FLL Grants:  Florida Robotics Education is now accepting applications for FLL team support grants online at www.flrobotics.org (Select "Grants" from the top left menu selections.)  The following information comes from flrobotics.org:

Deadline for grants outside of Brevard County is July 28!  (Only two grants are available.)

• Deadline for Brevard County Rockwell Collins grants -- selections for applications submitted by July 28 and then again for those submitted by August 15.   (These grants are for school based teams or teams sponsored by other non-profit organizations.  Funding is available for approximately 10-15 grants.)

• If additional grants become available we will post them online and include in future emails.  Once you apply for a grant, you will be considered for all grants we receive -- no need to register more than once.   All grants are based on need.  The grants are for two of three items:  FLL Registration, NXT Robotics Kit, or Field Setup Kit.  Once grant approval is received, we will order the material and ship direct to your team.  Questions about grants?  Email Judy at grants@flrobotics.org  You must agree to have your team compete at a qualifying competition to qualify for a grant!

The SuncoastFLL.org website no longer collects or uses e-mail addresses for users.  The only e-mail addresses required for the site are the PARENT'S E-MAIL ADDRESS entered when users under 13 years old sign up.

This change means that password resets are no longer handled via e-mail -- the site now uses a "secret question" for password resets.  If you remember your password from last season, log on to your account, select a question and set your answer.  The site will remove your e-mail address when you update your account.

FLATE (Florida Advanced Technological Education Center) is running Middle School Summer Robotics Camps at the HCC Brandon and South Shore campuses.  Brandon Campus is hosting Introduction and Advanced camps this year.

 We're getting ready. Are you? Watch for SuncoastFLL.org 2.0 re-launching for Body Forward this summer

Working on a cool robot design?  Upload your .lxf, .lxfml or .ldr files from LEGO Digital Designer to your group to share an idea with your team.  Don't set the postings as PUBLIC unless you want to share your design with the world.