[Tom Ore]

The John Deere Inspire program goes back to 2011. A group of Deere executives were getting a tour around champs and were on the field to watch one of our matches. It was Newton, match 81 - a really good match. 842 / 2614 were on the other alliance. 525's alliance wound up winning the match. The Deere executives came back to our pit area and were just as excited as the rest of the team. The John Deere Inspire program director was named a couple of months later and they've been a big support of FIRST ever since.