Official Updates - Duel on the Delaware - Oct 11

[Mr MOE]

DUEL ON THE DELAWARE - SALEM COMMUNITY COLLEGE - OCTOBER 11, 2008

Hi all:

Here is an update on the Duel on the Delaware off-season competition:

NEWS
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* Emcee Wayne Penn graces us with his presence for another year!
* Now accepting applications for "Michael Wade Duel Master Volunteer Award"
= apply now; applications due by October 1
* 5th Annual Success Won't Wait Book Drive
= continue gathering those books!
* 2nd Annual Sneaker Drive
* FIRST Tech Challenge Scrimmage
= sign ups for the FTC scrimmage will be announced soon
* Volunteer Sign-ups
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WAYNE PENN TO EMCEE DUEL ON THE DELAWARE IN 2008

The Duel is honored to have the one and only WAYNE PENN be our emcee for another year.

MICHAEL WADE DUEL MASTER VOLUNTEER AWARD



The FIRST Community does a terrific job of recognizing volunteers and mentors. The planners of the Duel event would like to continue the tradition with the 4nd Annual Duel Master Volunteer Award.

This award is a combination of the FIRST Woodie Flowers Award, FIRST Unsung Hero Award, and the FIRST Volunteer Recognition Award. This award celebrates a FIRST team mentor, who demonstrates the spirit and values of what FIRST is all about.

In honor of Mike Wade, who made the Duel on the Delaware possible by providing his NASA field and much assistance since 2001, this award will now be called the “Michael Wade Duel Master Volunteer Award.” Mike exemplified what we are recognizing with the Duel Master Volunteer Award, so it only fitting that this award acknowledges Mike’s contributions.

Teams attending the Duel on the Delaware will have an opportunity to acknowledge and recognize one of their own for contributions to their team and to FIRST.

Those previously recognized include Dina Campagna - Team 341, and Bob Foell - Team 433.

If your team is attending the Duel on the Delaware on October 11, please consider nominating a team member for this award. Nominations are e-mail only as described in the following attachment and are due by OCTOBER 1st.

SUCCESS WON'T WAIT BOOK DRIVE

5th Annual Success Won't Wait Book Drive
at the Duel on the Delaware - October 11th, 2008

Team who brings most weight in books wins a prize
(magazines, encyclopedias and textbooks NOT ACCEPTED)
www.successwontwait.org

Teams!!! Continue collecting those books for our annual book drive!

See your team (and lots of books) at the Duel on October 11th!

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The following update is from the organizers of the Success Won't Wait
Book Drive at the Duel on the Delaware event. Thanks again for all of your
book donation efforts. Your books are being put to good use!

SUCCESS WON'T WAIT UPDATE

To finish out 2006, we have a very large project in the works with the
Police Athletic League (PAL) centers of Philadelphia. There are 27 centers
in the city which service the needs of urban schoolchildren ages 6-18. Lt.
Susan Slawson from PAL has partnered with us to provide a reward system
for these kids. Each center will receive a package of approximately 125 books
representing a wide age range. These will be used as rewards for
exceptional behavior.

According to Lt. Slawson, using rewards like this in the past has
consistently inspired amazing behavioral changes (finishing homework
assignments, volunteering for projects, etc.). She also said that many
of these children have NEVER OWNED A BOOK -- something we had a
hard time grasping.

The books that were collected at the third annual Miracle of Reading
Education Book Drive (at the Duel on the Delaware) will help us complete
this project. When finished over 3,000 books, many obtained through
FIRST volunteers, will be available to children from some of Philadelphia's
most economically disadvantaged areas.

Thank you for continuing to support our mission. Read now, because
Success Won't Wait!

Susan McNeill and Vincenza Carrieri-Russo
Success Won't Wait organizers


USED SNEAKER DRIVE

Used Sneaker Drive – we will be collecting used sneakers that are in
decent shape (used but not abused) that can be reconditioned. (Adult
sizes only). The sneakers are reconditioned and sold in Ghana. The
dollars are then taken and used to provide families in Ghana with materials
and training to farm. Every 600 pairs of sneakers provides a family with,
a bicycle, one pregnant rabbit and hutch, 50 assorted fruit trees, three hens
and one $@#$@#$@#$@#, 100 Lucaena trees, one colonized bee hive, 50 inoculated
started bags of mushrooms, access to local water, a complete pedal driven
Miracle Pump System, ¼ acre integrated vegetable farm, and training for
one year in intensive organic farming.

2008 FIRST TECH CHALLENGE SCRIMMAGE

The Duel will once again include the official playing field for this season's FIRST Tech Challenge game. FTC teams can sign up to scrimmage and learn about the game, strategies, and playing field components for this years challenge. More information will be forthcoming.

TEAM LIST - August 11, 2008

30 Teams Max, 30 registered *Waiting List Slots Available*

Teams currently registered...

25 Raider Robotics (*)
75 RoboRaiders
84 Chuck 84
87 Diablo (*)
222 Tigertrons
272 Cyber Crusaders
316 LuNaTeCs
341 Miss Daisy
357 Royal Assault
365 MOE/Miracle Workerz
422 Maggie L Walker Mech Tech Dragons
423 SEC Robotics - Mechanical Mayhem (*)
433 Firebirds (*)
539 Trinity Episcopal Titans
555 Montclair Robotics (*)
708 Hardwired Fusion
709 Femme Tech Fatale (*)
768 TechnoWarriors (*)
816 BCIT
1089 Team Mercury
1218 Vulcan Robotics
1370 The Blue Charge!
1640 Sab-BOT-age
1647 Lenape Regional Robotics Iron Devils
1712 Dawgma (*)
1719 Umbrella Corporation
1727 REX
1893 High Tech Parrots
1980 Team Aberdeen
2558 Scibots

(*) indicates team has yet to pay registration

VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS

If you would like to volunteer to help with the Duel on the Delaware, please send an e-mail to John Larock (John.A.Larock@usa.dupont.com).

Do the Duel!