Every year since the founding of our team we have volunteered at our schools annual Rites of May Fair. Last year we held a booth where we helped kids make their own slingshots. We also show off our robots to get kids excited about robotics!
Cache Money members volunteer annually at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools FIRST Lego League Qualifiers. We help with a variety of roles including judging, table resetting, and running the practice table. We also present to current FLL students and families about our team and FRC. We also show off our robots and even let some students try driving it!
For the past 2 years we have demonstrated our robot at the Chicago Sky WNBA game, allowing kids to interact with the robot and hopefully fostering curiosity and interest in STEM!
Every year our school hosts the holiday baazar, a place where clubs can sell goods to raise money and connect with community. For the past 2 years our team has attended, selling baked goods and 3D fidgets to fundraise!
Last year at our school's social justice week, Cache Money ran a workshop where we highlighted the acomplishments of people in STEM who are often ignored. We then ended with a Kahoot where students could guess the percentages of certain demographics in certain jobs, and then unpacked the results in a discussion.
The summer of 2025 we sent our mentors to Antigua and Barbuda to help their team prepare for the world competion. Beforehand, we had a bake sale to help raise money to send parts to them. We are hoping to send students a long with mentors to help in the future.