Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Our Mission
History of NNSRI
Competitive analysis
Operating plan for NNSRI
Team Leadership Structure
NNSRI and its related entities
Current year’s growth
Future initiative
Marketing plan for NNSRI
Degrees of sponsorship
Expenditure for 2012-2013
Revenue sources
Community outreach
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Executive Summary
The Near North Student Robotics Initiative (NNSRI) was created in 2001 by founders
Andrew Hoo, Becky Saari, Paul Morrison and Braden Stenning, to promote science and
technology to youth in Northern Ontario. By competing through FIRST (For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology), NNSRI team members learn the principles
of design and manufacturing through the process of building a competitive robot.
Based in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, NNSRI is represented by students from five
schools. Because our team has more than forty five students spread over many
kilometres, we make extensive use of web-based enterprise solutions to stay connected.
NNSRI is proud to have contributed to the growth of science and technology in Northern
Ontario. Last year we doubled the number of area VEX teams. In addition, we founded
and mentored two new FIRST Robotics Competition teams: 4069, from Sudbury, Ontario
and 4152, from Huntsville, Ontario. 4069, Lo-Ellen Robotics, went on to win the
Coopertition Award, Highest Rookie Seed and the Rookie All Star Award at the Waterloo
Regional. At the Greater Toronto West Regional, Lo-Ellen went on to once again become
Highest Rookie Seed and win the Rookie Inspiration Award and attended the 2012 FIRST
Championship.
NNSRI’s most impactful initiative of the 2013 season was the SPARK initiative (Students
Providing Access to Robotics for Kids). A group of Team 1305 members and mentors
was looking to encourage the growth of LEGO robotics in Northern Ontario. The result,
along with the 5 Jr. FLL teams we mentored and supported, was the Lego Robotics Club
(LRC). Running as a 3-month long weekly club, students and parents, followed a specially
designed curriculum that introduced the FLL program into a non-competitive environment.
NNSRI was also proud to host one of two official Jr. FLL Showcase events in Canada at
Nipissing University this year.
Outreach events include our robots and feature guest celebrities. Our premier outreach
event, Robomania, is a three day exhibition that brings the thrill of FIRST to a local
regional mall, Northgate Shopping Centre. Activities include student and celebrity robot
driver challenges, button making, face painting, LEGO and LEGO Mindstorms building
stations.
Similar to our community minded sponsors, we continue to contribute our resources to
many events like Juvenile Diabetes Walk, our local soup kitchen, and early childhood
education initiatives.
We recognize our numerous sponsors through our five Degrees of Sponsorship (Page
11) starting with the level of Iceberg and progressing to the highest level, North Pole. We
would like to recognize the following Ice Cap, Arctic Circle, and North Pole sponsors for
their generosity: The Near North District School Board, Professional Engineers of Ontario
(North Bay Chapter), Ontario Power Generation, FIRST Robotics Canada, Dassault
Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation, General Motors Canada, the Government of Canada,
Karl Dittmann, Jim and Elaine Moore, Di’s Office Services, Thales Group, Northgate
Shopping Centre, Xerox and Stenning and Associates.
Our team has made significant progress in improving succession planning. This year in
particular, we have added more legacy documents to our WebShare such as
programming lessons, workshops and our Team Handbook. We have also re-imagined
our leadership structure to include more members on our Management Team, such as
Promotion Manager and Award Submission Manager, Abbey Thompson. We have
redoubled our efforts to train our younger members and have placed them in productive
roles such as grade 9 students, Chief Videographer Matthew Pygott and Chief Animator
Michiel De Boer.
Our plans for the future involve expanding the FIRST community even further. Our
primary goal will be to establish FRC teams in the cities of Timmins, Parry Sound and
Sudbury, Ontario as well as to expand our SPARK initiative in our region. The creation of
a Sponsorship Committee, introducing FIRST in our school’s curriculum, evolving our
promotional robot, running informational workshops, and aiding in bringing a
regional/district competition to North Bay are also plans for the future. Our fourth annual
Robomania has been planned for June 2013, with this year’s event set to be bigger and
better than ever.
Our Mission
NNSRI not only builds robots, but also promotes science and technology. We are a
multidisciplinary team and strive to shine a positive light on engineering and education as
a whole. We encourage students to join in real life leadership, science, business and
technology challenges.
We aspire to attract a variety of individuals, including teachers, engineers, parents,
business owners and young students who have not yet entered high school. NNSRI is
not just our team; it is the community's team!
