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FIRST® Newsletter - January 2017
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Dean Kamen at FIRST Kickoff

FIRST® STEAMWORKS℠ Challenge Revealed

The FIRST® Robotics Competition launched its 2017 season with a global Kickoff watched by more than 83,400 high-school students via livestream. The FIRST® STEAMWORKS℠ game is the first to include human players on the field interacting with robots.

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FIRST, Inspire gala trophies

FIRST, Inspire Gala Honors Supporters

A celebration and charity event held last fall in NYC honored Irwin M. Jacobs, Joan K. Jacobs, Paul E. Jacobs, Geneviève Jacobs, David Siegel, and Dana Matsushita, and raised over $1.4 million to further expand accessibility to FIRST programs.

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Rockwell Automation reveals $12 million donation to FIRST.

Rockwell Automation Invests $12 Million

Rockwell Automation announced a $12 million, four-year commitment to FIRST to address the critical need to inspire and train for industrial careers. The company is recognized as a FIRST Strategic Partner and a FIRST Robotics Competition Crown Supplier.

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Save the date for the FIRST Festival of Champions: July 28-29, 2017

FIRST Festival of Champions Announced

FIRST has revealed that the Winning Alliances from the FIRST Championship in St. Louis and Houston will get the chance to meet and compete. The FIRST Festival of Champions will take place where it all began, in New Hampshire (July 28-29, 2017).

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FIRST TidBITS
Fundraising Toolkit

Rally support for your team! The new Fundraising Toolkit Video Series includes how to make a budget and thank supporters.

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FIRST collaborated with the National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity to develop free Invisible Inequities training modules for creating equitable teams.

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Animal Allies logo

Off-season registration is now open for FIRST® LEGO® League. Get your feet wet by building a team just for fun.

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The Society of Women Engineers has awarded FIRST teams $20,000 in 2017 Gender Diversity Grants, funded by the Motorola Foundation.

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Robots in the Outback

FIRST, Google Australia, and Team 3132 are starting teams in rural and remote Australia through Robots in the Outback.

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Shelley Henderson, Diversity & Inclusion Manager at FIRST, wrote about creating opportunities to elevate girls in STEM for Scholastic.com and Inspire Blog.

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Yucca Cool Cats build a garden

FIRST Snapshots: Inspired by their FIRST® LEGO® League Jr. project, the Yucca Cool Cats built a school garden.

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FIRST in the News: Dean Kamen reveals to Huffington Post what your child needs to know to lead a successful life in the 21st century.

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