Team 5295 Aldernating Current

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Booster: Give Local Crowdfunding Campaign Starts

November 21, 2017---Shelton, Washington---Give Local South Puget Sound is hosted by the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound to support nonprofits across Thurston, Mason, and Lewis Counties.

Participating nonprofit organizations have received a grant from the Foundation to help fund a specific project or provide general support of their program. The grant only provides a portion of the funding toward their goal, but through Give Local we will ask the community to help them reach it.

The Dawkins Charitable Trust has pledged a generous $40,000 matching grant so donors will have extra incentives to Give Local. The Community Foundation is covering the credit card fees so that 100% of donations raised via Give Local will be passed along to your organization.

The Community Foundation distributes more than $400,000 annually through their Community Grants, but this year received $967,000 in grant requests.

WADEC Agrees to Host Practice Facility

November 20, 2017---Shelton, Washington---Washington Driver Education Center agreed to let the 4-H Shelton High Robotics Team 5295 "Aldernating Current" practice their 2018 competition robot at their facility February 10-20, 2018.

November 18: Boosters Raise $400 at Silent Auction

Elks Lodge #2467, Shelton, Washington---Parents and volunteers sold chicken alfredo dinners, raffled off and auctioned community donated items at the festive event.

October 28: 4-H Robotics Team Competes at Girls Generation

Maple Valley, Washington---Our 4-H Robotics Team placed 18th of 36 teams at an unofficial replay of the 2017 game STEAMworks.  Team 2046 "Bear Metal" sponsors Girls Generation which features all-girl drive teams.

4-H Robotics Team Members Receive 4-H Fall Fair Awards

Shelton Civic Center, Shelton, Washington---Teammates received a variety of awards at the 4-H Fall Fair and Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, October 25th.  The Shelton Chamber of Commerce helped publicized the event which featured youth groups of Mason County 4-H.

October 21: 4-H Robotics Team Displays at Gaming Event

Seattle, Washington---Four students and a volunteer displayed team colors and 2017 competition robot "Juniper" at Century Link Event Center.  Gaming Experimental Entertainment sponsor Inspirus is donating $250 to the ten FIRST Robotic Competition high school teams that assisted in this visibility event.

October 13: 4-H Robotics Team Displays at 4-H Paper Clover

Shelton, Washington---The 4-H Robotics Team showed off their 2017 competition robot "Juniper" at Tractor Supply Company, formerly Del's Feed and Farm Supply.  This was part of 4-H Mason County's fall Paper Clover event highlighting 4-H youth groups.

Students Cook Crepes at Skookum Rotary's OysterFest

Sanderson Field, Shelton, Washington---Twenty-eight students, family members, volunteers, and friends cooked crepes at OysterFest this weekend to raise funds for their coming 2018 season.

September 30: Students Staff Bike Relay Race for $1000

Olympia, Washington---Twenty-nine students, family members, volunteers, and friends staffed the starting line of Hood to Coast's "Reach the Beach" bike race to the Pacific Ocean.

September 21: Sixteen Students Visit Team 5295 Open House

Shelton, Washington---After viewing some exciting videos, the visiting Highclimbers were handed safety glasses and pizza, and watched "Juniper", the team's 2017 robot that competed at the 2017 World Championship last April.

Team 5295 Recruits at Oakland Bay Jr High Orientation

Shelton, Washington---Three students from Team 5295 spoke to Ms. Ochoa's 8th grade and Mr. Stokely's robotics classes at new student orientation Thursday, August 31st.

August 28: Team 5295 Recruits at Climber Day

Shelton, Washington---Three teammates spoke to incoming sophomores at Shelton High School's Climber Day orientation for new students.

August 19: 4-H Teaches Computer-Aided-Design at PUD3

Shelton WA---4-H volunteer D.Rankin taught Onshape Computer-Aided-Design (CAD) to seven teammates of the 4-H Robotics Team.

4-H Robotics Team Learns Autodesk Synthesis Software

Kent, Washington---Teammates of the 4-H Robotics Team had fun with Synthesis software at the FIRST Washington Fieldhouse in Kent on Thursday, August 10th.

Students Raise $1200 at August OCCU Car Washes

The Shelton High Robotics Team washed cars from 10AM to 3PM on August 5th and August 12th at Our Community Credit Union to raise fund for their coming season.