SciBorgs win Impact award at Oregon State Fairgrounds district competition

The Palouse Area Robotics Team (PART SciBorgs) came away from their first district qualifying competition in Salem Oregon with the highest honor FIRST bestows on its teams.

The FIRST Impact Award is the most prestigious award at FIRST, it honors the team that best represents a model for other teams to emulate and best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST. The FIRST Impact Award is presented to the team judged to have the most significant,  measurable impact of its partnership among participants and community over a sustained period, not just a single build season.

The winner is able to demonstrate progress toward FIRST mission of transforming our culture the recipient team will be invited to the district championship where it will compete for the FIRST Impact award against winners from other qualifying events and compete with their robot.

Here is what the Judges had to say about the SciBorgs:

“Boldly going where few teams go, their members span boundaries of time and STATE to grow a community robotics program one BRICK at a time.

Sure, their top fundraiser is a little SPOOKY; But their STEM camps and Palouse-wide reach are SPROUTing opportunities that are downright inspiring their rural community.

As a result, the small burgs of Pullman and Moscow have a FIRST machine called the SciBorgs!”