Leaders in Technology ($25,000 Sponsorship Level)
Bausch & Lomb, Inc.
Democrat and Chronicle
Eastman Kodak Company
William C. McGowan Charitable Fund, Inc.
Rochester Institute of Technology
Xerox Corporation
Ronald Zarrella
Captains of Innovation ($10,000 Sponsorship Level)
Frontier
Harris Corporation, RF Communications Division
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics
Rochester Business Journal
Friends of the Future
($5,000 Sponsorship Level)
JML Optical Industries, Inc.
Special Thanks
Paragon-Tec, Inc.
Philip Saunders
William Pollock
Team Social
Trident Precision Manufacturing
RIT, Office of Government and Community Relations
How sponsoring FIRST makes a difference:
| "The gratification and satisfaction the company receives from guiding these students in this program is incredible. Not only do we help them as mentors in the learning and creative process but we too walk away with a sense of accomplishment and pride, for we know we have made a difference." |
| - Bausch & Lomb Incorporated |
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| "FIRST not only brings science and technology alive for the students but provides our employee volunteers with the opportunity to touch the lives of young men and women." |
| - Eastman Kodak Company |
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| "The FIRST program has been embraced and welcomed into the fabric of RIT. FIRST reflects life. No matter where you come from, it is all about working smart, working as a team, and pursuing your aspirations in science, technology and engineering for lifelong career development." |
| - Rochester Institute of Technology |
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| "Through FIRST, Xerox helps introduce today's youth to the wonders of science and technology - nurturing the minds of tomorrow's inventors, scientists and business leaders. Xerox is proud to be a part of such a wonderful and successful program." |
| - Xerox Corporation |
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| "Harris Corporation is proud to support the FIRST Robotics Program because it believes in the importance of introducing young people to the engineering profession, thereby encouraging them to pursue this field as a career later on. We hope that because of FIRST, these students will become interested in engineering and fill the high tech jobs of tomorrow." |
| - Harris Corporation |
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| "I believe that FIRST is the most effective program at getting high school students interested in math and science in the country. There is nothing more important to preserve the competitiveness and way of life as a country." |
| - Ronald L. Zarrella |
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