FAME Sponsorship Opportunities

Great company exposure

FAME’s sponsorship opportunities include community events,  youth activities, annual meetings and member events, all related to advanced manufacturing.  Sponsorship packages vary from event to event.   
Click here for FAME sponsorship packages.

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2017

FAME continues to support middle school LEGO efforts in an attempt to expose as many students as possible to early opportunities in teamwork, engineering and problem solving.  FAME sponsored students from Canandaigua Middle School (below), Seneca Falls Middle School and Wayne Central School’s Ontario Elementary for the Fall 2017 competition season.  Thank you to sponsoring FAME members:   Harbec, ITT Goulds Pumps, Ontario County IDA, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems!

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2016

FAME was pleased to support three middle school teams for the annual US FIRST LEGO competition!  Helping to foster an interest in robotics in children grades 4-8, US FIRST presents a challenge to teams each year – that they must build a robot to solve.  Hats off to students from Canandaigua Middle School (below right), Seneca Falls Middle School and Wayne Central School’s Ontario Elementary (below left) as well as our sponsoring FAME members:   Harbec, ITT Goulds Pumps, Ontario County IDA, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems!

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2015

Each year our generous FAME members support elementary and middle school teams (grades 4-8) that have an interest in competing in robotics. Thank you to FAME members Harbec, ITT Goulds Pumps, Ontario County IDA, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems for supporting teams at Canandaigua Middle School – team picture below left, Ontario Elementary (Wayne CSD) – team picture below right, and Seneca Falls Middle School for the Fall 2015 competition!

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2014

Many thanks to the FAME members sponsoring Finger Lakes region US First LEGO League Teams for the Fall 2014 competition season!

• North Rose-Wolcott CSD’s Leavenworth Middle School, sponsored by Absolute Precision LLC
• Pal-Mac Middle School, sponsored by Unique Automation LLC
• Seneca Falls Middle School, sponsored by ITT Goulds Pumps
• Wayne CSD’s Ontario Elementary School, sponsored by Harbec Plastics, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2013

Three Finger Lakes middle school LEGO teams requested funding for the Fall 2013 competition season. Many thanks to our FAME members who sponsored them!

• Canandaigua Middle School, sponsored by Precision Grinding & Mfg Corp. and ITT Goulds Pumps
• Pal-Mac Middle School, sponsored by OptiPro Systems
• Wayne CSD’s Ontario Elementary School, sponsored by Harbec Plastics, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems

Fall 2013 team photos:

Above: Canandaigua Middle School’s US FIRST LEGO Team – ready to compete! Lego Robotics is a Research and Technical Design Competition where students research problems on the annual theme from US FIRST LEGO League (FLL). The Fall 2013 competition task was “Nature’s fury” and the team designed a car kit to help drivers’ stay safely inside if they were to get into a car accident or run out of gas during the winter. Some of the many things that they had in the car kit were a blanket, flashlight with extra batteries, gloves and a de-icer. There are three parts to FLL robotics: the research project, robot design and programming (below), and FLL Core Values.

Wayne Central School District’s Ontario Elementary School US FIRST LEGO team (pictured below) took home the trophy for Core Values! This trophy recognizes teams who best exhibited the core values of the US FIRST LEGO experience: teamwork, gracious professionalism, sportsmanship, cooperation, and encouragement. Said Kathy Uerz, team coach: ” I was very proud of them for this, to me it means the most that they worked so well as a team.”

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2012

All five Finger Lakes middle school LEGO teams that requested Fall 2012 FAME funding have been fully funded by our generous FAME members!

• Canandaigua Middle School, sponsored by Precision Grinding & Mfg Corp.
• North Rose-Wolcott CSD’s Leavenworth Middle School, sponsored by Absolute Precision LLC
• Pal-Mac Middle School, sponsored by Unique Automation LLC
• Victor Jr High School, sponsored by Gorbel
• Wayne CSD’s Ontario Elementary School, sponsored by Harbec Plastics, Optimax Systems, and OptiPro Systems

Fall 2012 competition photos from the Victor Devil Droids:

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2011

FAME members sponsored four Finger Lakes middle schools for the Fall 2011 competition season! Many thanks to our members for making this dream a reality for children in our region. If you can help next year, or would like more details on the program, please email Michele today. Thank you!

• • Canandaigua Middle School, sponsored by Coach & Equipment, IEC Electronics and FAME
  • Manchester-Shortsville Central (Red Jacket Middle School), sponsored by Gorbel, GW Lisk, and ITT Goulds Pumps
  • Victor Junior High School, sponsored by Gorbel
  • Wayne Central (Ontario Elementary School), sponsored by Harbec Plastics, Optimax Systems Inc., and OptiPro Systems Inc.

Fall 2011 US FIRST LEGO League competition photos:

Victor Junior High School’s “Devil Droids” compete at the Regional FLL Championship at the Univ. of Rochester on December 4, 2011.

US FIRST LEGO League: Fall 2010
Finger Lakes Region

FAME members once again contributed to the pipeline this past Fall by sponsoring the following six Finger Lakes US First LEGO League teams at the middle school level!

• • Canandaigua Middle School, sponsored by Coach & Equipment and PGM Corp.
  • Palmyra-Macedon CSD, sponsored by Unique Automation LLC
  • Red Jacket Middle School (Manchester-Shortsville), sponsored by GW Lisk Co. and ITT Goulds Pumps
  • Seneca Falls CSD, sponsored by Moser Baer Technologies and ITT Goulds Pumps
  • Victor CSD, sponsored by Gorbel
  • Wayne CSD (Ontario Elementary School), sponsored by Harbec Plastics, Optimax Systems Inc., and OptiPro Systems Inc.

This program specifically targets students ages 9-14, in grades 6 to 8, a critical age for exposure to the exciting careers available in Science and Technology fields. Of special note in 2010, the Wayne Central Screamin’ Eaglesteam won the 2010 Judges Award at the Pal-Mac qualifying tournament and then went on to compete at the U of R regional qualifier!

Fall 2010 US FIRST LEGO League competition photos:

Canandaigua Middle School (CMS) Legoinators: team photo (left), at practice (right)

CMS competing at the Pal-Mac Qualifier

Wayne Central Screamin’ Eagles: at practice (left), with the Pal-Mac Judges trophy (right)

Wayne Screamin’ Eagles competing at the Univ. of Rochester regional competition

Fall 2009 US FIRST LEGO League competition photos:

Canandaigua Middle School (CMS) LEGO team practices with their Bobot!

Go CMS! The team takes a break in the bleachers.
CMS was sponsored by Coach & Equipment, FAME and WDI.

Red Jacket Middle School (Manchester-Shortsville CSD) competing at the Pal-Mac Finger Lakes regional qualifier.

Red Jacket (a first year LEGO competition team) wins the Pal-Mac Qualifier Champion award!

Red Jacket gets ready to compete at the Western NY qualifier held at the University of Rochester. Red Jacket was sponsored by GW Lisk, FAME and WDI.