Happy New Year from Future City Philadelphia!  We are pleased to announce a new location for this year’s regional competition – SAP America, 3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, PA.  Our 41 participating schools are hard at work on their models and presentations and are getting ready for the big event.  We need volunteers for the following positions:

PRELIMINARY JUDGE:  be a member of a judging team that listens to, asks questions of, and judges the preliminary teams.

Time commitment – Saturday, January 26, 8:00AM – 12:00PM.  Preliminary Judges are required to attend a training session if you have not judged before.  The training session will be a teleconference at 12pm on1/22.

SPECIAL AWARDS EVALUATOR: talk with teach team’s members to determine which team best meets the criteria of your organization’s special award.

Time commitment – Saturday, January 26, 8:00AM – 12:00PM.

GENERAL VOLUNTEER:  help run the competition by volunteering to help with registration, act as a team escort, take photos, update our website, etc.

Time commitment – Saturday, January 26, 8:00AM – 1:00PM.   A few volunteers are needed starting at7:00AM and a few more to help during the afternoon.

Please visit our website at www.futurecityphilly.org and click on On-Line Volunteer Form.  If you sign up to be a Special Awards Evaluator please indicate the name of your organization.

If you’ve already signed up this year, thank you.  You will receive more detailed competition information as the competition gets closer.  We’re always looking for little giveaways for the students (pens, stress balls, Frisbees, etc.) so if you have any items at your company that might fit the bill please shoot an e-mail to jwetzel@upenn.edu.