FIRST Team 1305 strives to inspire students to become multidisciplinary science and
technology heroes, through mentor and experience-based collaborative learning.
History of NNSRI
Founding, 2001
Founders, Andrew Hoo, Becky Saari, Paul Morrison and Braden Stenning, all former
Chippewa Secondary School students from North Bay, Ontario, Canada, returned from a
Shad Valley program at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, with a dream. Shad Valley
is a summer camp for enrichment in science, technology and entrepreneurship. Their
interest and respect for engineering grew, and upon returning to North Bay, they decided
to create North Bay’s first robotics team, Team FNORD (Team For Northern Ontario
Robotics Development). FNORD competed for the first time in the 2001 Canada FIRST
games, which proved to be a valuable learning experience. After this competition, the
team underwent major restructuring, finally renaming the team Near North Student
Robotics Initiative (NNSRI). At the end of our third year, Canadian Director Mark Breadner
recruited us to FIRST. We were enthusiastic to join the dynamic community of FIRST.
2004
Our Rookie Season within FIRST was extremely successful. At our regional, the team
won Rookie All-star, Top Rookie Seed and the Motorola Quality Award. The team’s
amazing performance did not stop there; our robot, Mammoth, went on to the
Championship event in Atlanta to win Top Rookie Seed in the Galileo Division and also a
Judges’ Award for Ingenuity.
2005
In the following season, we placed first at the Toronto and Waterloo regionals, received
the Bruce Power Safety award in Waterloo and achieved the Motorola Quality award.
Most impressively, the team won two Engineering Inspiration Awards, therefore qualifying
them for the FIRST Championship in Atlanta 4 times! While in Atlanta, the team won the
Safety Award, thanks to their handy and creative FIRST Aid Kits.
2006
Our team continued their success with robot Thumper, who competed at the Waterloo
and Greater Toronto Regionals qualifying for the finals at GTR. Team 1305 also earned
the Entrepreneurial Award at both regional events, a tribute to the team’s community
support and initiative. NNSRI won the Engineering Inspiration award at the Waterloo
Regional, allowing the team to advance to the FIRST Championships in Atlanta, Georgia.
At the end of the Championship seeding matches NNSRI was picked in the selection of
alliances and with their partners advanced to the quarter finals.
2007
As a team builder, 1305 entered their first year of FIRST VEX Challenge with Little John,
and won the Inspire award, qualifying them for the World Championships in Atlanta. Team
1305 had a steady drive during the six-week build for FRC, working late into the night on
many occasions, and calling principals and a sponsor at midnight to say that their robot,
Stanley, was moving. Entering their first regional in Waterloo, the excitement was high.
All NNSRI’s hard work paid off when they won a silver medal in the final match and took
home the regional Chairman’s Award, qualifying for Atlanta for the second time that
season. The very next weekend was 1305’s second regional, which was held in Toronto.
Again the team made it to the final match, boosting their faith in Stanley.
2008
Was a continuation our NNSRI’s success. For the second year the team competed in the
First Tech Challenge, winning the Inspire Award with our robot LBot, Qualifying us for the
FIRST World Championships in Atlanta Georgia. Team 1305 once again worked tirelessly
throughout the build season having many late nights in order to meet the ship deadline.
In Waterloo the team took home the Engineering Inspiration award for our amazing work
promoting Science and Technology earning the team a spot at the Championship event;
however a series of failures and miscalculations held TTOMM back. TTOMM did make it
to the quarter finals with teams 1281 and 2361. We also won the Autodesk Visualization
Award, a first for the team with our amazing animation done by student Nick Kazlauskas.
In Toronto the team won Engineering Inspiration again, a testament to the amazing
abilities of the team, this was the second time the team had won Engineering Inspiration
at two competitions in the same year.
2009
Was another year full of learning. Team 1305 competed at the Waterloo Regional with
R2T2 and won our second Autodesk Animation, thanks to student, Nick Kazlauskas. Our
team did have a few problems with our robot design; however, we persevered, and went
on to the quarterfinals. After all the excitement of the competition, our team was also
honored as the Regional Chairman’s winners. A week later, our team returned south to
the Greater Toronto Regional with our newly fitted robot. Our original idea had not worked
as we had hoped, so we built a bucket that would pick up balls and return them to the
Human Player. With this change our team won four out of eight qualification matches.
Our team allied with teams 188 and 610 to become Greater Toronto Regional Finalists,
winning a silver medal. We went on to compete at the World Championships at Atlanta,
Georgia.
