For nearly a decade, Gershow Recycling has opened its Medford facility to local FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Long Island robotics teams to enable the teams to collect aluminum scrap metal. This year, 16 teams benefitted from Gershow’s Scrap Metal Day donation event.
Following the 2018 FIRST Robotics Competition kick-off, each of the teams now has 6 weeks to construct a 120 lb. robot, using the aluminum, and prepare for the upcoming competition, presented by School-Business Partnerships of Long Island, Inc. (SBPLI).
The 16 Long Island teams represented at Gershow’s Scrap Metal Day included Bridgehampton High School (#5659), Central Islip High School (#4006), Center Moriches High School (#4458) Half Hollow Hills High School (#3624), Hauppauge High School (#358), Kings Park High School (#5736), Longwood High School (#564), Miller Place High School (#514), North Shore High School (#3950), Patchogue-Medford High School (#329), Plainview-Old Bethpage High School (#353), Rocky Point/Shoreham (#6442), Townsend Harris High School (#2601), Ward Melville High School (#6423) and Westhampton Beach High School (#3171). One rookie team, Mineola (#6806) also attended the event, under the guidance of veteran team representatives in attendance.
Each event will serve as a separate regional, with different teams – from across Long Island, New York City, greater New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Washington D.C., Canada, Croatia and Turkey – competing in separate alliances and tournament rounds.
Published in the March 2018 Edition