Looking to Volunteer?

The KISS Institute is a small-staffed, not-for-profit company and only successfully runs all of our events due to the continual support of extraordinary volunteers! Are you interested in joining the KIPR community as a volunteer? Every year we need volunteers to help run Junior Botball Challenge Days, Botball Regional Tournaments, and our annual Global Conference on Educational Robotics.

Check out the calendar below for details about upcoming events that you may be able to volunteer for and then fill out this form to let us know!

Volunteer Interest Form

Events in May 2023

  • New England Botball Tournament

    New England Botball Tournament

    All day
    May 6, 2023

    Location: Tyngsborough High School
    Address: 36 Norris Rd, Tyngsborough, MA 01879

    Schedule:
    8 a.m. Doors Open
    8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Practice
    10 a.m. Seeding Rounds Start
    Lunch is after all seeding rounds are completed.
    Double Elimination will start after judges have taken a lunch break.
    Awards will be 15 minutes after Double Elimination is complete.

    New Mexico Botball Tournament & Junior Botball Challenge

    New Mexico Botball Tournament & Junior Botball Challenge

    All day
    May 6, 2023

    Location: Valencia High School
    Address: 310 Bonita Vista Blvd, Los Lunas, NM 87031

    Botball Schedule:
    8 a.m. Doors Open
    8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Practice
    10 a.m. Seeding Rounds Start
    Lunch is after all seeding rounds are completed.
    Double Elimination will start after judges have taken a lunch break.
    Awards will be 15 minutes after Double Elimination is complete.

  • Greater LA Botball Tournament & Junior Botball Challenge

    Greater LA Botball Tournament & Junior Botball Challenge

    All day
    May 13, 2023

    Location: Palm Desert High School
    Address: 74910 Aztec Rd, Palm Desert, CA 9226

    Botball Schedule:
    8 a.m. Doors Open
    8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Practice
    10 a.m. Seeding Rounds Start
    Lunch is after all seeding rounds are completed.
    Double Elimination will start after judges have taken a lunch break.
    Awards will be 15 minutes after Double Elimination is complete.

    St. Louis Botball Tournament

    St. Louis Botball Tournament

    All day
    May 13, 2023

    Location: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) - Science Building East (Classrooms 1220 and 1230)

    Address: 1 Hairpin Dr, Edwardsville, IL 62025 (Click to See the Campus Map)

    Botball Schedule:
    8 a.m. Doors Open / Team Check-in
    8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Practice
    10 a.m. Seeding Rounds Start
    Lunch is after all seeding rounds are completed.
    Double Elimination will start after judges have taken a lunch break.
    Awards will be 15 minutes after Double Elimination is complete.

  • NY/NJ Botball Tournament

    NY/NJ Botball Tournament

    All day
    May 20, 2023

    Location: Rahway Recreational Center
    Address: 275 E Milton Ave, Rahway, NJ 07065

    Schedule:
    8 a.m. Doors Open
    8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. Practice
    10 a.m. Seeding Rounds Start
    Lunch is after all seeding rounds are completed.
    Double Elimination will start after judges have taken a lunch break.
    Awards will be 15 minutes after Double Elimination is complete.