Every year at the end of the competition season we come together to sell our amazing 3D prints as well as provide children and adults the opportunity to drive the robot. This also gives the community the opportunity to learn about First Tech Challenge. All money earned from the farmers market goes to our team to help us with are next season.

Once a year the Civic Center hosts an event called Peoria Con. Peoria con is a big convention filled with cosplayers, shops, and more. During Peoria con we sell 3-D prints and give kids the chance to drive are robot.

Ignite is a fun interactive event that also happens at the civic center. Not only is our team there but a few other ones as well, including HOW, Fast But Not Furious, and Trailblazers. Together we set up a field and teach kids how to drive our robots as well as provide information on how we brought the robot to life. We also sell 3-D prints here which goes to funding our team.

The library likes to have a robot invasion once a year where children get to learn and interact with all kinds of machines including our robot. We give children the opportunity to drive our robots and participate in various activities that we have set up around the library, including a scavenger hunt, and CAD/Programming classes.

This is another library event we take part in called "Star Wars Day" during Star Wars Day, children run around having fun with their little lightsabers while interacting with different activities. We also provide children the chance to drive our robots during this event, allowing the kids the opportunity to know what its like driving a robot. We also had a puzzle for the children to solve.

During the summer the Ergonomic Partners allowed us to visit their work shop. They allowed us to interact with their machines as well as program one of their robots. We even had the opportunity to learn how their robots work. It was a very fun and educational day.

Ergonomic Partners website

The EP Robo Raiders were a proud sponsor of the final race of the 2024 season for the KID MOD division at the Peoria Speedway.  The KID MOD division is for kids 8-15 years old.  We felt this was a good way to show our interest in other youth activities in the area.

This was a event held at the river front museum & caterpillar visitors center to promote STEM. Are goal was to promote FIRST & FTC by presenting are robot and educating the younger generation about First and the activities we participate in. We had other teams their as well to help leave a good influence and teach children teamwork skills.