Outreach

The Team 1912 Theory of Change outlines how everything we do, including building competitive robots, advances our overall mission.

We describe our outreach work under the themes of

• FIRST Flames inspiring young people in STEM
• Ignition Team to help start FIRST teams,
• Torchbearers supporting our community with volunteer work

Team 1912 aims to further our mission with impact on our schools, community, region, and the area FIRST community:

Schools

We impact our schools by...

• organizing an Engineering Club to bring in outside speakers to talk with students about careers in engineering and related fields
• offering workshops on useful skills like soldering and 3D printing
• participating in school campus cleanup events
• adopting the highway outside the main school entrance to keep it litter-free

Community and region

Efforts in the community include

• Volunteering
  • Camp Bearable
  • Adopt-a-Highway
• Community events
  • Pumpkin Fest
• FIRST Saturdays
  • coming soon!

Area FIRST teams

Team 1912 supports FIRST teams and events through

• Event hosting
  • Annual FIRST LEGO League Challenge Qualifier event
  • Annual FIRST Tech Challenge Qualifier event
• Team support
  • FIRST LEGO League Challenge Team Jumpstart
  • Mentoring FIRST Robotics Competition teams in New Orleans
  • Mentoring new Slidell/Pearl River FIRST LEGO League Challenge teams
• Event volunteering
  • Event volunteers at area FIRST events