2014 events 

2014 Mid MO FIRST® Tech Challenge Qualifier


​LASER 3284 hosted, sponsored, and ran the Mid MO FTC® Qualifier. This event brings MO FIRST® teams to the Ozarks to compete and share FIRST® with the Lake Community. The 2014 event was held on December 13th, 2014 from 8 AM to 6 PM.

2014 Mid MO FIRST® LEGO® League Qualifier

LASER 3284 hosted the annual Mid-MO FLL® Qualifier that brought teams from central Missouri and beyond together for a day of Gracious Professionalism® and Coopertition®. At this event, 3284 also exhibited FLL Jr.®, FTC®, and FRC®. The Camdenton community supports the LASER program by helping to provide 130+ volunteers to make the day successful. The event was held on November 15, 2014 at Camdenton High School.

Drive One 4 UR School

The Drive 4 UR School event, sponsored by Sakelaris Ford, has become much more than a fundraiser for the FIRST® LASER programs. Sakelaris proudly supported LASER by hosting a full day Drive ONE 4 UR School event. At this event, community members were invited to test drive Ford vehicles. Sakelaris and Mid-West Ford donated $20 per valid test drive, up to $6,000 to the LASER program. In addition, Mid-West Ford hosted a Facebook voting competition to double the donation. LASER was fortunate enough to win the bonus competition! Thank you Sakelaris and Mid-West Ford! Additionally, LASER was able to showcase all four progressions of FIRST® ​ ​for the entire community!

2014 LASER 4-H Sea Perch Camp


4-H and LASER partnered to host a summer Sea Perch camp for 5th and 6th grade students. This was an exciting week-long camp where students built an underwater robot that was able to navigate underwater obstacle courses! The camp ended with an exciting underwater robot competition run by LASER 3284.

2014 Show Me Robotics


​LASER 3284 co-hosted the off-season Show-Me Robotics Event in partnership with 4-H, The Corps, and Team Scream from Sedalia, MO. This event took place at the Missouri State Fair, where several thousand attendees are introduced to all four progressions of FIRST® .  

 Missouri Governor Declares April 2014 FIRST® Robotics Month



​Governor Jay Nixon declared April 2014 to be FIRST® Robotics month in Missouri, on behalf of LASER 3284’s efforts to share STEM! This proclamation coincided with the 2014 FIRST® World Championship that was held on April 23-26 at the St. Louis Edward Jones Dome!

Missouri STEM Day


On March 6, 2014 LASER represented all four progressions of FIRST® programs at the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City for STEM day at the Capitol. Read more about this event and watch the Capitol highlight video that featured LASER students.