Anyone interested in setting up a Ham Demo at Reid Hillview? The Event is August 8th.
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Pitts, Allen W1AGP <w1agp@...>Date: Thu, Jul 2, 2009 at 5:48 AM
Subject: FW: Free Booth Space Still Available - Take Flight for Kids August 8
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Not sure what this is all about, but you might pass it on to a northern CA club to check out.
Allen G Pitts, W1AGP
Media & PR Manager
ARRL - the national association for Amateur Radio
225 Main St. Newington CT 06111
(860) 594-0328
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Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 6:18 AM
To: Pitts, Allen W1AGP
Subject: Free Booth Space Still Available - Take Flight for Kids August 8
Greetings!
We still have (free) booth space available at Take Flight for Kids San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Saturday August 8, 9am-5pm. More than 100 exhibitors are already committed, and a total of 250 are expected at what should be the hottest aviation/science/accessible-events gig in the Bay Area.
Take Flight for Kids is a hugely popular flying festival series at Northern California airports. We recruit up to 100 volunteer pilots of small airplanes and helicopters, and provide free flights for about 750-1000 young people with disabilities, at risk youth, homeless kids, foster kids, etc. Most of the kids get to take controls of the plane during their 30 minute flights, to experience the empowerment of being in absolute control of a complex flying machine.
We host simultaneous huge festivals at the airports, with 4000-5000 attendees expected to enjoy a big day of hands on fun. The emphasis is on hands accessible activities & STEM science/tech/engineering/math, with a kids-fly-free component added. Since the event is absolutely free, we expect big crowds to join us, making this the biggest aviation-based STEM science/technology/engineering/math festival in the Bay Area.
Yup, everything is FREE to all attendees, all volunteers, and all nonprofits/vendors get FREE BOOTH SPACE! Free admission, free parking, free BBQ at noon, free airplane rides to kids 8-17 years old (must be pre-registered online), free live entertainment, petting zoos, hot air balloon rides, helicopters, radio controlled aircraft, model rockets, science experiments, games, rides, fun, fun, FUN!
To reserve a (free) booth in this hottest gig in town, all you have to do is RSVP online. We'll take care of the rest:
http://www.takeflightforkids.com/vendor.htm
For more info, check the website:
http://www.takeflightforkids.com
Do me a favor and spread the word about free booth space. Lots of spam filters automatically delete my emails, so if a colleague in another group might like to host a (free) booth, please forward this email and invite them to join us. The more the merrier!
I hope you can join us on August 8!
Cheers
Dean McCully
Take Flight for Kids, etc
PS If you have already signed up, please scroll down and verify your organization's name appears correctly. If you were signed up last year but not this year, you must register again to verify that you are attending again. If you join us, you will be in good company. Here's the partial list of exhibitors, with more signing on every day:
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ALREADY SIGNED UP for 2009
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A Schmahl Science Workshop
Abilities United
Acts full Gospel martial arts youth department
American Diabetes Association
Angels on Stage
Autism Social Connection
Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program
Breathe California of the Bay Area
Buddha Gouda Productions
California Insect Bots
Canine Companions for Independence
child advocates of silicon valley
Child Quest International
Cisco Systems Volunteers
City of San Jose
CMB Sweets
Cool Reggie Runner Sunglasses
Council District 8
Day of Discovery/Monterey Bay Aquarium
Dept of Child Support Services
Developmental Spectrums
Discovery Toys
Eaglebots
Easter Seals Bay Area
EMQ Families First
Environmental Traveling Companions
Everything in the Universe
Faces of Hope Charitable Fund
Family & Children Services
Flix Photography
Friends Outside in Santa Clara County
Frontier Learning & Sensory Center
Greater Bay Area Make-A-Wish Foundation
Greater San Jose Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
HandsOn Bay Area
Heavenly Companions Personal Care
Help One Child
High Achievement
Honey Child Gifts
HOPE Services
I Can Too! Learning Center
iFLY SF Bay - Indoor Skydiving
Indian Health Center
Indian-Fusion Dance Academy
International Miniature Aircraft Association
Jeena
Jellyfish Art
KAFPA
Kendon Candies
Larkspur Hotels
LetsFly
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Lucid Dawn Designs
Mad Science of the Bay Area
Magic Makers