2010
Was noted as one of our most successful years’ to date. FIRST Team 1305 continued
their success on and off the field in their tenth season. The team focused on inspiring all,
creating innovative designs, and initiating new events. With this in mind, the team was
able to come home from the Waterloo Regional with the Engineering Inspiration Award,
qualifying the team for the FIRST World Championships in Atlanta, Georgia. The following
week, at the Greater Toronto Regional, FIRST Team 1305 was celebrated for their
business ethic by winning the Entrepreneurship Award, as well as their efforts to increase
safety awareness by receiving the Safety Award.
The 2010 robot was named Divinitus, Latin for Inspiration. Divinitus performed
exceptionally on the field. At the Waterloo Regional, 1305 won ten out of their eleven
qualification matches. Team 1305 and their alliance were Waterloo Finalists. At the
Greater Toronto Regional Team 1305’s success continued with Divinitus making it to the
Semi-Finals along with Team 1404 and Team 2949. FIRST Team 1305 worked hard at
the Championships on and off the field. The team was Semi-Finalists in their division, the
best the team had done at the World Championships to date, but they truly showed they
were an inspiration off the field. Team 1305 won the Gracious Professionalism Award at
the World Championships by helping team 1730 find their stolen trailer.
2011
Was a continuation of our success. FIRST Team 1305 continued “Turning up the Heat”
throughout the season. With their slogan in mind, the team came home from the Waterloo
Regional with the Regional Chairman’s Award, a great honour for NNSRI which also
qualified them for the World Championships in St. Louis. After redesigning the claw, Minibot and Mini-bot deployment system, FIRST Team 1305 headed to the Greater Toronto
West Regional. The team was once again honoured by receiving the Gracious
Professionalism Award and a Safety Nomination. The 2011 robot was named Duke. Duke
performed exceptionally on the field. FIRST Team 1305 became an alliance captain and
Semi-Finalists at both the Waterloo and Greater Toronto West Regionals. At the World
Championships, Duke fought hard on the field FIRST Team 1305 was extremely pleased
with Duke’s performance. We hope to continue our team’s tradition of success and
professionalism throughout our team’s lifespan.
Competitive Analysis
Our Community
NNSRI is designed to compete and so we thrive on every aspect of competition. There are
many other extracurricular teams, such as sports teams, that are also vying for sponsorship
from local businesses. NNSRI is a different kind of team, unique in that our foundation is
learning science, technology and entrepreneurship. We are pleased to attract businesses
interested in a team that promotes education, sound business practices, leadership and
teamwork skills.
Sustainability
NNSRI has had to overcome many barriers to ensure its continuity and success, including
many in the last year. Due to the job sanctions initiated by the Ontario Secondary School
Teachers Federation (OSSTF) and the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
this autumn, our teams presence within our host schools could no longer be supported and
supervised by our teacher mentors. As FRC build season loomed, our team’s future was in
serious jeopardy. It was then that our community mentors sprang into action. They quickly
forged new partnerships with Nipissing University and Canadore College, who welcomed us
warmly into their facilities and were happy to accommodate us in our time of need. Our
relationship is now thriving and we are looking forward to working with them both for many
years to come!
On the Field
Last year’s robot, Magnesium (Maggie), competed at the Waterloo and Greater Toronto West
Regional Competitions. At the Waterloo Regional we were quarter finalists and won the
Imagery Award. In the following week at the Greater Toronto West Regional, we won the
Industrial Safety Award and the Engineering Inspiration Award, qualifying us for the FIRST
Championship in St. Louis. Our past Team Captain, Alex Wilcox was honoured to be
recognized as a FIRST Dean’s List Finalist.
Summary of Achievements
NNSRI is proud to have qualified for the FIRST Championships every year since its
conception through 3 Regional Chairman’s Awards, 7 Engineering Inspiration Awards, and 2
Regional Wins, and a Rookie All-Star Award. We have also achieved 4 Safety Awards, 3
Regional Finalists, 3 Entrepreneurship Awards, 3 Motorola Quality Awards, and 2 Gracious
Professionalism Awards among others.
Sponsorship
It is through the generous support of more than seventy sponsors around the world that the
Near North Student Robotics Initiative is able to successfully compete on the international
stage.
Operating Plan for NNSRI
The successful operation of the NNSRI requires multiple resources, both on and offline.
As for day to day operations, Nipissing University, Canadore College, West Ferris
Secondary School and Chippewa Secondary School generously donate their facilities to
NNSRI. The actual building of the FRC robot is completed at Canadore College, while
Nipissing University provides the team with a multimedia area in which to develop such
products as the web site, Chronicle, presentations and video.
