At the FIRST New England Championships this week, the Newton LigerBots qualified in two different ways to advance to the World Championships in St. Louis, April 22-25.

• The LigerBots won one of four Chairman’s Awards at the New England Championships, from among the 10 teams that won Chairman’s Awards earlier at District competitions.
• And after the New England Championships, the LigerBots are ranked 10th overall in New England out of 175 teams.

This is a big deal — and this is where YOU come in.  The LigerBots need your financial support to proceed to the World Championships.  It takes significant funding to get the team — and its 6-foot-tall robot — to St. Louis for the competition.  The LigerBots are a city-wide team (LigerBots = Newton South LIons + Newton North tiGERs + roBOTs) that does so much for STEM in Newton.  In fact, that’s exactly why they have won the coveted Chairman’s Award at both District and Regional levels:  The Chairman’s Award honors the team that best embodies the purpose and goals of FIRST, including promoting STEM in the community.  The LigerBots excel at this.  If you value STEM, please make a tax-deductible donation to help bring this team to the World Championships!

See these two short videos from this week’s New England Championships, showing why the LigerBots are winners:

• Watch how the LigerBots exemplify FIRST values of ‘gracious professionalism’ and ‘coopertition’ after an alliance partner’s robot falls over during a match!
• Watch how the LigerBots’ robot executes its game plan perfectly.

Please honor their achievements with your contribution.