Thread: Chairman's Award Finalists...A Fact
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oh and another thing...
Posted by Erin at 04/09/2001 11:38 PM EST


Other on team #65, Huskie Brigade, from Pontiac Northern High School and GM Powertrain.


In Reply to: 1 and 65, thanks....
Posted by Erin on 04/09/2001 11:25 PM EST:



Being a member of team 65, a former team captain of team 1 and having a close relationship with 47 (all three finalist award recipients), I know that you must not be clued in as to what you are speaking about...

Pontiac isn't a very nice, clean city. In fact I believe they got some of the lowest scores for schools in the county. They aren't that great statewide, either. However, the great thing is- our teams each had an individual struggle to make something great happen (we ALL did OCCRA)and we are taking kids from a lower-class area and teaching them how to make the most of their professional lives (which would have otherwise not been taught as well w/o the FIRST teams and their programs- Lego League, H.I.T. and the CADETS). If you came to Pontiac and saw the conditions these schools were in and how great of a difference FIRST makes for students in the community, you would see what I mean. FIRST is one of the many organizations in these schools that is helping to boost back up the reputations of the school system.

And trust me, we don't have endless budgets- any of us- we have to fundraise, scrimp and save like everyone else.


Erin
p.s. did anyone know our submission was hand-delivered to Manchester? That is what I call determination.


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