Many of the NJ teams were recruited by Randy Schaeffer of J&J and who works for FIRST. Apparently in 1997 FIRST was planning a initial NJ J&J Regional and hooked up with the NJ Chamber of Commerce. A number of high schools in the region were sent videos showing the competition with the hope some would bite and the group would connect school with company.
One day at a department meeting my boss showed me one of the tapes......
We still try to do this in NJ- now 40+ teams strong and growing
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