**FIRST EMAIL**/Special Request from Dean Kamen

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**FIRST EMAIL**/Special Request from Dean Kamen

Hello FIRST® Teams, Mentors, Coaches, Volunteers, Sponsors and the entire FIRSTCommunity:

This year we would like to fill the stands at each FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) regional with ‘new non-FIRSTers’ as well as all of the local FIRST Community….and you can help us!

Here’s more on what I’m asking you to do and why.

The more people see FIRST up close…the more they understand what we are trying to accomplish.

Right now many seats go empty for our events, and they are a great place for local student groups, teachers, dignitaries, corporations and others to experience how the problem solving going on at FIRST today is the predecessor for tomorrow’s innovations.

What can you do to help?

1. Visit www.usfirst.org Home Page and take a pledge to bring ‘new’ attendees to the FRC Regionals this season.
2. Take the Pledge – commit to introduce one…ten…up to 25 new visitors to an FRC Regional. (You will be able to sign up by Regional event)
3. Watch the totals rise for your local Regional as the season unfolds!
4. We will check the event attendance against all the pledges you make for a ‘special shout’ at Championship to the Regional that brings in the most new visitors to the event this year.

Show your local community that FIRST is the best event they will ever attend!

When I’m Asking You To Do It:
You need to take the pledge before your Regional begins.
You may add ‘pledges’ to your event up until the day before the event begins!

I look forward to seeing all of the new visitors you bring to the Regionals this season….so they too can experience the possibilities, the energy, and the commitment that is FIRST.

Thank you for all you do for FIRST!

Dean Kamen

Go Teams!!