Hi! Welcome to the Girls of Steel FIRST Outreach Catalog. This is a comprehensive guide to how to run and participate in outreach that will continually be updated as more events and information is created/found.
Girls of Steel 3504 is an FRC team based out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We are run out of the Carnegie Mellon University Robotics Institute and were founded in order to create a more inclusive pathway for girls into STEM. We have been recognized at FRC competitions every year since our founding and became Chairman’s Finalists at the Detroit World Championships in 2021.
Since our founding as an FRC team in 2010 our impact has only grown every year. Community outreach is a major focus of 3504 and over 12 years we’ve learned a thing or two about running outreach. Today, our outreach is divided into a few major types of events: those within our program pyramid, one day events we run through various community organizations or schools in our area, and multi-day programs that we host such as summer camps. From March 2020 to March 2022 almost 100% of our outreach was hosted virtually. Despite that, we reached over 1300 people and would like to share our expertise with you.
Every single member of our team participates in and organizes outreach. This catalog was originally created as a way to give our own members tools to help in this process. After seeing how much it helped our members we decided to adapt it for the rest of the FIRST community.
You can access the catalog here https://bit.ly/FIRSTOutreach
Or, scan the QR code below
We hope that you and your team finds this catalog helpful. If you have any questions, comments, or concerns please let us know. Eventually, our hope is that many FRC teams will contribute to this shared resource, if you’re interested in getting involved with that you can email us at girlsofsteelrobotics@gmail.com
