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FIRST Community Project
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Inspiring Impactful Change
About Us
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Former Sachem North students Yash Jani, Sofia Karayoff, and Stefanie Karayoff have initiated a donation program consisting of 70 Long Island teams helping over 50 teams in the 5-Boroughs with material donations.
At the NYC 2022 Regional competition, we noticed that many of the teams' robots were made of wood or unfinished. When we asked around, we found out that many of the NYC teams have very little funding and lacked vital parts. Because of the great difference in support, we decided to get a group together to see if we could help. We want to give students in lesser funded teams a more enriching experience in FRC, so for the past few months, we have been working on a way to help teams that don't have the supplies they require by donating them.
What We Do
We meet with many teams personally at yearly competitions and have create a list of parts that teams from the 5-Boroughs can pick and choose materials that they need. With the help from legislator Leslie Kennedy, Council member Julie Menin, representative Steve Sterns, and many of the staff at the NYC FIRST STEM Center, we were able to figure out a way on how to get these materials to our main contact point on Roosevelt Island and are now beginning testing of this program.
If you are interested in being involved in our testing phase, please contact us.
Community Outreach
Gracious Professionalism Award 2023
Recent News
All the latest news about the FCP!
FRC Competitions 2024
Stefanie and Sofia Karayoff attended the Hudson Valley, SBPLI, and NYC Regionals this season and met with many teams that they donated materials to as well as spoke to Regional Director Larry Toonkel and Janice Martino about the FCP.
They were also able to announce the project over the announcements.
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Regal Rampage FIRST Community Project Presentation
On March 3, 2024, Sofia and Stefanie Karayoff were given the opportunity to speak about the FIRST Community Project to all the teams who attended and participated in the 2024 Regal Rampage, an off season robotics competition hosted by Bethpage HS.
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Founder's Reception 2024
On January 5th, 2024, project member Stefanie Karayoff and Sachem Aftershock advisor rang in the new year by attending the Founder's Reception at Dean Kamen's home. They listened to him along with many other representatives speak and were given the opportunity to speak about the FIRST Community Project with him.
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Newsday Article
On Friday November 17, 2023, project members Yash Jani, Sofia Karayoff, Stefanie Karayoff, and Mr Wentzel were interviewed for an article in Newsday newspaper. The article was released to the public on November 29, 2023.
HHH FIRST Community Project Presentation
On October 28, 2023, Sofia and Stefanie Karayoff were given the opportunity to speak about the FIRST Community Project to all the teams who attended and participated in Half Hollow Hill's Off Season Competition as well as train new team members to speak in the pits.
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Special Thanks to Team 810, Team 870, Team 2875,
Team 527, and Team 2869!
527, 810, 870, 2869, 2875, and 3950
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Questions?
If you have any questions, please refer to the FAQ page, and if you can't find your answer, put your contact information below!
If you are interested in donating or in need of receiving parts, again, please make sure to provide your information below so that we may reach out to you as soon we can!