Looking for some serious fun?

Join the many volunteers who each year work with students from across the southeast on the SMARTT Challenge. The EV Challenge (now known as the SMARTT Challenge) was recognized in 2003 by the US EPA as one of the top environmental education programs in the nation. It offers volunteers a unique chance to work with some of the brightest kids around, while helping to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and clean the environment.

What do we do?

Volunteers help out with two major projects for the SMARTT Challenge.

In the fall, they staff the SMARTT Challenge mobile classroom at the North Carolina State Fair. This means helping to explain the benefits of alternative fuels to fair visitors who are welcome to peek under the hood of some of the high school competition vehicles. The dates for this year's fair will be Oct. 17-26, 2008 at the Fairgrounds in Raleigh.

In the spring, they make the SMARTT Challenge Final Event happen! This is a two day event and there's a need for

• judging the troubleshooting, oral presentation, design and technical inspection aspects,
• coordinating and judging the high school distance range event
• judging the middle school Junior Solar Sprint races, and
• coordinating and judging the high school autocross event.

The next Final Event will be May 16-17, 2008. Come and join an enthusiastic group of volunteers and meet the students, parents and teachers who participate in the program!

See the newsletters for information on previous years, and please contact us or complete the volunteer form if you want to get involved!

Get connected!

For up to the minute information on what's happening in the schools, check our discussion forums: high school, middle school.

Then sign up for our volunteer e-mail list, and watch for announcements about SMARTT Challenge events and opportunities.

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Want to do more?

Let us know what you're interested in, and we'll put you to work. Use the online form, or print out one of the others, fill it out, and mail it to us (the address is on the form). We'll get back to you ASAP.

• Volunteer Form
• Volunteer Form, PDF document
• Volunteer Form, MS Word document