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FRC #1405 (Finney Falcons)
Team Role: Tactician
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Rookie Year: 2005
Location: Webster, NY
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Re: Parent Involvement - FRC

We don't have a 'parent-booster club' per say, but parents do a lot on our team. We have at least 5 engineering mentors who were/are parents of students on the team.

Aside from that, parents do a lot in the non-engineering aspect of the team. A few examples are:
  • Several parents over the past several years have been major parts in organizing fundraisers
  • When we have our pancake breakfast fundraiser, 4-5 parents volunteer to help organize and host the event
  • In 2010, when one of our students joined the team, his dad took A LOT of pictures of the team. Now, he is our 'unofficial photographer' (affectionately dubbed our 'SparX Stalker'). He still takes pictures at many of our major events.
  • Parents provide transportation to groups of student for events such as our annual community service day
  • Several parents who are business owners have becomes sponsors of the team.

PM me if you want to talk more about it. These are just a few things that come off the top of my head. I'm sure there are more specific stories I could come up with.
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