No. Which makes sense as some volunteers of the year aren’t associated with a team. And the [stated reason](woodie flowers blue banner) to add a banner for Woodie Flowers Finalists to earn a banner is to recognize the connection with the team and it is something for the team to be proud of. (paraphrasing)
And yes, a team should be proud if one of their mentors wins Volunteer of the Year. But it is more being proud of someone you know because it is about activities that occur outside of the team. Just like the other mentors and student team members were excited for me when my books came out. It’s really cool, but not a team thing.
Two blue banners for Team 525 at the Iowa Regional. The WFFA winner at the Iowa Regional is Richard Hurban from Team 5837, Unity4Tech in Waterloo, IA. We will always think of Dick as a Swartdog even though he won the award as a mentor for Unity4Tech. Dick started as a mentor for Team 525 when his daughters were on the team and his FIRST involvement grew into mentoring multiple FTC teams and now the FRC team in Waterloo over the past few years. A well deserved honor for Dick’s commitment to the students of Waterloo.
Kenton, thanks for the kind words and years of service to 525 and FIRST. I would not have received WFFA without role models like you, and Bruce and Jan Newendorp.
Unity4Tech and Swartdogs invite everyone to “Meet us in St. Louis at the World Championship” in just over a week!
My team, 3506, walked away with three blue banners this year at the North Carolina State Championship. Making it our fifth banner this year. This is an incredible feat and congrats to all the team that have been able to do this so far.