Edgewater Automation hosts Poker Run to help local Michiana robotics teams

Edgewater Automation hosted a Poker Run to benefit five local FIRST robotics teams.

“It’s exciting for Edgewater to be a part of it for a couple of reasons," said Rick Blake, the president of Edgewater Automation. "It helps our community; it also allows us to get to know young people who are interested in robotics. And many of them became employees for us in the future, it’s kind of self-serving in the fact that we get a chance to become part of young people’s lives and get to know some of them that might be interested in what we do,” 

The Poker Run was an event where Edgewater employees could drive their cars and motorcycles on a police escorted ride. With checkpoints along the route, drivers purchased playing cards for $10. The portion of each card went to local Michiana robotics teams.

Edgewater presented a check of $624 to the 5484 Wolf Pack team as they gear up for their 10th season. Mentor Emma Clark says with a donation like this, it goes a long way.

“They see the value in our programs and what our programs offer to our students. We're working with high engineering concepts as early as third grade. They see that our students are hirable straight out of high school and ready for the workforce,” Clark said.