Student Volunteering

As of 2020, each Code Red Student completes 24 hours of individual community service in 5 cycles over the year. This can amount to about 2,000 collective hours of community service per year. Students work at local soup kitchens, the Ithaca Children's Garden, or even fixing Ithaca City School District computers.

Team Outreach

As an organization, Code Red Robotics does many demonstrations and team service events for the community. Code Red attends summer camps, local elementary and middle schools, library events and more! If you're interested in a robot demonstration or you need volunteers at your camp or event, please see the contact page.

Shadow a Code Red member!

Want to see if our team is for you? Fill out the form and shadow a Code Red member!

Our new program allows middle or high school students to shadow a Code Red member for an hour during build season and get a taste of what participating in the FIRST program is like.

Code Red Robotics Annual Open House

Each year, Code Red students organize and host an Open House. This exciting event includes build session tours, exhibits, and more. This year, the event will take place at Ithaca High School on February 8th​ and is open to everyone in the community!

Science and Tech Exhibits

Code Red students present interactive exhibits such as live animals, slime-making, and explorations of sound. Local clubs and business also present exhibits and demonstrations.

Robot Demonstrations

Code Red students drive old robots, and allow attendees to ask questions, explore the robots, and even drive them on their own!

Open House

With nearly 400 attendees from the community, Open House allows science and technology organizations to meet and allows the public to learn and be inspired.

Jr. FIRST LEGO League

FIRST organizes technology competitions for elementary school kids, using LEGOs. This branch of FIRST competitions is called Jr. FLL (Jr. FIRST LEGO League.) Code Red Robotics has started 28 Jr. FLL teams in Ithaca, and actively mentors in multiple elementary schools across Ithaca. Under the guidance of the Jr. FLL participants' parents, teachers, and Code Red mentors, students create LEGO creations and presentation boards. In January, teams from across NY State come together and share their creations.
If you're interested in starting a Jr. FLL team at your school, or a FIRST LEGO league team at a local middle school, please contact the Code Red Robotics Community Outreach officer.
Visit http://www.firstinspires.org/ for more info on FIRST programs. 
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 None of what we do would be possible without generous support from sponsors. Code Red Robotics thanks the following businesses and organizations for their continued support: Rheonix, BAE Systems, BorgWarner Morse TEC, Cognitive TPG, Cornell University Center for Computational Sustainability, Cornell University Computing & Information Science, Cornell University College of Engineering, Datapoint Labs, Duthie Orthodontics, Elwyn & Palmer Consulting Engineers, Tompkins Trust Company, Vector Magnetics, Incodema, ShipIndex.org, Ithaca City School District, ICSD Board of Education, Ithaca High School, IPEI and IthacaSTEM Advocates.  FIRST Code Red Robotics, an IHS student organization, is an associate member of Ithaca STEM Advocates, an affiliate of IPEI. IPEI is a not-for-profit organization that believes the education of every ICSD student is enhanced through community connections and support facilitated by IPEI for students and teachers through engagement, collaboration, gifts, and grants. More information about Ithaca STEM Advocates and IPEI can be found at www.ithacastem.org and www.ipei.org