How do I get more recruits for next year?

[MagiChau]

Originally Posted by delsaner

Its excites kids when they see a fully functional robot. At 8th grade orientations where the upcoming freshman take a look at different after-school activities (or however your school does it), bring in a functional robot for them to watch. It is important to get freshman interested before they reach high-school; Towards the end of the year, bring the robot to the middle-school and show the 8th graders, im sure you can show the 7th graders the robot too.

Another thing we do is go to the freshman science classes for a few minutes and explain what we do. If they want more information, they can come to a meeting and get a feel for what it is.

Feel free to send me a Private Message if you have any questions. Id be glad to answer them.

I think almost everyone forgot about the 2009 bot went it got showed off last year when I was a 8th grader. I recall seeing a lot of kids watching the demonstrations and playing with the playing pieces as BOB dragged the trailer around. Though we got 9 freshmen this year including me You have any ideas of how to make kids remember about FIRST robotics over the summer break?