FIRST
Volunteering
Books & Toys 4 Tots
This is an annual program that Team 597 members participate- during the November/December time frame. Team members help organize and disseminate books & toys to needy families during the Holiday season at a local Mall.
Toys 4 Tots (Knott’s Berry Farm)
Each year Team members volunteer and work with the United States Marines in collecting, sorting and passing out toys to disadvantage and needy youth at the Knox Berry Farm Amusement Park during the Holiday Season in December.
Blood Drive
Team 597 members help organize and participate in our school’s Semi-Annual Blood Drive. Team members promote the blood drive by making flyers, and finding blood donors. Team 597 has participated in the school’s blood drive cause for the last seven years.
Water for Children of Africa
Members of Team 597 are advocates of human rights. One of the fundamental rights a person has is access to usable and drinkable water. Therefore members of team 597 are involved in project “Water for Children of Africa.” The team has attended conferences in San Diego and hopes in the near future to travel to Africa to bring school supplies such as pencils, paper and notebooks to needy children and also help with digging water wells.
FIRST LEGO League Mentors
Starting in 2005 Foshay Learning Center started offering LEGO Classes to our middle school students. As the LEGO program grew, Team 597 offered workshops to teachers who needed assistance in teaching LEGO Robotics to middle school kids. In 2008 Foshay Robotics Team 597 sponsored and mentored 5 FIRST LEGO League Teams (FLL) and one Junior First LEGO Team (JrFLL) for the “Climate Connection Challenge”. Each FLL team participated at the Manhattan Beach Middle School Qualifying Tournament and two teams qualified for the Southern California FLL Championship at LEGO Land. For the 2009 FLL “Smart Move Challenge”, Team 597 is sponsoring and mentoring 4 FLL teams. Many of our Adult and student team members have volunteered their time to be FLL Judges, Referees, and Field set up personnel at LEGO events. It is estimated that since 2005 over 600 of our elementary and middle school students have been served by taking one of our school’s LEGO classes or participating on one of the FLL teams we have sponsored.
This is an annual program that Team 597 members participate- during the November/December time frame. Team members help organize and disseminate books & toys to needy families during the Holiday season at a local Mall.
Toys 4 Tots (Knott’s Berry Farm)
Each year Team members volunteer and work with the United States Marines in collecting, sorting and passing out toys to disadvantage and needy youth at the Knox Berry Farm Amusement Park during the Holiday Season in December.
Blood Drive
Team 597 members help organize and participate in our school’s Semi-Annual Blood Drive. Team members promote the blood drive by making flyers, and finding blood donors. Team 597 has participated in the school’s blood drive cause for the last seven years.
Water for Children of Africa
Members of Team 597 are advocates of human rights. One of the fundamental rights a person has is access to usable and drinkable water. Therefore members of team 597 are involved in project “Water for Children of Africa.” The team has attended conferences in San Diego and hopes in the near future to travel to Africa to bring school supplies such as pencils, paper and notebooks to needy children and also help with digging water wells.
FIRST LEGO League Mentors
Starting in 2005 Foshay Learning Center started offering LEGO Classes to our middle school students. As the LEGO program grew, Team 597 offered workshops to teachers who needed assistance in teaching LEGO Robotics to middle school kids. In 2008 Foshay Robotics Team 597 sponsored and mentored 5 FIRST LEGO League Teams (FLL) and one Junior First LEGO Team (JrFLL) for the “Climate Connection Challenge”. Each FLL team participated at the Manhattan Beach Middle School Qualifying Tournament and two teams qualified for the Southern California FLL Championship at LEGO Land. For the 2009 FLL “Smart Move Challenge”, Team 597 is sponsoring and mentoring 4 FLL teams. Many of our Adult and student team members have volunteered their time to be FLL Judges, Referees, and Field set up personnel at LEGO events. It is estimated that since 2005 over 600 of our elementary and middle school students have been served by taking one of our school’s LEGO classes or participating on one of the FLL teams we have sponsored.
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