National Model Aviation Day

 
 

 

 

      I received an exciting e-mail from Rusty Kennedy, the AMA's coordinator of the Leader Member program:


       "AMA Clubs Encouraged to Participate in First Annual National Model Aviation Day, August 17, 2013.

       To celebrate the storied history of model aviation, AMA chartered clubs are encouraged to take part in the first annual National Model Aviation Day on August 17, 2013. Clubs across the country are invited to host an event of their choice to celebrate the day. Clubs are encouraged to reach out and make this a community event. National Model Aviation Day will be a great opportunity to introduce model aviation to your friends and families. And, for this inaugural year, we’re asking that clubs who host an event do so in support of the Wounded Warrior Project.

       Wounded Warrior’s mission is to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured members of the US Military and to provide programs and services to help support our country’s injured heroes. Hosting an event on National Model Aviation Day is a win/win for AMA clubs, its members, and all of those courageous service men and women who have given so much to protect the freedoms we all enjoy.

       Please stay tuned as details will soon be released on the AMA website, in Model Aviation magazine, and in future issues of AMA Today.

Rusty Kennedy
Chairman,Leader Member Development Committee
Leader Member Program Coordinator
amalmprogram@gmail.com
757-812-2812 EST Anytime"


       I'd like to encourage all of the club in Nebraska and Iowa to participate.  If you don't have an event planned yet for Saturday, August 17th, then you have plenty of time to organize something.  If already have something planned for that Saturday, why not put out the donation bucket and collect some cash to donate to the Wounded Warrior Project?


       This is a good opportunity to not only raise money for a worthy cause, but you can invite the public and your local media out to your event to help raise awareness about model aviation and all of the good works that the AMA clubs support throughout the country.

       Please feel free to contact me if you'd like some help putting an event together.  It can be as big or small as you'd like to make it.  I'm hoping to make it around to several area clubs near the Ashland/Gretna metroplex and encourage you all to add National Model Aviation Day event planning to your club agendas!

Ed Paasch
Associate VP Nebraska, District IX
AMA Leader Member 839155

(402) 321-3781 mobile  <---  Please note this has been my sole phone number for almost a year.

 
 
 

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