at the Innovation Center [confirm location]. This session will cover the glove creation process and the gloves' history relating to Impact. For those of you who are passionate about Impact, this is an excellent opportunity to propel the effort.
Need AP hours?
Sign up to help at Lutheran Family Fun Night.
Who: Average Joes
What: Christ Lutheran Fun Night- Science experiments and robot cycles
Where: 4333 Cleveland Ave. Stevensville, Michigan 49127
When: August 23rd 4-7pm
Why: To spread the message of FIRST, drive some robots, and have fun!
Other Notes: Food will bre provided. Please wear a Joes shirt.
We are looking for one student who would like to attend the gifting of Buzz Gloves to a local person with Parkenson's in Cassopolis. Please send why you should be considered to attend to mbrunsting@sjschools.org. Day and time is TBD.
See our page on Buzz Gloves here.
Fundraisers are being added daily to our Fundraising Page. This is an awesome way to earn money for your student account to help pay for travel.
At the time of this posting, there are fundraising opportunities to earn over $350. You will also earn automatic AP for hours worked to count towards next year's requirments.
FRC will meet weekly on Tuesday from 6:30-8pm to discuss the outreach bot and other activities.
Any student interested in working on an independant project is welcome to come during Morgan's Office Hours, or reach out for additional hours. These hours are available on the calendar.
Hello! Welcome to the new blog format! Hopefull this will streamline the communications for the whole program.
What to expect:
Receive an email when there is a blog update, which may be at any time.
See the most recent information at the top - no repeated information from precious postings.
A monthly (or bi-weekly for the busy season) condensed update with only the most important information, critical links, and signups.
Who: Students, Mentors, and Parents
What: Lions Club Presentation
Where: Innovation Center
When: Thursday, June 5 from 11:45-1:30pm
Why: talk about the season, successes, lessons learned, etc.
Other Notes:
Shout out to such an awesome robotics community! There are a lot of mentors interested in hosting meetings and additional work times over the summer.
To support the communication, we will be utilizing Google Calendar. Mentors - if you would like to host times this summer for any activity, please fill out this form.
FRC and FTC Students: Check out the Google Calendar for information about any of the summer offerings. Add the calendar to your own to stay up to date, or copy over events.