FW: FIRST Robotics Volunteers Need for Competitions

[Jiang, Hong]

FYI.

From: David Fillion, Piedmont Section <eno...@enotice.ieee.org>
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026 at 12:07 PM
To: Jiang, Hong <Hong....@benedict.edu>
Subject: FIRST Robotics Volunteers Need for Competitions

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HongJiang:

Many in IEEE support FIRST Robotics in various roles. It's now FIRST Robotics Competition season and volunteers are needed to help. 

FIRST® is the world’s leading youth robotics community, delivering youth robotics competitions that inspire innovation, build confidence, and prepare young people for life.

More Than Robots®
Founded in 1989 by inventor Dean Kamen, FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a global nonprofit (501(c)(3)) organization that prepares young people for the future through a suite of welcoming, team-based robotics programs for ages 5-18 (K-12).  Their thrilling, sports-like challenges build self-confidence and collaborative problem-solving skills and have a proven and lasting impact on STEM learning and interest.

Volunteers are needed for technical and non-technical roles.  Generally meals will be covered during the volunteering time.  Events are being held across the state, so find one near you!  There is especially a need for judges which interact with students to help decide award recipients.

Let's RECOGNIZE all these young people in SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY!!! VOLUNTEER as a 

General volunteer resources: https://www.firstinspires.org/resources/library/general-volunteer-resources

Explore the different volunteer roles for FTC and FRC to identify what you might like to do: https://www.firstinspires.org/community/volunteers/roles

If you aren’t sure what role you’d like to try out, just select “Assign Me as Needed” and the Volunteer Coordinator for that event will reach out to you to figure out what role to place you in.

To sign up for one (or more!) of our remaining FTC events and/or FRC events this season, you can use one of the express volunteer links below:

2/27-2/28 FTC State Champs at Dreher High School in Columbia: 
https://my.firstinspires.org/ExpressVolunteer/landing-page/20e7b6f5-f7b4-11f0-9708-00505699b848 [my.firstinspires.org]

3/5-3/7 FRC North Charleston District Qualifier at The City of North Charleston Athletic Center in North Charleston:

https://my.firstinspires.org/ExpressVolunteer/landing-page/9ca76b5c-cf0c-11f0-9274-00505699b848

3/12-3/14 FRC Richland District Qualifier at Lower Richland High School in Hopkins:

https://my.firstinspires.org/ExpressVolunteer/landing-page/a5667734-cf0c-11f0-9274-00505699b848

3/26-3/28 FRC Hartsville District Qualifier at Coker University – DeLoach Center in Hartsville:

https://my.firstinspires.org/ExpressVolunteer/landing-page/8df0193f-cf0c-11f0-9274-00505699b848

4/9-4/11 FRC State Champs at Anderson Civic Center in Anderson:

https://my.firstinspires.org/ExpressVolunteer/landing-page/58873990-cf0c-11f0-9274-00505699b848

The answer is YES, in IEEE we consider FIRST as a STEM activity.

David Fillion
Life Senior Member
HKN - Eta Chapter
Membership Development Chair, Piedmont Section
Past Chair, Piedmont Section

South Carolina Council : http://sites.ieee.org/scc

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