What is Robots and Rotini?

Robots and Rotini is by far our largest fundraiser of the year! This event features a wide variety of activities, such as demos of our high school team robot and our middle school team’s robot, a silent auction where we work with local businesses to provide amazing baskets to sell, a bunch of activities for families of all ages, and of course a pasta dinner with dessert. It is hosted on Sunday, November 8th in Eden Prairie High School South Commons from 5:00-7:00 pm. It is a wonderful outing to support the team and enjoy a nice family dinner!

We provide a lot of things to do, including demos from two levels of our program: FIRST Tech Challenge (grades 7-8) and FIRST Robotics Competition (grades 9-12), activity tables with button-making and LEGO, and a silent auction featuring baskets put together through community donations. Our team puts a lot of effort into this event, and we hope that everyone who attends loves it as much as we do!

Two members showing a crowd how our robot works

Buying Tickets for Robots and Rotini

You can buy tickets directly from any Talon member or online on Bound! If purchasing online, please follow the prompt on the site to ensure your student gets credit for their ticket sale. The online link is here: https://tickets.gobound.com/tickets/events/h20260930064213545e7e590c6d09243/checkout. If this link doesn’t work, look up “Robots and Rotini” on Bound!

Why Support?

You might be wondering why you should support our team. Even if you aren’t directly involved with us, odds are this isn’t the first time you’ve seen us! Our team does more than build robots; community outreach is a major part of Talon. You may have seen us running coding camps, demoing at city events, working with local organizations, or so much more. By supporting our team, you are helping us keep up these events, which are completely free of charge to the participants! We greatly value any and all contributions. Thank you for reading, and we hope to see you there!

Three members smiling together
A member explaining the robot to a group of kids in Halloween costumes
Two kids interacting with the robot in a parking lot
Team member driving the robot with a kid
Four captains with our old robot
Our team presenting our robot at city hall
Our robot firing rings at a crowd of kids


Other Ways to Support

If you are looking for other ways to support this event, we appreciate it! A great way for people is to donate either money to purchase food for the event, or silent auction basket items!

If you would like to donate money, you can do so through checks made out to:

Eden Prairie High School – Talon Robotics

Activities Office

Eden Prairie High School

17185 Valley View Road

Eden Prairie, MN 55346

The team is a Nonprofit 501c1 organization. Your donations are 100% tax-deductible.

If you are looking to donate basket items, you can give them to a member of Talon to be dropped off at room 165. If you or your company does not have a direct contact within the team, you can reach out to [email protected]

Team members holding up signs shouting out sponsors

Stay Connected With Us During The Entire Season!

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