{"id":597,"date":"2018-10-07T09:23:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T16:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/?page_id=597"},"modified":"2023-07-18T03:41:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T10:41:29","slug":"volunteer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/volunteer\/","title":{"rendered":"VOLUNTEER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f57f26; font-size: 18px;\">Volunteer with a <em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge Team.<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-797 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Volunteer-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nEvery team needs a leader but they also benefit from the help of technical and non-technical mentors from a variety of fields. All skill levels are welcome!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Technical mentors &#8211; Engineers, programmers, machinists, electricians, fabricators, tinkerers and makers.<\/li>\n<li>Non-technical mentors &#8211;\u00a0 Educators, experience in fields such as marketing, finance, graphic arts, communications, project management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To start a team, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/run-a-team\/\">RUN A TEAM<\/a> site page.\u00a0To connect with an area team, email <a href=\"mailto:michiganftc@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tammy@firstinmichigan.org<\/a> with your interest.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f57f26; font-size: 18px;\">Volunteer at a\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge Event.<\/span><br \/>\n<em>FIRST<\/em> events are staffed entirely by volunteers. Roles include organizers, technical advisors, judges, referees, inspectors, photographers, queuers, MCs and game announcers, AV experts, first aid, etc. Volunteering at an event is a great way to see <em>FIRST<\/em> up close and personal.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in volunteering at a <em>FIRST<\/em> Tech Challenge event? Check out the list of <a href=\"http:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/events\/\">EVENTS<\/a> and visit the links on the sidebar for information on roles, registering to volunteer, and available resources. Sign up is done through your <em>FIRST<\/em> Account via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.firstinspires.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f57f26; font-size: 18px;\">Volunteer for\u00a0<em>FIRST<\/em> in Michigan.<\/span><br \/>\nOur organization is always looking for passionate volunteers such as team recruiters, website managers, accountants, public relations, grant writers, graphic designers, statisticians, trailer drivers.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in volunteering with <em>FIRST<\/em> in Michigan? Contact the President of <em>FIRST<\/em> in Michigan,\u00a0Gail Alpert at <a href=\"mailto:gail@firstinmichigan.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gail@firstinmichigan.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Volunteer with a FIRST Tech Challenge Team. Every team needs a leader but they also benefit from the help of technical and non-technical mentors from a variety of fields. All skill levels are welcome! Technical mentors &#8211; Engineers, programmers, machinists, electricians, fabricators, tinkerers and makers. Non-technical mentors &#8211;\u00a0 Educators, experience in fields such as marketing, finance, graphic arts, communications, project management. To start a team, visit the RUN A TEAM site page.\u00a0To connect with an area team, email tammy@firstinmichigan.org with your interest. Volunteer at a\u00a0FIRST Tech Challenge Event. FIRST events are staffed entirely by volunteers. Roles include organizers, technical advisors, judges, referees, inspectors, photographers,<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/volunteer\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-eschnabel","post-597"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6717,"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/597\/revisions\/6717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstinmichigan.us\/FTC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}