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Originally Posted by Jim Giacchi

In the past FIRST gave out participation medals to all of the teams. My team has always had a brain block on picking these up, so we typically send for them in the mail + buy more for all of our team members.
When I looked this year I did not see a medal, but I did see a pin. I was wondering did they replace the medal with a pin this year? and if so, how many did they give out per team?
Thank you very much,
Jim Giacchi

It was a budget decision. They realized the medals weren't sustainable or an appropriate distribution of funds. I think it was a good.call personally.