[adpalonis19]

One of my contribution to FIRST was already mentioned. Expand the FLL programs and make that a larger event. FIRST is all about spreading STEM to young students and what a better place to start than with 4th and 5th graders. Remove the 1 QT restriction on teams. When I was involved in FLL, the competitions were the coolest thing ever. Nothing was better than watching something that my peers and I worked on for the past few months do exactly what we wanted it too!
Also, FIRST can do a little outreach on its own too. FIRST should contact local news stations to notify them of events. Do press releases for every event. There's always a local news station at my high school football and basketball games. Why not have the local news attend events for "The Sport of the Mind"? It could be argued that it should be up to the host team to do this, but I think FIRST can help with this whether it be the district organization that does this, or FIRST itself.