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SUPPORT THE E.L. HAYNES ROBOTICS TEAM AND WIN A COOL BIKE!
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 10, 2015) Annies Ace Hardware, in collaboration with E.L. Haynes High
School Robotics Club and RIIDE Bikes, is hosting a raffle to benefit the E.L. Haynes Robotics Team. Raffle
participants will have a chance to win the newly developed RIIDE Electric Bike which was created and is
assembled in the District of Columbia. Tickets are $25 and available at Annies Hardware and from E.L. Haynes
students. The raffle drawing will be held at Annies Ace Hardware on April 11, 2015, at 1 p.m.
The E.L. Haynes Robotics Club was established in 2013 and has competed in three competitions, placing
10th in the DC Region. This years regional contest, held at the University of Marylands Cole Field House,

is March 25, 2015 and the team is working hard to make it to this years National contest in St. Louis,
Missouri on April 25, 2015. This contest is like a Nerd Super Bowl, says Shane Donovan, the clubs advisor
and a physics teacher at E.L. Haynes. Our students keep getting better every year! To learn more about their
projects, visit www.team4821.weebly.com.
RIIDE Bikes were created by two District of Columbia Residents, Amber Wason and Jeff Stafanis, to meet
the need for reliable, eco-friendly, and efficient transportation. RIIDE Bikes are proudly assembled in D.C. and are
sold exclusively at Annies Ace Hardware. More information about the RIIDE electric bikes can be found at
www.riide.com. Amber and Jeff are delighted to be partnering with the clever students at E.L. Haynes and
Annies Ace Hardware.
Anne Stom, owner of Annies Hardware is proud to be part of the connection between the Robotics Club
and RIIDE. What Im enjoying about this is how psyched the kids are about technology. As an employer, I love
that they are learning and practicing their problem solving skills as those are skills needed in all walks of life,

Stom said. Its also pretty amazing that the folks from RIIDE are engaging with the class and sharing their
experience of bringing their product to market so that the young people are learning not just how to invent a
product, but also how to take it to the next step. Its a win all the way around!
The drawing will be at Annies Hardware, 1240 Upshur St., NW, Washington, DC, 20011. One hundred
sixty tickets will be sold; the winner does not need to be present to win.
- more About E.L. Haynes Robotics Club
E.L. Haynes is a public charter school in Petworth. Our robotics team, Team Vulcan, has been competing for three years in the
First Robotics Competition, designing robots that have thrown Frisbees and exercise balls and, this year, built stacks of boxes.
We have placed 10th or better in the DC regional competition every year and are hoping to go to Nationals in St. Louis this
year! Shane Donovan can be reached at sdonovan@elhaynes.org . The groups website is www.team4821.weebly.com .
About RIIDE
RIIDE Bikes were created by two District of Columbia Residents, Amber Wason and Jeff Stafanis, to meet the need for
reliable, eco-friendly, and efficient transportation. RIIDE Bikes are proudly assembled in DC and are sold at Annies Ace
Hardware. www.riide.com
About Annies Ace Hardware
Annies Ace Hardware is a locally owned retail hardware store which opened in February 2012. Since that time, Annies staff
has increased from 15 to 25 local residents. The store has achieved Pinnacle status within the Ace Hardware Corporation.
This designation is awarded to stores which meet 12 performance key indicators including sales and customer service ratings.
In 2013, out of approximately 4,500 stores, only 154 (3.5%) of Ace stores received the Pinnacle designation. We are proud of
the fact that we have been able to achieve this designation in less than 2 years of operation. Annies Ace Hardware was
featured in the Ace 2013 Annual Report: http://ourcompany.acehardware.com/pdfs/2013-annualreport.pdf (p.33).
About Ace Hardware
For 90 years, Ace Hardware has been known as the place with the helpful hardware folks in thousands of neighborhoods across
America, providing customers with a more personal kind of helpful. In 2014, Ace ranked Highest in Customer Satisfaction
with Home Improvement Retail Stores, Eight Years in a Row, according to J.D. Power. With more than 4,850 hardware stores
locally owned and operated across the globe, Ace is the largest hardware cooperative in the industry. Headquartered in Oak
Brook, Ill., Ace and its subsidiaries currently operate 14 distribution centers in the U.S. and also have distribution capabilities
in Shanghai, China; Panama City, Panama; and Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Its retailers' stores are located in all 50 states, the
District of Columbia and approximately 60 countries. For more information on Ace, visit www.acehardware.com.

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