FRC REBUILT Blog: Volume 15

Urgent!!  Volunteers needed for events the next two weekends! 

We are still in need of volunteers for our FLL Qualifiers happening in December! We are especially in need of adults to fill judging roles. If you are a coach or mentor, judging at an event other than where your students are competing is an amazing way to learn about the process and how to coach your students on exactly what they need to do in their presentation to judges.  

We also need students in various roles – referee, scorekeeper, queuer, and field reset. This is a great way for students to meet their volunteer hour requirement! Here are the events with the greatest need: 

December 6: Beaver Lake, Everett, Seattle, Spokane, and Wapato 

December 7: Everett, Seattle, Spokane, and Wapato 

December 13: Federal Way and Shoreline 

December 14: Federal Way, Shoreline, Tacoma, Oak Harbor, and Olympia 

If you are able to help, click here to find an event near you: Search Event 

Invoices have been sent 

Invoices were sent to the contact listed on the FIRST Washington registration form on Friday, 11-21.  If you did not receive an invoice, please reach out to our finance department at accounting@firstwa.org. 

Reminder, the deadline to secure your registration is Friday, December 12.  You can secure your registration with a PO or by paying with a check or credit card. 

Slides and recording from the November 18 coaches chat have been posted 

If you missed the coaches chat (which most of you did because it was VERY lightly attended 😊 ) be sure to check out the slides and recording here:  https://firstwa.org/webinars/  Remember, you are responsible to know this information. 

Workshops/Quiet Room at events 

Workshops 

Workshops are great at events but take extra work.  If you are interested in hosting a workshop, please fill out this form The deadline to submit for a workshop is February 6. 

Quiet Room 

We had lots of people asking us about quiet rooms last year.  FIRST Washington is unable to manage quiet room sign ups at events.  Volunteers do need to sign up for the role through their firstinspires dashboard to make sure they have passed youth protection screening.  Many adults enjoy taking a shift in the quiet room to give them a break from the noise and craziness of the event! 

Please consider hosting the quiet room, we are happy to work with you and give you contact info for the folks to sign up.  Fill out this form if you’re willing to be a quiet room host for an event. 

Accommodations at events (accessibility not hotel accommodations) 

In the PNW, we work VERY hard to make sure everyone has a great experience at our events. 

We are aware of the needs at some of our events, but if you don’t tell us, we may not be aware of your team’s need. Please fill out this form to let us know if your team needs any accommodations. The earlier you fill out the form, the more likely we will be able to accommodate your request. Understand, we may not be able to accommodate everyone’s needs. We are a small organization and venues vary. Please be gracious and kind if we can’t exactly meet your need the way you would like. The earlier you make us aware of a need, the greater chance we may be able to make an accommodation. 

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