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We've helped thousands of teams for 8+
years. We now request your help back...
There have been more than
a quarter of million visitors over the
past few years who have downloaded and
accessed tens of thousands of documents.
Will you consider a
micro donation to help us get to worlds?
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT
OUR EFFORTS. |
2011-12 Awards
TechBrick
FRC Woodie Flowers Finalist Award
FRC 3941
Rookie All-Star Award
Invitation to Worlds
FTC 7
Winning Alliance (2x)
Think Award
Inspire Award
Innovate Award
World Championship Invitation
FTC 4234
Judges Award
FLL 2207 RockinRollbots
1st Place Technical Design
3rd Place Champions Award
FLL 5622 Thunderbricks
3rd place in Robot Design
FLL 4985 Chicken Investigators
State Champion’s Award
2nd place Innovative Solution Award
JrFLL Hutchins Snackers
Invitation to Worlds
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Finals
This Year: We Won and Won
and Won and Ended up With Three Teams Headed to
Worlds....
We are having a great year.
Every one of our 7 teams won awards for design
and performance with three teams qualifying for
the World Championship in St. Louis in April.
- Our JrFLL team was selected as one of
the global teams to debut JrFLL at worlds.
- Our FTC Team 7 won the championship in
DE and qualified for worlds.
- And now our FRC team was awarded the
Rookie All Star Award which is given to
about 60 teams nationally.
 Why
would you consider contributing to our efforts?
First, the World Championship has more than
16,000 participants from 51+ countries and
thousands of guests. Your company logo will be
seen many times. Secondly, we will have a
supporter board with literature from each
sponsoring company. And third, you are investing
in our technology future. Each team that has
attended Worlds over the years has returned with
new focus and direction. It is an amazing event.
The challenge is how to fundraise for this
trip. It is not a paid vacation. Rather, this is
an opportunity for you to invest in these young
engineers who will work hard for more than 50
hours over 4 days to field and maintain their
robot and compete in up to 20 rounds against
more than 100 teams from all over the world.
These are some of the best and brightest young
engineers from around the world and they come
together through US FIRST to fight for the World
Championship title. Yet they do it with 'gracious
professionalism' which is a hallmark of US
FIRST.
The link below is to our overview video which
has not yet been made public. This alone is a a
great
example of the level of excellence we pushed the
students to achieve. This video was 97% student
produced:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zoh024V9TAU
Here are the FRC team's website, TechBrick’s main
website, and the coverage of the tournament.
http://frc3941.techbrick.com
http://www.techbrick.com
http://www.mdfirst.org/programs/first-robotics-competition/chesapeake-regional/2012-results.html
Even with substantial student participation we
will need to raise nearly $26,000 to make this
trip happen. We have already found ways to trim
off thousands of dollars. But taking a team 1/3 of the way across the country for 5 days is,
well, an expensive endeavor.
However, the results are extraordinary. Almost
all of our HS juniors and seniors are headed to
technology careers with many more behind them.
While they may not work for your company (though
you are free to begin recruiting them now!),
they are the future of our engineering base and
they need our support.
The challenge
is we need commitments and cash in hand by April
15 to make this happen.
We've helped thousands of teams for 8+
years. We now request your help back...
There have been more than
a quarter of million visitors over the
past few years who have downloaded and
accessed tens of thousands of documents.
Will you consider a
micro donation to help us get to worlds?
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT
OUR EFFORTS.
 We
are looking for support from regional & national
companies for our robotics and STEM
organization.
TechBrick is a robotics club formed for home
school students in Harford and Baltimore County.
Since 2003 we have had more than 200 young
engineers participate in our program. In
addition this year we will have seven
competition teams that meet weekly with more
than 50 students, 14 adult mentors, and student
mentors. We have numerous participants in math,
science, and engineering tracks while in high
school or early college attendance.
Why this program is critical to your company’s
future.
The club runs under a program called
FIRST,
founded 20 years ago by Dean Kamen (of Segway
Scooter fame). His goal was to create a program
in which young students with a strong interest
in technology and engineering could get the same
type of encouragement that students get in
organized sports.
The Program Has National Support and Value
Dean Kamen has
achieved his goal.
FIRST
now has more than 200,000 global participants
with programs serving children ages 7-18. More
than one hundred colleges offer scholarships to
students who have participated in a FIRST
program. Many of the participants who started at
the beginning are now employed by these
corporations. (See our document, “FIRST
is…”)
The FIRST program and competitions provide one
of the best platforms for young people to get
excited about the challenges and rewards of
engineering.
They are pushed to the limit on every level:
project management, design, research, testing,
strategic planning, and more. I expect to look
back four or five years from now and see many of
our early participants in the workplace
providing the innovative solutions we need to
maintain our competitive edge.
Over the past years we’ve enjoyed support from
local companies. Our program has grown and so
have our needs.
Both our elementary-school and high-school teams
have made it to the Worlds in St. Louis. With
more tournaments, more travel, and more
equipment, we need the financial assistance of
local companies.
Browse
around our
www.TechBrick.com,
www.USFIRST.org and
www.mdfirst.org.
You’ll catch a
glimpse of the
excitement that is FIRST and
TechBrick Robotics.
What does sponsorship mean?
As
a sponsor you will be listed on our website seen
globally by more than 1000 visitors per day,
included in all literature and marketing
materials handed out to each team at our events,
acknowledged in email newsletters, displayed,
when possible, on our robots, and you’ll have
the long-term satisfaction of helping build the
next generation of engineers and technical
leaders.
FUNDING
All programs are
initially funded by dues paid by families.
Additional parts, research, and advanced
resources must come from contributors.
CURRENT NEEDS:
* Funding for the
world championship in March ($26,000)
* Facility space beyond May (1200+ sq feet)
* Seek 501(c)(3) Status ($2400)
* Committed funding for FTC/FRC 2012-13 ($25,000
+)
* Guest mentors and lecturers
* Development funds for new teams
Please call Marco Ciavolino or Chris Hoppel with any questions.
// Marco Ciavolino / 410.838.8264 /
marco@techbrick.com
// Chris Hoppel / 410.939.5214 /
chris@techbrick.com
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