Woodie Flowers Awards - Entries due soon! (2/27)

[Lcalef]

My team won the Woody Flowers Award in 1997. My name and our team name was announced and my whole team piled on top of me! I didn't know that we had submitted an entry, so I was totally taken by surprise. A few students got together and made that happen for our team and for me. I will never forget them, that year's team, or the first time in my life that my knees actually "knocked" as I walked down the steps of the huge bleachers at Disney up on to the National stage! Our team is still reaping the honors of the nomination from just a few students initiative!

There are so many special people involved in FIRST. A big problem, especially with "science type" people, is that they don't brag about themselves. This is the time!!! Brag about that special person on your team that makes it happen for you! Get involved! It is so much better to do, than to watch!

Liz Calef, Team 88

[Rich Kressly]

Wow.
Baker, Bastoni, Calef ... all in a single thread.
In itself, this should be impetus for teams to stand up, notice, and submit.

How cool would it be to overwhelm judges with all of these wonderful, personalized stories about FIRST's most influential people?

900+ registered teams, and I know every team has AT LEAST one of these stories to tell. Even if your team hasn't considered it until this late date, a 600 word essay can easily be completed in three days. Let's celebrate leadership and commitment of the best kind.

[team222badbrad]

Originally Posted by Rich Kressly

Even if your team hasn't considered it until this late date, a 600 word essay can easily be completed in three days. Let's celebrate leadership and commitment of the best kind.

Lol 3 days? try 1

you can take a guess as to who we are gonna nominate...

[Solace]

1? hey man, we pulled ours off in the last 4 hourse. Let's hear it for procrastination!

[MisterX]

Although we didn't actually submit ours until the Thursday before we had been thinking about it all season and the Woodie Flowers Award truly is a great honor and hopfully every team submitted someone. Because truly these mentors give up a lot for us kids and I know, personally, if it hadn't been for our's the school would not have allowed to compete this year and build one of our best robots ever, guarantee it!

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH BILL for always being there to help us out and giving up all of your time (and then some) during this season!!!!!

P.S. if I remember correctly our essay is exactly 521 words

[J Flex 188]

i would think that if these mentors meant so much to all teams, maybe we could put a bit more time and consideration into the essays and photos than 4 hours or a day before they are due . but then again, every team is different and has x amount of people right =)

good luck to all teams who submitted!