Hello! This year we have quite a few seniors leaving us that have left quite the impact on our team. We would like to give them a gift but are not quite sure what to do for them. Any ideas?
We give ours a nice certificate with the # of years on the team, and we buy them these: https://marketplaceforfirst.com/pub/product/graduation-cord-with-charm/
We 3d print them a little table display piece with our team number and current year robot cad.
We are getting this for our graduating seniors.
https://marketplaceforfirst.com/pub/product/graduation-cord-with-charm/
I know some teams who do an engraved Leatherman. Those are really, really sweet.
Last year, my team put together a scrapbook for the graduating seniors of pictures from their time on the team. We put it together using Shutterfly and all of the seniors were really touched by it and loved it.
This will be our third (fourth?) year giving departing seniors an aluminum team logo about 6-8" diameter, CNCd with an inscription, and a “plate stand” so they can display it on a shelf if desired. The first year, we had a sponsor (NASA) do it, but the last couple of years we’ve sent the work to a local machine shop.
We tie them to a wooden raft, float it out into the middle of Lake Huron, and set the raft on fire while we all cheer and pray that Dean, Don, and Woodie take kindly to our gracious offering. As a senior you can understand why I really don’t want this season in particular to end.
That’s a great idea! I didn’t know that these existed.
I got something relating to our team with our team logo on it. I forget what the most recent graduating seniors got, but it was something relating to our team. Also, the graduation cords are a nice addition (those really weren’t a thing when I graduated sadly).