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This summer we will be hosting our annual summer camp, Fun-O-Vation, starting on June 16th through the 20th. This summer camp is a week long camp that helps the youth become more engaged in STEAM and FIRST programs!
Winnovation is going to Houston! This past Friday (yes 48 hours ago) we received our invitation from FIRST's Regional pool to attend the WORLD Championship in Houston, Texas! We are excited to be attending. However, due to trip costs we need your help to get there. Simply sharing this post is helpful. Thank you for your ongoing support!!  The Iowa Regional took place this past weekend and went swimmingly. We started off Friday strong and continued into Saturday. We were then invited to alliance 4 by the alliance captain 6391 and invited 7531. We were eliminated in our 3rd match and tied for 5th place overall. Thank you for your support!! Come join us at the Iowa Regional in Cedar Falls, IA at the UNI Dome on March 28th through the 29th! On these days, there will be concessions and competing robots to watch. We will be handing out various buttons, scuba helmet earrings (black or orange and clip-ons as well) and various awareness flyers for the 1625 Cares Project at our pit. We also are proud to be Menstrual Equity FIRST (M.E. FIRST) ambassadors. We will supply menstrual products in bathrooms along with stickers at our pit every day of the competition. You can also get updates on our Instagram (@frc1625) and on the Blue Alliance page for matches, match results, and other various updates. We appreciate the support and hope to see you there!  Winnovation’s Annual Open House will take place on Sunday March 16th from 1-4pm at 110 N Pecatonica St. in Winnebago IL. At our Open House we will showcase our robot for this year's game, Reefscape. In addition we will provide cookies and drinks! We hope to see you there!!  This past weekend, Winnovation hosted our annual Flapjack Challenge at the Winnebago High School!! This year's game was called Water Tower Wipeout!! The goal of this game was to pick up water particles off the ground or the aquifer and put them into the water tower. There were two water towers and two teams per alliance with 8 in total ready to compete!! Our pancakes, annual basket raffle, and bake sale went on in conjunction with the mini-bot competition. Many pancakes were eaten and goodies brought home! Thank you to those who came. Winnovation appreciates your support!!! Winnovation will be coming back to Winnebago High School’s cafetorium to host the annual Flapjack Challenge (otherwise known as the Pancake Breakfast) December 7th of this year!! The community will be able to view this event starting from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The Flapjack Challenge welcomes the community to come by and watch the Winnovation students compete with 8 different robots. The students are spending around 8 weeks perfecting these 20x20x20 inch minibots to compete in Winnovation’s version of a water game: Water Tower Wipeout. Students learn how to communicate, manufacture, and plan with this opportunity. Winnovation students are selling tickets for the Pancake Breakfast. You may buy tickets at the door. The tickets will cover the cost of the pancakes served in the morning. Pancakes will be $6 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under. You may attend the event without a ticket. There is always an amazing basket raffle taking place, ranging from a new leaf blower to a Chicago Cubs basket. All proceeds will go towards the robotics team to support them for the next season. Are you interested in joining a local robotics team? Well, Team 1625 Winnovation's kickoff is on Tuesday, 9/24 in the Winnebago High School Cafetorium! During kickoff, we will give a brief description of what the handbook entails. Questions will be answered after. We will also hand out a survey asking you what your interested in and what you already know. All that is required is a parent or legal guardian to come with you. Kickoff is from 6:00pm-8:00pm. See you there!!  On July 27th, Teams 1625 Winnovation, 3352 Flaming Monkeys, 4655 Stateline Robotics and 2039 Rockford Robotics co-hosted the Annual Rock-River Robotics Off Season Competition, in addition to the hosting teams 29 teams attended. There were over 100 volunteers for setup on July 26th and for the day of the competition on July 27th. It was a great competition. Thanks to all the teams that attended and everybody who came out!! R2OC is an annual Off-Season Competition that we co-host with teams 3352 Flaming Monkeys, 4655 Stateline Robotics, and 2039 Rockford Robotics. This season is our 12th annual R2OC Event and will be hosted at Rock Valley College on July 27th. Media day is on July 25th and will take place at 110 N Pecatonica St Winnebago Illinois. Media Day and R2OC are free to attend. Come check it out!  |
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