What to do in the off-season

[HannahF]

Originally Posted by waialua359

Honestly, about 75% of what we do as a team is during the off-season.

Hahaha my team is the same way. The "off"-season is a great time to work on stuff you normally can't accomplish during build and competition seasons. One of the team's mottos is " A new season starts the moment an old season ends, so new ideas never go out of season."

Some of the things the firebirds will be doing this off-season:

-Host an end of Year Team Bonfire
-Learn CAD
-Make buttons (No matter how many we make during build season we always run out )
- Modify past robots to shoot candy
- take modified candy robots to a local 4th of July parade
- Attend Local off-season competitions. (We had a blast at PARC! thanks 222)
-Visit retirement homes with our robot
-Have strategic planning meetings.
-Clean our shop after four months of intense use
-Visit our sponsors and give presentations about our past season.
- Go to local girl scout summer camps and give robotics demonstrations
-work on our website
- Hold a recruitment picnic to meet girls who are interested in joining the team
- Hold seminars to teach incoming members about different aspects of the team
-Start FRC rookie teams
-Hold seminars to teach new FRC rookie teams about robot components and team building
-Pack and send parts to our team in Ghanna
-Start and continue to Mentor FLL teams
-Build an off-season community service robot
-Raise Money for the American Heart Association,(we drive the robots in the Philadelphia Heart Walk.)
-Visit lcoal schools to teach kids about Heart Health with our heart-bot "tinman"
-Hold two fundraisers

Hahaha not to mention the fact that all the rising seniors on the team ( including me ) have to write colleges essays and fill out applications this summer/fall. Needless to say I am going to be very busy this off-season.