01/15/2013
Future City Pittsburgh Volunteers Needed
The Pittsburgh Region is beginning its fourteenth year in the National Future City Competition. The number of middle schools that have registered in the Pittsburgh Regional Competition has grown each year. The Competition's growth is testimony to the program's unique capacity to challenge students to learn and test new concepts related to engineering and city planning, to apply the mathematics and science they have already learned, to explore their imaginations about what our Cities will be like in the future, and to build an example of the result using ingenuity and their own hands. It has proven to be an excellent introduction of the engineering profession to middle school students.
Another important facet of the Pittsburgh Regional Future City Competition that has allowed it to expand is the associated growth of a cadre of dedicated volunteers. Without volunteers, there would be no competition. Please, volunteer as a Presentation Aide or Judge. During November and December, judges will review the SimCity files, narratives, and essays. On Saturday, January 19, 2013, the Pittsburgh Regional Competition will be held at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland. Based on past experience we anticipate that we will need more than 150 volunteers to fill the positions of Essay Judges, Disk Judges, Registrars, Model Movers, Room Manager/Timers, Score Keepers, Special Awards Judges, Presentation Judges, Exhibit Area Control Volunteers, Still and Video Camera Operators, and Public Relations Coordinators. Our goal is to identify all volunteers and make assignments by December 31, 2012.
We welcome the help of anyone who is interested in volunteering his or her time. To qualify as a Presentation Judge, you must have judged before or have attended a Judge Orientation Meeting. If you are interested in registering as a volunteer for the 2013 Future City Competition please take a minute and fill out the
VOLUNTEER REGISTRATION FORM at:
http://www.futurecitypittsburgh.org/futcityvolunteer_form.htm
Volunteers will be contacted in November for SimCity judging, mid-December for essay judging, and early January for competition day assignments.
If you have any questions, call Keith Jensen at (412) 303-2960 or Bill Pruss at (412) 651-5304.
If you wish to learn more about the program and roles of volunteers, take a look at our website’s homepage,
http://www.futurecitypittsburgh.org/
