An update from High Tech High students

High Tech High students has posted an update regarding the fundraiser for FRC Team 1538, The Holy Cows . Team Leader High Tech High students says Our Team on Channel 8 News yesterday! Thanks to Piggybackr and San Diego Channel 8 News, we had the chance to talk about why we are fundraising and how you can help. If you happened to be sleeping at 5:45am or 6:45am instead of watching TV, you can now check out our appearance here - http://www.cbs8.com/story/23894606/piggybackr-1-million-leaders-challenge. https://www.piggybackr.com/theholycows/leading-the-herd

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An update from High Tech High students

High Tech High students has posted an update regarding the fundraiser for FRC Team 1538, The Holy Cows . A Year-End Tax-Deductible Gift There are less than 3 days left of 2012!  If you have not already, will you support my FIRST Robotics team, The Holy Cows, with a tax-deductible year-end gift?   https://www.piggybackr.com/theholycows/leading-the-herd

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An update from High Tech High students

High Tech High students has posted an update regarding the fundraiser for FRC Team 1538, The Holy Cows . FIRST Robotics on Huffington Post's Top Tech Charities List! FIRST Robotics is listed in the Huffington Post today as 1 of 11 top tech-friendly ways of giving back for #GivingTuesday!    http://http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/27/tech-charities-giving-tuesday_n_2196079.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003 It's the best way to help kids become the next generation of innovators and engineers - while having the HARDEST FUN they will ever have. https://www.piggybackr.com/theholycows/leading-the-herd

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Will You Help Support My Project?

Dear friends & family, You may already know that I am a member of The Holy Cows, an incredible FIRST Robotics team at High Tech High. If you do already know about FIRST Robotics, then you understand how helpful a donation of $25 or more can be! Would you like to see my donation page? :) https://www.piggybackr.com/metakirby5/first-robotics If you don't know about The Holy Cows and FIRST yet, please read on! Our nationally ranked team spends countless hours designing, prototyping and building a unique robot to compete in 2 regional FIRST Robotics competitions and then hopefully on to the National FIRST Robotics Championships! We also work tirelessly year round in our community to grow an appreciation for science and technology though numerous outreach and community service events. Through FIRST Robotics we are working to create a world where science and technology is celebrated and young people dream of becoming science and technology heroes. I love FIRST Robotics because: 1. It's given me a chance to experience engineering, and I love it! 2. I've been able to travel all around the U.S. to meet and compete against other fantastic aspiring engineers. 3. I've been able to work with and grow alongside amazing mentors and teammates - they're part of my family now. My parents love FIRST Robotics because: 1. More than $14.7 million in scholarship dollars are available to FRC team members 2. 88% of FRC alumni went on to college. 3. 86% of FRC alumni reported an increased interest in science and technology. 4. 89% of FRC alumni reported increased self confidence We are having the hardest fun we'll ever have and are becoming the next generation of innovators and engineers. I am sending this email to you to ask for your support. My personal goal is to raise at least $1000 to help fund travel expenses. Please check out my piggybackr page at the end of the email to contribute! Thanks for being interested in my life and reading all the way to the bottom of this email! I'd love for you to follow my progress or pass this on to your friends or business contacts who might be interested in either sponsoring us or helping spread the word about our important cause. P.S - Remember how I said our team is INCREDIBLE? It's true. We are 4 time San Diego Regional Chairman's winners (highest honor in FIRST) and have our sights set on becoming WORLD Chairman's winners but need your help to ensure that all team members are able to travel to these life changing competitions. P.P.S - We are also looking for Sponsorship of our entire team as we need to raise a minimum of $30,000 this year to pay for event registration, robot parts, etc. If you can help, don't hesitate to do so - you'll have the thanks of over 60 high schoolers eager to build a robot! Pass it along to anyone who you think can help. Thank you for your support. It means so much to me! Sincerely, Ethan Chan Director of Engineering FRC Team 1538 - The Holy Cows Web: http://www.team1538.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheHolyCows Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheHolyCows You can click the link below to visit Ethan Chan's fundraiser page: https://www.piggybackr.com/metakirby5/first-robotics

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One Step at a Time

Jack held the mightiest instrument of creation in his right hand, and a blank world to play God to in his left. His perch was the damp, green earth, and his bare legs soaked in the morning dew. A gentle breeze passed through every brown strand of hair on his head, and the sun gave a warmth and glow like no other. He soon heard the telltale chirps of the little sparrows, rising early as always. Never failing to answer the light of day. “Hold still, birdie,” he whispered soothingly. A new being of graphite entered his world.
“Yo!” Jack almost fell over, even though he was sitting. He felt his heart skip a few beats, but his blurred vision soon made out the figure of a blond girl behind him, about his age, standing with her body arched back and hands held behind her. “What’cha doin’ here, Jack? A teenager shouldn’t be out in the forest all alone, even if it is you,” she said with a joking smile. His neighbor for as long as he could remember, that girl was pretty much the only friend he had in his ironically lonely city.
“Jeez, Erin!” Jack shouted, gaping for breath, “You scared me half to death!” He sat for a moment longer, pencil drenched with sweat from the erratic pumps of adrenaline that comes with a sudden jerk from equilibrium. “How’d you even find me, all the way out here?”, he asked.
“Your mom isn’t the hardest shell to crack, you know,” she said with a giggle. Erin really was a pretty girl, and to Jack, she seemed to be the only person out of his family that felt... special. Her gentle curls unfurled in the wind, and her cerulean eyes shone brightly as ever. She took a seat beside Jack, making sure not to rustle the grass, smiling all the while.
“Anyways... I’m just sketching the little animals, like I always do,” Jack said, regaining composure. “I never get tired of it, and never will; it just makes me happy.” Grinning, he returned his focus to his canvas, and penciled in the sparrow’s miniature beak.
“You just keep trying to best your father as an artist, don’t you?” Erin said with a smile, patting Jack’s head. It was a bit humiliating, but in a good way. Her eyes began to shine with a glassy reminiscence. “He was a great man, for the time I knew him,” she softly spoke. However, the gentle smile was still on her face, and she was speaking with not regret, but admiration.
“Hell to that,” Jack shouted, raising his fist, “I’m gonna be the best artist there ever was and will be!” Even the first time he picked up his pencil, he was filled with glee despite his mediocre fledgling drawings. He stood straight up, rustling the grass, beaming with the sun in his face. “Crap, I scared the bird...”
“Hey, cheer up!” she said enthusiastically, getting up. “Every morning, you get another chance. And every morning, you get a little closer. One step at a time.”