I love FIRST because of the opportunities that abound
- growth
- development
- understanding
I love FIRST because people come together finding ways to work through differences of opinions and approach to solve a shared challenge/problem.
I love FIRST because I watch students grow into young adults, often carrying the torch of culture change - lighting the way for those that come behind them.
I love FIRST because it gives everyone a chance to have the 'hardest fun we'll ever have'.

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I love FIRST.
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Excellence is contagious. ~ Andy Baker, President, AndyMark, Inc. and Woodie Flowers Award 2003
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
~ Helen Keller (1880-1968)