Team SPORK: FIRST Robotics Team 3196

Major Sponsors

We want to thank the following organizations for their invaluable support and donations for our third season

• Ingersoll Rand- Facility, Materials, Mentors, and Financial Support
• Nitro Manufacturing Facility, Materials, and Mentoring Support
• Newell Rubbermaid- Facility, Materials (Irwin Tools, Rubbermaid Products), and CAD Mentoring
• NASA - for payment of the Championship Registration after winning the 2012 NC Regional Engineering Inspiration Award
• United Technologies- Financial Grant
• PTC- Financial Grant, Software (Creo, Windchill, MathCAD), and Mentoring
• AeroDyn Wind Tunnel- Financial Grant and LabVIEW Mentoring
• NC Bright Ideas Grant Sponsored by EnergyUnited- Financial Grant to purchase two graphics computers
• Time Warner Cable- Time Warner Cable Connect a Million Minds Financial Grant
• General Microcircuits, Inc.- Financial Grant and Mentoring (2012-2013 Seasons)

FIRST Team SPORK appreciates the continuing support of our 2010 partners Ingersoll Rand and Newell Rubbermaid. In 2011, we welcomed PTC, TWC, AeroDyn, Duke Energy, and Nitro Manufacturing to our growing list of major corporate sponsors. This year, we have gained important new alliances with United Technologies and General Microcircuits and received a significant grant sponsored by EnergyUnited of Statesville to purchase some much needed graphics computers for our CAD team.

FIRST Team SPORK is also grateful for the 2012 Season support of:

• Lowe's Home Improvement- significant donation of materials for our pit, workspace, and robot
• Southpaw Custom Graphics- for donating banners and decals used in our pit, on our robot, and at our community demonstrations
• Stock Car Steel and Aluminum- for their generosity of materials donation
• Amity Cabinet of Cleveland NC for Bradley McCoy's talented carpentry of our practice bridge
• Genesis Films, for assistance with our Chairman's Video
• QMF- for the donation of Lexan
• MMB Bearings- for donating bearings
• Sonny's BBQ in Mooresville for donating food
• Parent Donors

We thank the following companies for discounting their products for us:

• FRC Crown Suppliers
• Igus,Texas Instruments, AndyMark, National Instruments
• Qdoba of Huntersville