Help needed for Tech Fest!
STC SWO will again have a booth at Tech Fest, Feb. 13 and 14 in Dayton. Tech Fest is a program dedicated to introducing kids to science, technology, engineering, medicine and math (STEM).
The program includes hands-on, interactive exhibits staffed with volunteer professionals from societies, companies, museums, universities and other technology organizations. It will be held at the Sinclair Community College.In 2008, 2600 youths were registered during the two-day program. This program is free to all with free parking under the Ponitz Center at Sinclair.
The SWO Booth: Kids, Winners, and OREOs!
In our booth, we will display the winning entries from the STC International Publications and Online Competition. If you were at the Cedarville Conference in November, you got a chance to see the entries there, too. We will also have an activity for the kids – write up how to eat an Oreo. We will have actual Oreos on hand (along with paper and pens), and some candy to give the kids.
You Can Help…
I need two types of help:
- Volunteers to staff the booth (2 or 3 people at all times)
- A total of 5 laptops to display the winning online entries (I have two already.)
I would personally take all the laptops home between Saturday and Sunday (I would not leave them at Sinclair overnight).
Tech Fest hours are:
- Fri, Feb. 13 – set up in evening (Just one or two additional people would be nice)
- Sat, Feb. 14 – 10 a.m. – 6 p.m
- Sun, Feb. 15 – 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
…And Have FUN!
I’ve staffed the booth before, and I loved it! If you like talking to kids, or if you’d like to talk about tech communication to them and their parents, then please come! It’s designed to be FUN, for us and for them! And this year we have Oreos! Yum, yum!
One suggestion – if you?re a grandparent/aunt/uncle/neighbor, see if you can get your grandkids/nieces/nephews/neighbors to come with their parent during your volunteer shift. I bet they will have a BLAST. When you’re done at our booth, you can then enjoy the fest with them.
So Sign Up Now
Please contact Jean Fudge if you can volunteer for ANY amount of time: 513-477-7873 (Jean’s cell phone) or jaf529@earthlink.net. Web sites for Tech Fest, and directions, are:
- http://www.ascdayton.org/TechFest2009/
- directions http://www.ascdayton.org/TechFest2009/directions.htm