We have an end of the season banquet for students, mentors and families.
We start with dinner, and this year students recapped the year and the actiities we had completed, the build season and the competitions, and a few mentors talked about what events are coming up for the summer and fall.
We use the banquet to let parents and sponsors know what we ave done and what is next.
The mentors gave awards to students in several areas - most improved, newcomer of the year, initiative, etc. and we award some small college scholarships. The students also give awards to the mentors, recognizing something from the season. We recognize our parent crew leaders for all they have done.
We have our banquet in a local church fellowship hall, and the youth group from that church prepare and serve dinner. it is a small fundraiser for the youth group and they use the profits to help support a summer work trip. That works out well because dinner is very affordable for team members and we are helping a local youth organization.
We usually run a slide show during dinner and have an end of the season video to play.
The banquet is our last event for the current team.
This year, the students also made a model of 1/4 of the field, and a model of our robot, and gave those to three mentors. They were awesome, and I am honored to have received one.
