White House Petition for FIRST Funding

[wnewton00]

As many people have stated, the best thing about this is the potential to get people taking about FIRST, people who haven't heard of it before, possible future mentors & coaches. We have a new mentor for 1086 this year who had not heard of the program until his coworker's daughter joined our team and she told him about it.
I also coach FLL & previously Jr.FLL, which I did not do until my daughter joined 1086 and then through that exposure, my 7 year old son DEMANDED to participate as well. So I, who had not heard of FIRST until then, started a team.
Getting people to talk about it is how we will find all the resources we need to support all the children who could benefit and thrive in this program.
The greatest thing I think would be when I do not have to explain what FIRST is to my son's new teacher each year or the parents of the kids who hear about it and want to join or my coworkers.
We all know what someone refers to when they say their kid is in Little League, First should be at least as well recognized.