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 Coaches chat tomorrow!

FIRSTWA grant open!

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First Coaches Chat of the Season!- updated link!

Our first coaches chat of the season will be tomorrow night, Wednesday September 16th at 7pm! Click here to join

FIRST Washington Grant is open!

FIRST Washington Grant is now open.  You can find past communications regarding funding and the link to the grant application here:  https://firstwa.org/firstwa-grant/   

 Remember: 

• You will have to fill out a grant application to be considered for any funding that FIRST Washington manages 

• The grant form will need to be filled out for each team you would like to be considered for funding 

• Grants will no longer be deducted from your FIRST Washington registration, they will be issued separately based on the info you submit in the grant application as well as your school requirements (if you are a school based team) 

FIRST Washington Registration

The FIRST Washington registration form is open!!   

 Challenge (Founders), Explore and Future Edition teams- you can register with FIRST Washington here: https://firstwa.org/fll-registration/ 

Remember- you must register with both FIRST Inspires and FIRST Washington to participate! 

Important Dates & Deadlines

Now:   FIRST Washington Registration is Open 

9-14: FIRST Washington Grant opens 

9-16: Coaches Chat 

10-5: FIRST Washington Grant closes 

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 Registration and Grants!

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FIRST Washington Grant will open next week 

FIRST Washington Grants will open next Monday, 9-14.  You can find past communications regarding funding and the link to the grant application here:  https://firstwa.org/firstwa-grant/   

 Remember: 

• You will have to fill out a grant application to be considered for any funding that FIRST Washington manages 

• The grant form will need to be filled out for each team you would like to be considered for funding 

• Grants will no longer be deducted from your FIRST Washington registration, they will be issued separately based on the info you submit in the grant application as well as your school requirements (if you are a school based team) 

FIRST Washington Registration

The FIRST Washington registration form is open!!   

 Challenge (Founders), Explore and Future Edition teams- you can register with FIRST Washington here: https://firstwa.org/fll-registration/ 

First Coaches Chat of the Season!

Our first coaches chat of the season will be next week, Wednesday September 16th at 7pm! Click here to join

Important Dates & Deadlines

Now:   FIRST Washington Registration is Open 

9-14: FIRST Washington Grant opens 

9-16: Coaches Chat 

10-5: FIRST Washington Grant closes 

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 Grants!

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Boeing Team Grants are open!

  You can find more information on the firstinspires website here:  https://www.firstinspires.org/programs/team-grant-opportunities  Be sure to check it regularly for new team grant opportunities. 

If you have a Boeing mentor, reach out to them to ensure that they apply asap.  Funds will be available until they run out. 

FIRST Washington Grant will open 9-14

  As we said in communications over the summer, FIRST Washington Grants will be handled a bit differently this year.  Here are the important changes to note: 

• You will have to fill out a grant application to be considered for any funding that FIRST Washington manages 

• The grant form will need to be filled out for each team you would like to be considered for funding 

• Grants will no longer be deducted from your FIRST Washington registration, they will be issued separately based on the info you submit in the grant application as well as your school requirements (if you are a school based team) 

The grant will open 9-14 and will close 10-5.  As stated above, if you want your team to be considered for any funding that FIRST Washington handles, you will need to fill out this application. 

We will post the application link and information on the application on the FIRST Washington website once the grant is open as well as send that information out in the blog on 9-15. 

First Coaches Chat of the Season!

Our first coaches chat of the season will be Wednesday September 16th at 7pm! Click here to join

Important Dates & Deadlines

Now:   FIRST Washington Registration is Open 

9-14: FIRST Washington Grant opens 

9-16: Coaches Chat 

10-5: FIRST Washington Grant closes 

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 Fundraising Ideas!  

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1. Do any of our student’s parents work at companies with Volunteer Matching Programs and/or have internal small grant application processes?
   • This is a quick starting point that many teams use to support their teams
   • Employee Match Programs – Charity Navigator
2. For school based teams, is the school and/or ASB providing any funding to support the program?
3. If we have donors from last year, have we asked them this season, or have we shared how we did last season with them?

• Apply to every local Walmart and Sam’s Club.
• Request funding for:
• Team registration fees
• LEGO kits
• Competition travel
• Scholarships for underserved students
• Grants typically range from $250-$5,000. [walmart.org], [walmart.org]

• Youth leadership
• STEM education
• Community service

• $500-$2,500 per team

• $250-$1,000

• Greater Everett Community Foundation
• Seattle Foundation
• Community Foundation of Snohomish County

• $10-$20 per child

• LEGO challenges
• Robot demos
• Parent STEM presentations

• Libraries
• Farmers markets
• Community festivals
• Chamber of Commerce events

• MOD Pizza
• Chipotle
• Panda Express
• Red Robin

• 10%-25% of sales.

“Sponsor one student’s robotics season for $250.”

“Help us raise $5,000 to send our team to the regional championship.”

First Coaches Chat of the Season!

Our first coaches chat of the season will be in September! Date and agenda coming soon!

Important Dates & Deadlines

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 FIRST Washington registration is now open! 

Welcome to the new season! 

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FIRST Washington Registration

The FIRST Washington registration form is now open!!   

 One thing to note for FLL Challenge teams:  You can no longer request grant funding on the FIRST Washington registration form.  A separate grant form is being created with a target opening mid-September.  To be considered for any funding that FIRST Washington allocates, you will need to fill out that form.  If you do not need funding from FIRST Washington, there is no need to fill out the form. 

Welcome to BIOGLOW! 

Season Event Info

Hello FLL Teams! I have some season event info for you! No venue details yet unfortunately, those will come out in the fall!

Founders Edition:

• Challenge- 

Events will run just like in past seasons, the first 2 (possibly 3) weekends in December. Teams are assigned an event closest to them, and there will be a process to request a change.

Western Washington teams that advance from their Qualifier to a Semifinal event in January and then to the Western Wahington State Championship in February. This season we will not be at Amazon due to scheduling issues, but stay tuned for details! This season Western Washington State may be 2 days!

Eastern Washington teams that advance from their Qualifier will advance to the Eastern Washington State Championship. Historically this has been in January, but I do not know dates yet.

• Explore-

Events will run just like in past seasons, the first 2 (possibly 3) weekends in December, strong possibility of one in mid January, and then some weekends in March. Teams will sign up for their choice of 3 and placed in 1, usually their first choice.

Future Edition- 

We had said we would not be holding events for Future Edition, that is no longer the case! I have had multiple inquiries about Future Edition and want to give those who would like to participate in an event the option to do so. 

We will host 1 Future Edition event in mid January in Western Washington if there is enough interest. Enough interest means at least 12-15 registered teams. 

As always, no teams will be confirmed in their events until all registrations are completed and all payments are made. 

Founders Edition-

For Challenge this is registering your team with FIRST Inspires and paying their fee, registering with FIRST Washington and paying our fee ($350).

For Explore this is registering your team with FIRST Inspires and paying their fee, registering with FIRST Washington and paying our fee ($50) AND filling out the event registration with FIRST Washington.

Future Edition-

This is registering your team with FIRST Inspires and paying their fee, registering with FIRST Washington and paying our fee (TBD).

Important Dates & Deadlines

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