Communication
The team communicates through the NNSRI E-group, a Google Group, where each
subscriber is required to follow courteous, articulate business-like expectations. NNSRI
also uses the full abilities of Google Apps such as Google Docs, Sites and Calendars
for organization and effective collaboration. Team meetings are conducted on a regular
basis biweekly from May-December and daily meetings from January-April. Other
communication methods include our website, 13th Annual Chronicle, engineering log,
Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and team rack-ups.
Sponsorship
Our team would be nowhere without the gracious support of our sponsors and partners.
They generously donate their money, time, and resources to aide in our success. It is
through sponsorship, both monetary and in-kind as well as donations on which our team
operates.
Team Organization
The team is led this year by Team Captain Emily Haws, Secondary School Liaisons
Anthony Caliciuri, Meghan Clout, and Zack Dittmann, Business Manager Anthony
Caliciuri, and Robot Manager Zack Dittmann.
NNSRI also receives a great deal of support from teacher, alumni, and community
mentors: Nancy Dewar-Stenning, Karl Dittmann, Nadia Gagne, Wesley Groom, Darren
Stahl, Phillip Carmichael, Anthony Koziol, Gerry St. Denis, Brad Stenning, Judy Smith,
Kim Stahl, Paul Belanger, Martin Gagne, Taylor Attwood, Alex Wilcox, Richard Taylor,
Anne Taylor, Andrew Taylor, and Kay-Sea Taylor.
Our Families & Friends
In addition, NNSRI’s alumni and many friends of the team have demonstrated a
continued interest in our team’s success. Of course, no team could be successful
without the support of parents and all family members.
NNSRI and its Related Entities
3739 Oakbotics
London
4069 Lo-Ellen Park
Sudbury
NNSRI
NEAR NORTH STUDENT ROBOTICS
INITIATIVE
FRC (FIRST Robotics Competition)
TEAM 1305 (ICE³)
4751 Robo Warriors
Calgary
4754 St. Benedict Bears
Sudbury
4152 Hoyas
Huntsville
4704 Gold Diggers
Timmins
VEX
SPARK Initiative
Intermediate level robotics
Sept - Dec
Ages 12-18
(Students Providing Access to Robotics for Kids)
To increase awareness and accessibility of Robotics
to elementary-school aged children
JR. FLL
Jr. FIRST Lego
League
1305
Deep Freeze
LEGO
LRC
Lego Robotics Club
Ages 8-12
Informal non-competitive
club bridging gap to FLL for
children and parentmentors
-Igloo-Botics
- Snow-Botics
- Hailing Ice Bolts
- Robotic Ice Mammoths
FIRST Lego League
Ages 8-14
Ice Breakers
Est 2009
(nee Black Ice)
1305
Ice Bots
White Oaks
Sturgeon Falls
2012
1305
Ice Bricks
ICE Tastic
One Kid's Place
2011
1305
Icy Snow Bots
E.W. Norman
LEGO Ice
Busters
CHIPPEWA
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
1305C
FLL
WIDDIFIELD
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
1305W
WEST FERRIS
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
1305
NORTHERN
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
1305B
Iceolators
Corpus Christi
2011
LIGHT BLUE
HANDS OFF
DARK BLUE
HANDS ON
Current Year’s Growth
The 2012 season was been an excellent year for the growth of the Near North Student
Robotics Initiative. In January 2013, we counted forty five members, ten returning
mentors, and two returning alumni. Our mentors have a total of 110 years of combined
experience with FIRST.
Robomania
In May 2012, NNSRI had our third annual Robomania. Robomania gave the public the
opportunity to see why NNSRI competes in FIRST. We took the feel of competition to our
local mall. This allowed our community to take part in activities, such as building and
programming Lego robots, face painting, FRC demonstrations, button making and robot
driving. Our robot driver challenge for children ages 6-12 was a big hit. We even invited
local politicians and celebrities to compete in our celebrity driver challenge. Recruitment
of both students and partners has been extremely successful and we look forward to
Robomania IV in June 2013.
Northern Ontario Expansion
This year, we are excited that NNSRI is mentoring FRC Team 4704 in Timmins, Ontario.
