Here is what some of last year's Lou Fifer Golf Tournament money was used for:

VMA sponsored the Spruce Creek High School Academy of Information Technology and Robotics (AITR) efforts in the FIRST Robotics Competition.  They started in Orlando in early March.  Then went to Boca Raton.  Norman Lane, Rotomation, worked with the students in developing the robot that could throw basketballs and Raydon sponsored, too. 

Here are the results:

Congratulations to the AITR Robotics students on FIRST Robotics Competition Team 2152 - S*M*A*S*H -  for their outstanding performance at the South Florida Regional FIRST Robotics Competition in Boca Raton this past weekend.  Team 2152 competed with and against 42 teams from across the United States and Puerto Rico.  Team 2152's robot made it to the quarter-final rounds of the competition after securing a 7th seed position.  Team 2152 was also awarded the prestigious Jack Kamen Imagery Award.  The Imagery Award celebrates attractiveness in engineering and outstanding visual aesthetic integration from the machine to the team appearance. 

Note from Norman:

Team S*M*A*S*H got into the finals at the South Florida Regional's in 7th place. We did not win either of our quarter final matches, so we did not advance to the semi. But the whole team is very excited and thrilled to have done so well, and are looking forward to doing even better next year. Please keep up your support for these kids who are so important to our country's future.

Photos and videos will be posted at the team website soon. www.team2152.org

We can make a difference!

Jayne C. Fifer, CAE
President/CEO
Volusia Manufacturers Association
386.673.0505