Community Outreach

FRC 9470 Community Outreach

STEM SUMMER PROGRAM

Team 9470 hosts an annual FREE summer program designed at training members of the community towards building a competition-ready robot. 

• Served over 50 people through two years

• Members learn skills such as fabrication, construction, wiring, and elements of design and programming

In 2025, members of our summer camp represented 9470 at Sunset Showdown, rebuilding our NCI robot, where they placed as A4P1. 

DEMOS and EVENTS

Thornton Junior High School Demo:

• Demo'd to VEX Robotics MS team, presented about robots

STEMFest Demo

• Demo'd at BIF Lower school, helped out BIF Lower FLL team

BIF FLL Qualifier Volunteering

• Volunteered at BIF Lower for their FLL qualifier, demo'd FRC robot at BIF Lower

'25-26 INITIATIVES

FCSN 3D-PRINTED DEMO

Donated 40 TOYS to Friends of Children with Special Needs

• Used in sensory rooms and given to kids with special needs, such as ADHD

Upcoming plan to host a toy drive (with other FRC teams) towards some initiative

FRC PRACTICE FIELD 

Co-building an FRC practice field with FRC Team 8033

• Hosted over a dozen FRC teams last year, potentially hosting FTC/FLL teams (maybe up to 15)

Building a lasting, physical impact in the community as one of the only accessible full-size FRC practice fields in the Bay Area

• means a lot considering how practice fields directly correlate to team success

CODENINJAS MENTORING

Mentor 5 FLL, 2 FTC, 1 FRC team through CodeNinjas, an afterschool program for children of all ages

• Provide guidance and mentorship/supervision towards FLL teams

• Provide strategy, insight, technical support towards FTC and FRC teams

STRATFORD BLACKFORD MENTORING

• Mentor FRC team 10252 - SPB (Stratford Preparatory Blackford) about strategy, design, and robot construction