We continue to mentor and support FRC Teams 3739 (London, ON), 4069 (Sudbury,
ON), and 4152 (Huntsville, ON). We are also excited to be “grandparents” to FRC Team
4754, as FRC Team 4069 mentors them this year. FIRST Team 4069, Lo-Ellen Robotics,
won the Coopertition Award, Highest Rookie Seed and the Rookie All Star Awards at the
Waterloo Regional in 2012. At the Greater Toronto West Regional, Lo-Ellen went on to
once again become Highest Rookie Seed and win the Rookie Inspiration Award and
attended the 2012 FIRST Championships. In the past year, NNSRI has aided in the
doubling of the number of FRC Teams in Northern Ontario and continues to operate true
to its original name, FNORD (For Northern Ontario Robotics Development).
Jr. FLL & FLL Growth
This year we mentored FIRST Lego League (FLL) team Ice Breakers and led the way for
Jr. FIRST Lego League (Jr.FLL) development in Northern Ontario with 4 teams: Deep
Freeze Lego, Lego Ice Busters, Icebots, Ice Bricks and Icy Snow Bots. NNSRI was also
proud to host one of two official Jr. FLL Showcase Events in Canada at Nipissing
University. Additionally, NNSRI provided financial and mentor support throughout the
season.
SPARK Initiative
NNSRI also created the SPARK initiative (Students Providing Access to Robotics for
Kids), a group of Team 1305 members and mentors looking to encourage the growth of
LEGO robotics in Northern Ontario. The result, along with our 4 Jr. FLL teams, was the
Lego Robotics Club (LRC). It is a non-competitive environment for children ages 8-12 that
focuses bridging the gap between the non-competitive Jr. FLL and the competitive FLL
that incorporates the LEGO Mindstorms system. Running as a 3-month long weekly club,
students and parents, split into four groups, learn to build and program NXT robots and
participate in team building exercises. The children are looking forward to graduating to
FLL in the coming years.
Future Initiatives
The Near North Student Robotics Initiative is constantly looking for ways to expand our
reach and thus spread the FIRST message of science, technology, and
entrepreneurship to our community and beyond. Our team will continue its policy of
continuous intake; team membership is open to any student who wishes to join at any
time.
Sponsorship
In a small community, maintaining sponsorship can be a challenge. In the coming year,
we are planning to appoint a student Sponsorship Manager, who, under the guidance of
our Lead Sponsorship Mentor, will organize and lead a Sponsorship committee. With
student and mentor members alike, this committee’s year-round task will be to seek out
new sponsors and partners, grow and ensure continuation with existing sponsors,
organize team fundraisers, create an annual expenditure estimate and ensure the team
is within their budget.
Workshops
Through the accumulated knowledge of our numerous alumni and senior team
members, we are planning to host FRC workshops this summer. These workshops will
cover a multitude of subjects ranging from Java and C++ Programming to Chairman’s to
Online Resources to Computer Aided Designing (CADing). These workshops will pass
along knowledge to our rookie members and mentors and prepare them for Build
Season 2014.
SPARK Growth
After the incredible success of our SPARK (Students Providing Access to Robotics for
Kids) Initiative this year, we are planning to expand it in the coming years. We are hoping
to attract more children and expand LEGO Robotics Club with its successful curriculum.
We will continue to facilitate and lead in the growth of FLL and Jr. FLL in Northern Ontario,
hoping to expand into more communities.
Further Northern Ontario Expansion - High School
We are looking to further expand the VEX and FRC programs into more Northern
Ontario communities. We are currently lobbying for teams in Pembroke, Renfrew, Parry
Sound, Sault. Ste. Marie, Bracebridge, Gravenhurst and Chalk River.
Through our newly created Northern Ontario Robotics Alliance (NORA), all FRC teams
throughout Northern Ontario are working together to promote the values of FIRST and
expand the number of FRC teams throughout the region.
North Bay FRC Regional Competition
In collaboration with our local post-secondary institutions, Nipissing University and
Canadore College, along with the City of North Bay’s Economic Development Office
and the Office of the Mayor, the process of submitting a proposal to host an FRC
Regional or District Competition in the city is well underway.
New Relationships
Through our new relationship with Nipissing University and Canadore College, we are
working with them to offer a FIRST Scholarship. Aside from already providing facilities
for our various team elements like, machining, business, Chairman’s, programming,
CAD, and graphic design. In the near future cutting edge technologies will make their
way to Canadore through their iCamp initiative, including 3D Printing, Virtual Reality
Simulation, Water and Laser Cutting.
Robotics in the School Curriculum
We are working with the Near North District School Board, our oldest and most
dedicated sponsor and partner, to create robotics programs in the classrooms at both
elementary and secondary levels. We have Grade 12 students can already take the
Peer Leadership and Support course, which allows them earn a credit through their
leadership and participation on the team.
