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SPOTLIGHT ON CHARITIES & NONPROFITS 10A
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All-girls robotics team encourages teamwork, community outreach
During last year’s event, the Detroit Police Department Honor Guard presented a wreath in honor of the fallen. File photo by Patricia O’Blenes
BY SARAH WRIGHT swright@candgnews.com
TROY — An all-girls team at Larson Middle School has been coding and building robots while also running outreach events that promote interest in STEM learning — science, technology, engineering and math. The group is called Girl Botz FTC Team 22918. While it’s based at Larson Middle School, the team includes students from all over the Troy School District. “So, my husband and I have been helping robotics teams for the past nine years but it’s always in a co-ed team,” said Judy Bunao, co-founder and co-coach of the Girl Botz. “But in the summer of 2022, there was a gathering … called ‘Girls are Great,’ where I could bring girls from my co-ed team.” See GIRL BOTZ on page 12A
CEREMONY TO HONOR FALLEN FIRST RESPONDERS BY ANDY KOZLOWSKI AND SARAH WRIGHT akozlowski@candgnews.com swright@candgnews.com
METRO DETROIT — While many spend the holidays with family and friends, the police and firefighters who keep them safe continue to work in the dark and cold. The stakes are made clear at the annual Project Blue Light ceremony, which remembers first responders who died in the line of duty. The
gathering pays tribute to fallen officers statewide and is attended by police and fire officials from all over. This year’s event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, at St. Mary Magdalen Church, located at 50 E. Annabelle Ave. in Hazel Park, at the northeast corner of John R Road and Woodward Heights Boulevard. All are welcome. “It definitely honors the fallen, but more than that, it speaks to those still doing the See BLUE LIGHT on page 13A
Photo provided by Girl Botz
At the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration at Athens High School on Jan. 20, 2025, Girl Botz FTC Team 22918 helped make blankets, assemble children’s activity packs, HOPE bracelets and cards to give back to the community.
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