The LigerBots attended the annual Newton Pumpkin Smash on November 4th at City Hall, bringing our custom built smasher. It is the 3rd year The LigerBots have been invited to this event, and we were so happy to be back. 

30 LigerBots attended the event to help run the smasher and the STEAM activities. Over the course of 4 hours we were able to smash over a hundred pumpkins with our smasher. All pumpkins smashed were composted, ensuring the waste is kept minimal.

As a team, we have been working on this smasher for about 2 months, going through many iterations and different designs. Since the smasher is one of the first projects we do as a team each year, it is a great opportunity for rookies to get some hands-on experience with new tools throughout the shop and a great opportunity to get to know people on the team. Overall, the smasher was such a success and the smiles on the little kids faces and their joyous screams made all the hard work worth it.