Here is the poster announcing our Open House at Huntington North High School next week. Please pass this information along to all of your friends who might be interested in participating with us this season. Bring them next Thursday!
Robotics Open House at HNHS on Thursday
For Release 10/3/2008
Huntington, Ind.—The Huntington County 4-H Robotics Team will hold an open house on Thursday, October 9, at 6 pm in the Huntington North High School auditorium. Any middle or high school student interested in joining the team is welcome to attend.
Students will be able to learn about the different aspects of the team’s involvement in the annual FIRST Robotics Competition. Demonstrations will showcase the team’s computer programming, electrical and mechanical engineering, computer-aided design (CAD), marketing, and community service projects. Students also will have the opportunity to drive one of the team’s competition robots.
Those interested in joining the robotics team will be invited to attend an Indianapolis competition later in the month to get a better idea of how the team functions.
For more information, contact team vice president Samir Shaikh at samir13k@hotmail.com or visit the team’s web site at www.huntingtonrobotics.org.
FIRST (www.usfirst.org) was founded in 1989 to inspire young people’s interest and participation in science and technology while building self-confidence, knowledge and life skills. Huntington’s Team 1501 is a special interest club of Huntington County 4-H, and has represented the community in regional robotics competitions in Indianapolis and West Lafayette, Indiana, and at the 2007 World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The Huntington team is sponsored by PHD, United Technologies and UT Carrier Electronic Controls, NASA, Indiana Workforce Development, Bendix, Henline Inc., ASQ Northeast Indiana Section, Parker, and Huntington University.
After the first day of Qualificaton Matches, Team 1501 and its alliance partners have won 3 of 5 games. Get up-to-date tournament scores and videos of each match at 
