HostRocket
Provides More Than $20,000 in Support For Local Group
[April 26, 2004]
HostRocket.Com,
Inc. recently provided more than $20,000 in support
for "Team 20, The Rocketeers", the Shenendehowa
High School team participating in the 2004 US FIRST
Robotics competition
CLIFTON
PARK, NY April 2, 2004 -- HostRocket.Com, Inc. recently
provided more than $20,000 in support for "Team
20, The Rocketeers", the Shenendehowa High School
(Clifton Park, NY) team participating in the 2004 US
FIRST Robotics competition.
The
US FIRST Robotics competition (http://www.usfirst.org)
is an exciting, multinational event in which high school
teams work with industry mentors and compete to solve
a complex engineering problem. Participants must use
a wide variety of problem-solving skills and work together
to achieve a common goal. Professionals in the industry
who volunteer significant amounts of their time to serve
as mentors to participants play a key role in the success
of the program. In addition to gaining an incredible
amount of experience and knowledge, participants also
compete for scholarships.
Brendan Brader and John Reyes, HostRocket
co-founders, are both 1999 graduates of Shenendehowa
High School who actively participated in the program
in 1997, 1998, and 1999. US FIRST states that participating
in the competition is a "life-changing, career-molding
experience". That statement has certainly proven
true for both Brader and Reyes who together founded
web hosting company HostRocket shortly after graduation.
Since inception in 1999, HostRocket has hosted approximately
45,000 sites from its private facility in Clifton Park,
NY. In today's market, the success created is truly
an astonishing accomplishment.
"US FIRST gave us invaluable experience,
and I'm sure that we gained skills which later helped
us both in more ways than I can describe," stated
Brendan Brader, HostRocket Chief Executive Officer.
Recently as the two young tycoons were reflecting on
their past, they realized that the US FIRST program
could likely give others the experience needed to reach
their future goals as well. The two also agreed that
it is especially important to support such programs
in these days of budget cuts. HostRocket strives to
give back to its community by providing support to worthy
organizations and groups, and in this case US FIRST
was simply the perfect group to work with.
A monetary contribution of $20,000 was
made to the Shenendehowa High School team, "The
Rocketeers", participating in the contest. Additionally,
both Brader and Reyes are serving as mentors helping
current students and participants in whatever ways possible.
"By working with US FIRST, we hope to keep local
youth involved in a positive program and encourage them
to pursue careers in technology," said Timothy
Dick, HostRocket Business Development Manager.
Today, it's apparent that HostRocket,
Shenendehowa High School, and US FIRST are truly a winning
team.
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