[BARC-List] Clay Center Event

[K1bth at aol.com]

Below is an announcement from the Clay Center offering a table to demo and  
talk about ham radio and BARC.
 
Are there any BARC members who would be available to staff this  table?
 
Please advise ASAP.
 
Thanks.
 
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To Leaders of Scout Groups, Science Clubs, Astronomy Clubs, and Amateur  
Radio Clubs, 

You and your club members are invited to join us as an  exhibitor, 
participant, or both. Display your colors, attract new members,  and 
participate in the excitement! 

For the past two years National  Astronomy Day at the Clay Center 
Observatory has been a fantastic  educational event that has brought in 
many hundreds of families from around  the greater Boston area and from 
as far away as Rhode Island and New  Hampshire. We co-host the event 
with the Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston  (ATMoB) who bring many types 
of solar and night telescopes to the event. In  addition we will have 3 
planetarium shows, a LASER light show, Galileo  himself, NASA 
ambassadors, guest speakers and lecturers, and rooms filled  with 
activity tables and displays on all kinds of sciences. For details, see  
www.claycenter.org/astro. 

I would like to offer your non-profit  organization a table at this event 
at no cost where you can proudly display  your banner and photos, recruit 
members, and even sell club related items.  All I ask is that you offer 
some kind of hands-on educational science  activity (should be somewhat 
connected to astronomy or earth science). The  activity should be geared 
for children or scaleable to all ages. 

If  you can join us, please go to the Astronomy Day web site at  
www.claycenter.org/astro and regi ster in the vendor/volunteer section.  
You and your helpers will receive name badges and boxed dinners. Even 
if  you don't want to run a booth or table, feel free to bring your club 
or  scout group for a fun afternoon or evening. 

SATURDAY, MAY 6, 2006  

Daytime events 2:00-5:00pm Evening events 6:00-10:00pm 

Free  admission! Come anytime to each or both. 
Free Astronomy Red Light on a  keychain for first 300 children! 

The Clay Center will hold astronomy day  events in collaboration with the 
Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston (ATMoB).  Many activities have been 
planned for families and children of all ages.  

* Many different telescopes will be set up for you to see and use.  
Safely view the sun in the daytime, and see the moon and stars in the  
evening, weather permitting. 

* Demonstrations, lectu res,  planetarium shows, LASER Light show, 
rocketry, stunt kites, celebrity  appearances, educational activities for 
all ages. 

* Astronomy Show  by astronomer Ron Dantowitz about telescopic coverage 
of historic SpaceShip  One launches and the famous Laser-to-Space-Station 
project last spring.  






Blake T.  Haskell, K1BTH
President
Boston Amateur Radio  Club
www.barc.org