Kelly...the FTC team Sparky in Richmond is always collecting Legos to donate to Haiti so kids that couldn't afford otherwise can belong to a team. That might be a nice use of your extras! Amy Nichols On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:53 AM, William Richter < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > As a first year coach, doing a lot of reading, it appears a wide > assortment of parts can be used to build the team's robots. It would seem, > especially for a young team, a good use for last year's parts would be to > "recycle" into the general inventory used to build this years robots. > Especially as this year's theme is "trash". Still learning so hope I > understand the rules correctly. > > Personally, I see my children mix and matching sets constantly to build > something new. In our house, after a couple months, everything Lego is > mixed together. > > Bill > > We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in > which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology. > -Carl Sagan > > > > On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 10:41 AM, B Bergenstock < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > If your team members have to pay at all to be on the FLL team, maybe a > goodie bag at the end of the tournament of legos pieces might be an > appropriate gift. I love your idea of the lego club at the library since > the most people will benefit, but if you A LOT of pieces, then giving back > to the team that paid for them might be nice too. (That's what we did.) > Brandy > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Delph, Kelly McBride < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I inherited a team that has been competing for several years. Is there any > direct use or need to keep ALL the parts from the previous years’ > challenges? > > I understand that they are good for spare parts if a part is lost or comes > up missing or breaks. > I just wonder how much of an ‘inventory’ I need to keep. > Was thinking of using them with Lego ‘club’ events at our library, to help > build interest in the team, for new team members to practice building…. > Other suggestions? > > Coach Kelly > of the *Majestic Narwhals* > > > Kelly McBride Delph, Library Director > Russell County Public Library > Lebanon, VA 24266 > 276.889.8044 > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > > > ------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit > https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or > leave the list". > VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. > Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-announcements-l.html to > subscribe. > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE or CHANGE your settings, please visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-l.html and select "Join or leave the list". -- VADCFLL administrative announcements are sent via VADCFLL-ANNOUNCEMENTS-L. Visit https://listserv.jmu.edu/archives/vadcfll-ANNOUNCEMENTS-l.html to subscribe.