A few years ago I started a similar thread.
http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=85495
Turns out that it has been hard on our team to get much interest in off-season stuff because we put so much into the season. This year we plan on making some small Vex robots to bring to a local chidren's hospital,among ither things.
Thanks for starting this thread. I will be suggesting some of these ideas.