More volunteering, will it never end? But of course not! How else are we going to spend our weekends? Saturday, six members of our team volunteered with the Stream Team in Vancouver Washington to plant trees at a local college. While other people woke up to watch the snow, we were all busy digging holes, “tubing” or planting trees. The weather was crazy! The day began with it snowing, then raining, and when it wasn’t hailing then it was sunny. It was team bonding to the extreme! We were all covered with mud by the time we were done and couldn’t feel our fingers or toes but it was still a lot of fun. Team members said they would defiantly do it again. 
But wait, there’s more! On Sunday, two team members helped volunteer at an FTC (FIRST Tech Challenge) Championship where they helped in the pit and as a tech assistant. The pit is where all of the teams store their robot and tools where they can hang out before matches. It was volunteers’ job to make sure teams knew where to go and when the next match was. Meanwhile on the field, volunteers learned how the field management system worked. “I got to see all the cool designs that other high schoolers had come up with, met some cool people and even thought up some good ideas for our team next year.” says Elliott Capek. It was a lot of fun to see different teams’ approach to the challenge and it was cool to see everyone getting excited about FIRST.
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