Just a reminder that we are having a Willows Fundraiser on Monday, March 26th. Willows is generously donating a portion of their proceeds between the hours of 4-9 to the team. Please eat at Willows that night and encourage your friends, co-workers, family and anyone else you can think of to eat there as well.

So far we have raised about $14,000 towards our trip to St. Louis. We have a few fundraisers coming up, the closest one is Saturday the 24th. We will be going around to every local business we have not already talked to, and asking them if they would like to donate to our cause. We will be meeting here tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. to organize our trek around the city. The next fundraiser will next friday at St. Johns Catholic Church on Main St. Students are asked to be there at 4:30 p.m. to setup and start serving. Depending on how many kids show up, we will be out of there around 7:00 p.m. We have 2 car washes at Napa in South Portland one is on April 7th, and the other is April 14th. Just a reminder, ALL OF THESE ARE MANDATORY, if you wish to go to St. Louis, then you need to do some of the fundraising work also.

In the shop we are hard at work designing a new bridge lowering arm. We are also working on improving the war wagon by adding a whiteboard to it. The RSV is being constructed. Work on adding a second camera is also being done to the robot.

Fundraising:

Monday March 26: Willows restaurant in South Portland will donate a portion of their proceeds between the hours of 4-9 for every single person that eats at Willows. Please eat at Willows Monday night and encourage your friends, family, and neighbors to as well. For those of you that don’t know where Willows is, it’s located on: 1422 Broadway, South Portland

Mandatory Student Fundraisers:

Saturday March 24: We will be going out to businesses in the community asking them to sponsor us. This is a mandatory event. Students need to be at the robotics building no later than 9 a.m.

March 30: There is a fund raiser at the Night’s of Columbus Church on St. John’s street near the robotics building. This will be sometime in the late afternoon/evening. Times are still unknown. An update will be sent out as soon as we know what times to be there. This is also mandatory.

April 7 and 14: The team is having a car wash at NAPA in South Portland. All students must attend. More details to follow.

If anyone can’t attend these events please let Jacub know ASAP. Email him at e.jacub@gmail.com

- Gilead

The War Wagon has had a diet and now weighs 70 pounds less.  It is almost ready to be shipped to St. Louis.  We are going with a dual wedge design on the robot to lower the bridge.  The RSV has had a major overhall to improve its usability.

Fundraising Notes:

The Willows Fundraiser is next Monday (26th).  Eat at Willows from 4-9 and a percentage of the profit will go to the team.

******Mandatory Student Fundraisers (Students must attend all events)********* 

Not attending these events will effect you going to Championships, the money/time will need to be made up.

Please let Jacub know if you can not attend these fundraisers. (e.jacub@gmail.com)

This Saturday we will meet at the robotics building at 9 on Saturday.  We will be reaching out to local businesses in groups.  We will be driving around South Portland to all the local businesses.   This is mandatory!

There will be a car wash at NAPA in South Portland on the 7th of April.   Times for the event will come later.

On the 30th of March there will be a fundraiser at Nights of Columbus Church on St. John’s street.  (Near the robotics building). Times for the event will be later in the evening, we will let you know the exact time at the next meeting. Please mark the date.

Jacub and Harel

A lot has been going on in the shop over the past few days. We are hard at work revamping the RSV for St. Louis. A “War Wagon” to hold all of our stuff in the pit is under construction. Tonight a new bridge arm was tested and was able to lower the bridge with ease. We are also working on our fund raising efforts in order to raise the money to go to St. Louis for Championships.

On Monday March 12 there will be a mandatory student run fundraising meeting. Everyone needs to go to help plan how we are going to raise the money to get to St. Louis.

Our Next meeting is tomorrow Saturday March 10 at 9:00 A.M. We are meeting every day for the next few weeks.

Thank you for reading this email,

Gilead