See your gift in action

Wednesday, May 20th at 1:00pm

Dos Pueblos High School, Performing Arts Center

Please RSVP to info@womensfundsb.org and let us know if you can make it.

Women's Fund members and your guests are invited to a must-see demonstration of Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy's award-winning robot, "Penguinbot" just back from finishing in the national competition after winning the regional competition. This will be exciting for everyone!

The students are looking forward to showing the Women's Fund members how their contribution has made a difference and will continue to make a difference in expanding this program for students. Please come out May 20th and show the students your support!

Come see why the Women's Fund granted $150,000 to the DP Engineering Academy for 2008. Find out what high school science is like today and see "Lunacy" in action. DPEA's D'Penguineers recently received the coveted Motorola award for the best-designed robot in the entire competition!

A little DPEA history...

• The 2009 FIRST Robotics Competition began with 1,680 teams comprised of 42,000 high-school students from the US and abroad.
• The team recently returned from Atlanta for the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotic Competition, described as a varsity sport of the mind. The D'Penguineers from Dos Pueblos High won of the Motorola Quality Award for engineering design. The team that beat them in the went on to win the entire competition.
• Before some 20,000 spectators the D'Penguineers guided their Penguinbot through this year's game, called "Lunacy." The game involved students directing their respective robot to pick up 9-inch balls and gain points when the robot tossed the balls into trailers hitched to their opponents' robots, all while robots were in motion on a low-friction floor.
• The competition began months earlier when teams had six weeks before entering the robot in FIRST competitions to assemble a robot from a common kit of parts and a common set of rules.
• FIRST's objective is to develop innovative, mentor-based programs that engage youth and encourage them to pursue education and careers in the science, technology, engineering, and math while building self-confidence, communication, and leadership skills.