Promotion Robot
As a pre-season project, our team designed and built a promotional robot for use during
outreach and community events. Using resources and ideas from our 2012 FRC Robot,
Magnesium, we built a friendly looking “ice dragon” robot to interact with young children.
It was built to be modular. Our plan for the future include upgrading it with different
modules such as a T-Shirt launcher to allow us to participate in events with a different
audience we normally reach.
Marketing Plan for NNSRI
Season Launch
Each year NNSRI hosts an Official Robotics Season Launch, inviting local media,
politicians, sponsors, parents and community members. Newspaper, radio and television
are most gracious in recognizing the team’s endeavours. The Official Season Launch is
scheduled each February prior to the shipping of the most recent robot. The presence of
NNSRI’s sponsors and many local media representatives make the launch a success
every year. This year’s launch was live-streamed on YouTube and featured in three local
papers, two online newspapers, Cogeco TV, YouTube, and three radio stations.
Promotion
We promote our team in various ways in the schools through our partnership with the
Near North District School Board. We demonstrate our robot during school assemblies,
parents’ nights and other school functions as well as our in school outreach events such
as BYOBanana. Our high profile team is in constant demand to participate in many
community events, promoting science, technology, entrepreneurship and enthusiasm for
learning.
Outreach and Social Media
In order to maintain a public presence, we are proud to average one day a week in our
community through outreach activities across the Near North area. When were not busy
with outreach events, we’re busy communicating with the community through social
media. Most notably: our blog, “Iced” mobile app for Android and iOS, 1305 Degrees
Below Zero, Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and YouTube.
2012-2013 Expenditure Estimates
Regular Season Costs
FRC Robot (USD)
$4000
VEX Season
$2000
Tools and Equipment
$500
FRC Registration Fees (USD)
$13,000
Accommodations
$12,500
Documentation, Displays, Administration
$1000
Transportation
$18,000
Regular Season Total
$51 000
Championship
Registration (USD)
$5000
Transportation/Accommodation
$20,000
Championship Total
$25,000
Total Estimated Cost With Championship
$76000
Revenue Sources
The Near North Student Robotics Initiative works year round to fundraise for the team.
We work to maintain a high profile and volunteer for a variety of service agencies, giving
back to the community that so generously supports us. We are proud to be supported
by over 70 sponsors and partners. The following is a list of revenue sources for Team
1305:
● Corporate sponsorships and in-kind donations
● Service club sponsorships
● Personal sponsorships
● School sponsorships
○ Chippewa Intermediate Secondary School
○ West Ferris Secondary School
○ Northern Secondary School
○ Widdifield Secondary School
● Partnerships and in-kind donations
● Team fees
● College and university sponsorships and in-kind donations
● Team fundraising events such as:
○ Yard sales
○ Tournament canteens
○ Bottle drives
○ Team meals
○ Cookbook
○ Hex-bug sales
Community Outreach
We appreciate the importance of partnership and commitment to the community through
outreach activities. The following is a list of outreach activities in which NNSRI has
participated:
● Presenters at school functions
● Presentations at elementary schools
● Presentations to church groups
● Parry Sound Science Fair
● Strong Agricultural Fall Fair
● Gulliver’s Midnight Madness
● Sponsors and mentors for FIRST Lego League teams
● Sponsors and mentors Jr. FIRST Lego League teams
● Created and operated Lego Robotics Club
● North Bay Lego Robotics Showcase
● Sponsor and mentor for an FRC team in London
● Mentor for an FRC team in Sudbury
● Mentor for an FRC team in Huntsville
● Mentor for an FRC team in Timmins
● Mentor for an FRC team in Calgary
● Sponsor and mentor for a VEX team in Sturgeon Falls
● Professional Engineers’ Night presentation
● Grade 8 Parents’ Night Demonstrations
● Kiwanis telethon auction
● Early Years Centre Lego demonstrations
● Let the Learning Begin Conference with Nipissing Best Start
● BYOB (Bring Your Own Banana)
● Sponsor/Partner Appreciation Dinner
● Robomania
● Dramatic reading of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol”
● Presentation to Nipissing University Schulich School of Education
● Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation “Walk for the Cure”
● Hospital 5KM Walk/Run
● Lego event in Orillia with Trillium Lakelands School Board
● Official Season Launch
● Outreach Fund
○ Japan earthquake relief
○ the gathering place (North Bay soup Kitchen)
○ Hope2Kenya