[Richard Wallace]

Thanks for starting this thread, Jane.

I thinking about contributing my own moment, when I saw this:

Originally Posted by Burmeister #279

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For me, helping out 1448, 1806 and several other teams with programming issues was quite awesome as well because once i made the effort to go and help the other teams, others on my team started making the effort as well. I've notice that we haven't done much in the way of helping other teams throughout the past 4 years of competition and i'm hoping that by making the effort in st. louis the rest of my team will follow and help out some more.

Despite not winning anything at our only competition this year, St. Louis Regional, I can say it was the most fun we've had at any competition since my class were freshmen in 2007. I believe we've grown a lot as a team from going to St. Louis and most of this stems from the fact that everyone agreed that every single team that won an award deserved it. Being the oldest team there, it definitely wouldn't have been the first time anyone on our team thought otherwise. we had our whole group cheering on the teams throughout the event and were especially loud when our quarter finals alliance partner 3186 earned the Rookie Allstar Award. Myself and the rest of the seniors on our team plan on contributing more of our time to other FIRST teams throughout our time at college and hopefully further, and this is also very, very AWESOME.

I get chills reading this kind of post.

Before I left St. Louis about a year ago, I told my team and my fellow volunteers that, while I would miss working with them, I was confident that they would succeed brilliantly. Team 931's success this year is self-evident. The St. Louis Regional volunteer corps' success is clear to those who were at the event. The success of FIRST shines, like a beacon across the miles, in the words Burmeister #279 posted above.