Miceli Financial Partners Special Care Planning Team
Morgan Autism Center
NAMI Santa Clara County
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA/Universities Space Research Association
NEXT DOOR SOLUTIONS TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Northwest YMCA
Pacific Autism Center for Education (PACE)
PARTI Program
Phoenix Data Center
Posables
Pottery
Pre-Paid Legal
Primerica Financial Services
Raise Your Score
Ranch 101
Rebekah Children's Services
Rota Mobility
San Jose Public Library
Santa Clara County 4-H
Santa Clara Family Health Plan
Sea Pony
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center
Single Vaccine Alternative
Small R/C Planes with Tilt Sensor Controls
Social Vocational Services
South Valley Community Church (Gilroy)
Special Place Foundation
St. Clair Aeronauts
Stanford Solar Center
Supervisor Dave Cortese District 3
Support Network for Battered Women
TeamKISS Robotics
The Bay School
The Paper Airplane Guy
The Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
The Sensory Center
The TeeGarden
TheAUTSPOT.com
Tucci Learning Solutions
UCCE Santa Clara County 4-H
Valley Medical Center Foundation - VMC
Veronica's Art of Dance
Youth Science Institute
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HOPEFULLY RETURNING in 2009 (not yet signed up) -- if you represent one of these organizations, please make Dean's life easier and sign up today (so he can stop nagging you to sign up ;-)
http://www.takeflightforkids.com/vendor.htm
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A Special Nanny
A Tool Shed - Generator rental
Abilities United
Access Northern California
AchieveKids
ACM Aviation
Adopt A Special Kid (AASK)
AllARTstudio
Alum Rock Counseling Center ARCC
American Diabetes Association
American Medical Response AMR Ambulance -- San Jose
American Red Cross -- Santa Clara Valley Chapter
Assemblymember Jim Beall Jr
Autism Speaks
Avista Rentals - PA System
Axis Dance Company
Bay Area Parent
BBOYs Break Dancing
Bill Wilson Center
Books Aloud
Bridge School
Buckelew Program
California Dictionary Project
Camp Krem of Santa Cruz
Canine Companions for Independence CCI
Catalyst for Youth
Center for Autism and Related Disorders Inc - CARD
City of San Jose
City of San Jose Office of Therapeutic Services - OTS
Civil Air Patrol CAP Squadron 36 - John J. Montgomery Memorial Cadet Squadron
Civil Air Patrol CAP Squadron 80 - Reid Hillview Airport
Community Resources for Science - CRS
Cops Care Cancer Foundation
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund Inc - DREDF
Eastridge Little League Association
EMQ Children and Family Services - Addiction Prevention Program
Enterprise Car Rental - RHV
Experimental Aircraft Association EAA Chapter 62 - RHV
Far West Wheelchair Sports
Fire Safe Council
First Five Kids
Friends of Children with Special Needs - FCSN
Friends of China General Aviation
Furry Friends Rescue
Golden Gate Helicopters - San Carlos
Guide Dogs for the Blind
Ham Radio of NVIDIA
Heart of Chaos / Heart of Kids
Hiller Aviation & Museum
Home Depot East San Jose #6672
Hope Flight Foundation
Industry Initiatives for Science & Math Education
Judge Katherine Lucero
Kiwanis Club of San Jose
KTVU TV Channel 2
Leontis JumpNParty Jumpers
Make A Wish Foundation
Marthas Kitchen
Mayor Chuck Reed - San Jose
McDonald's - Tully Rd.
MetDESK of MetLife
Michael L. Dworkin and Associates
Milpitas High School Best Buddies
Mobility Specialists
Morgan Autism Center
Mountain Charlie Chapter 185 E Clampus Vitus ECV
NAMI Santa Clara County
National Center for Equine Facilitated Therapy - NCEFT
NVIDIA
One Step Closer Therapeutic Riding
Organization of Special Needs Families - OSF
PACE Pacific Autism Center for Education
Pampered Chef
Parents Helping Parents (PHP)
Red Cross Armed Forces Emergency Services
Reid Hillview Airport RHV Pilots Association
Ronald McDonald House at Stanford
San Jose Fire Department - Public Education Office
San Jose Fuel at Reid Hillview Airport
San Jose Mercury News
San Jose Parks & Recreation
San Jose Police Helicopter
San Jose Public Library
San Jose South Bay Wheelchair Athletic Program Office of Therapeutic Services
Santa Clara County 4-H
Santa Clara Couty Roads and Airports Department
Shared Adventures
Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (SVILC) - San Jose
SJSU Department of Aviation
Solar Cookers International - SCI
South Bay Soaring Society
Spina Bifida Association of the Bay Area
Stuart Rental Company - Tables & Chairs
The Flying Doctors - Los Medicos Voladores - South Bay Chapter
The Morgan Autism Center
The Ninety-Nines - Santa Clara Valley Chapter
The Tech Museum of San Jose
Town Cats Feline Rescue and Adoption
Tradewinds Aviation
U.S. Tennis Association USTA - Wheelchair Tennis
UHaul - Cargo Van rental
USS Hornet Museum
Virginia Community Center - Hip Hop
VMC Reach Out and Read
WeissComm Public Relations
Women in Aviation - SFBA
Zumba Dance