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Take Flight for Kids San Jose August 8

From: Jim Holtsclaw #2738
Date: 03 Jun 2009
Time: 09:46:10 -0400
Remote Name: 24.145.223.11

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Hi Everybody Happy June! Wow, only 9 weeks to go before the fun-est festival in Northern California: Take Flight for Kids at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport Saturday August 8, 2009. Take Flight is a huge flying festival at Northern California airports. We recruit about 75 volunteer pilots of small airplanes and helicopters, then provide free flights for about 750 young people with disabilities, at risk youth, homeless kids, foster kids, you name it. We take the young people flying for 20 minute flights, in this case over Silicon Valley. Most of the kids get to fly the plane to experience the empowerment of being in absolute control of complex aircraft. About 200 nonprofit agencies are expected to join us and network with the crowds. We expect up to 4000 people to join us at Reid Hillview Airport on August 8th, making this the biggest aviation-based STEM science/technology/engineering/math festival in Silicon Valley. Everything is FREE to all attendees, all volunteers, all booth hosts! 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. Lots of people's spam filters automatically delete my emails without delivering this info, so if a colleague in another nonprofit might like to host a (free) booth, please forward this email. The more the merrier! I hope to see you August 8! Soft Landings! Dean McCully dean@dmccully.com Take Flight for Kids, etc