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Charity and Community Involvement

  • FIRST Lego League
    Each year Charger Robotics mentors two FIRST Lego League teams from Templeton Middle School. It is a great opportunity to stir up enthusiasm for robotics and prepare future members of our team for the FIRST world.
  • Mini-Regional (Open House)
    Team 537 Charger Robotics hosts an annual Open House and mock competition before ship as a way to help local teams practice for their actual competition. The Mini-Regional also serves as a great way to bring in members of the community to see what our hard work and dedication has resulted in.
  • Robo Run/Walk
    The event is a 5.37K Fun Run/Walk. The purpose is to promote Charger
    Robotics and FIRST throughout the community.
  • Ronald McDonald House
    Charger Robotics donates a huge amount of can tabs to the Ronald McDonald House to help children in need.
  • SWAT Bot
    Team 537 is working with the Waukesha County SWAT team to develop a robot to aid them in situations where sending a human isn't appropriate.

Fundraisers

  • Figaro's Pizza Night
    Eat in or take out, a portion of the proceeds goes into our team fund.
  • Moe's Southwest Grill
    Spend a night eating at Moe's Southwest Grill in Pewaukee and they donate a portion of their profit to our team. Always a good night to showoff our robot to the unsuspecting public.
  • Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre (past event)
    Charger Robotics is pleased to present this the Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, an annual fundraiser put on by the members of Team 537. Guests are challenged to determine \"whodunit\" as they observe the murder suspects in three short scenes and enjoy a delicious, three-course meal. This combination of food and entertainment is sure to be a fun time for all members of the family and is an excellent way to support the team.
  • Quikrete
    Quikrete allowed Charger Robotics to sell concessions during their annual brick-laying competition.
  • Wisconsin Robotics Raffle
    Each year Charger Robotics runs the WI-FIRST raffle to help not only our team, but many other Wisconsin Robotics teams earn money in a fun exciting raffle. Prizes total over $3000 each year. More information can be found out our Wisconsin FIRST Raffle page.

Rookie Teams That We Have Mentored

  • B'East Robotics
    We have given support to Brookfield East's brand new robotics team. Support was given in the form of a question and answer period, as well as a tour of our facilities and some hands on time with our AIM High Robot.
    Lori, Advisors, the Entire Charger Robotics team,

    On behalf of the Brookfield East Robotics team, we would like to thank you for your gracious professionalism by providing us insight into how your successful team operates. It was easy to see that every team member has great pride in what they contribute and their willingness to share valuable information with us is a testament to that pride. It's teams like yours that model what FIRST is all about and provides inspiration to rookie teams that is valuable beyond words.

    Thanks again for taking the time educate outside of your walls.

    Dan Mueller, Tim Oakes, Richard Oakes-Advisor,Terry Secora-Advisor
    Brookfield East Robotics Team 2202
  • Team 1091 - HUHS Robotics
    Hartford Union High School robotics team.
  • Team 1259 - Paradigm Shift
    Sister GE Volunteers team out of Pewaukee High School.
  • Team 1268 - Purgold Robotics
    Team out of Washington High School.
  • Team 1675 - Ultimate Protection Squad
    Team out of Rufus King High School.
  • Team 1714 - MORE Robotics
    Team out of Thomas More High School.
  • Team 1732 - Hilltopper Robotics
    Team out of Marquette University High School whose rookie year was 2006.
  • Team 2062 - C.O.R.E. Robotics
    Waukesha School District FIRST robotics team. Team 537, along with other teams, provided a presentation to interested students at Waukesha South High School to stir up interest for their team.
  • Team 930
    Mukwonago High School robotics team.