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TDT on the Road!

We’ve been pounding the outreach pavement since the State Championship Feb. 18th,participating in the always wonderful Lockheed MartinE-week event Feb. 22 in Orlando,and last night hanging with friends at a PTC User Group Meeting reception in St. Petersburg. It’s always fun to share FIRST with others,especially in the company of other [...] [...]

Help Team Duct Tape Get to the World Championship!

We’re going to be holding a variety of fundraisers in the next few weeks,starting with our night at Sweet Tomatoes on March 15 ,so Ryder,our team videographer,put together this great informative video about FIRST,Team Duct Tape,and our journey to the World Championship. Enjoy!  And please consider a contribution to Team [...] [...]

Another Look at State…

Ryder,our team videographer,recently posted this fun look at the Florida State Championship on our TDT YouTube Channel. We thought you’d enjoy it! [...]

Thank You,Franklin Jewelers!

As contributions continue to come in to Team Duct Tape,towards our World Championship expenses,we’re humbled and grateful for the continuing support of great community businesses like Franklin Jewelers,small businesses with big hearts and a generous spirit of community giving. It’s not easy to run a small business in today’s economy,so when [...] [...]

Thank You,Raytheon!

Team Duct Tape is very grateful for the support of Raytheon Network Centric Systemsin Largo,for their generous donation towards our Mr. Dan,with Raytheon,helped sponsor TDTs 2010 World Championship entry,as well! World Championship registration fee, and their kindness in offering to transport our robot and gear to St. Louis for the World Championship! [...] [...]

Sweet Fundraising at Sweet Tomatoes!

[ March 15,2012;5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The fundraising frenzy has begun! Well –it did right after we had some cake to celebrate earning at spot at World! But now we’ve got less than 10 weeks to raise $10000 to get our team of 12 and their families to St. Louis for the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship! Some great donations have already [...] [...]

TDT Heading to Lockheed Martin E-Week

[ February 22,2012;] [caption id="attachment_3176" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="TDT at 2010 Lockheed Martin Eweek"][/caption] We’re heading to Orlando tomorrow,to join in Lockheed-Martin Global Training and Logistics E-Week celebration.   There’s going to be a big complement of FTC teams there,including all three World Championship bound teams.  We’re looking forward to a great day with Lockheed Martin engineers,sharing [...] [...]

We’re Going to the World Championship!

Connect Award Winners &Inspire Award Runner Up! It was –quite literally! –a day of highs and lows. High flying scissor lifts that brought in a new world record score of 584 and one of our team members,Ethan L.,winning a coveted Embry-Riddle Scholarship,worth $20,000,  and the lows of a tough game [...] [...]