[GCARC] Fwd: [Packrats] Fwd: Gloucester County ARC Needs Help!

[Christopher Wawak]

Hey GCARCers:

Is there a food drive going on at the hamfest?

Chris

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From: Mark Hinkel via Packrats <packrats at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Packrats] Fwd: Gloucester County ARC Needs Help!
To: packrats at mailman.qth.net <packrats at mailman.qth.net>


Chris,

Sounds like the club is running a food drive at Sunday's Hamfest..?  Tell
us where to drop off the cans and boxes.

Mark  WA3QVU


-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Wawak <kc2ieb at wawak.org>
To: Packrats Reflector <packrats at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 10:12 am
Subject: [Packrats] Fwd: Gloucester County ARC Needs Help!

Hi all - here's the official call to action from ARRL to donate to the
GCARC. Sharing the message is just as helpful as donating, so please
consider sharing if you're not in a position to help financially. Also, I'm
SURE the W2MMD folks would love donations of effort, food, and camaraderie
as we rebuild.

Chris

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From: *ARRL Members Only Web site* <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 at 9:47 AM
Subject: Gloucester County ARC Needs Help!
To: <chris at wawak.org>


The Gloucester County Amateur Radio Club, W2MMD, on September 1st 2021,
suffered extensive damage to two of its towers and multiple antennas,
during a EF3 tornado spawned by the remnants of Hurricane Ida. Many
nearby homes and several farms were severely damaged or destroyed. The
W2MMD club station building, a 14x70 mobile home, miraculously was
undamaged despite being directly in the path of the twister, and the
radio equipment remained safe and dry, but is unusable now without the
towers and antennas.

The GCARC was founded in 1959, and has been an ARRL affiliated club
since its founding. The club is one of the most active general interest
ham clubs in the region, and has about 150 members. We are heavily
involved in education and community service, and operate 3 repeaters and
a very popular SATNOGS station. Our HF station is, or was, completely
remote controllable including antenna rotation and legal limit power.
The station in its current form was the dream project of many club
members past and present, and has taken some 40 years to build, as time
and funds permitted.

In order to rebuild the antenna systems promptly and get the station
back on the air as quickly as possible, we will need more funds than we
have available at this time. We are therefore appealing to our fellow
hams, friends, family, and community to help us in any way that you can.
Your donation, no matter how small, will get us back on the air, serving
our community and helping friends around the world with vital HF and VHF
communications. Please see our GoFundMe page under the heading of
"Rebuilding Club Station W2MMD" and donate there, or visit our web site
at W2MMD.org, and click on the link. You may also send a check or money
order to P.O. Box 370, Pitman NJ O8071. There are some pictures of the
damage on the club web site. http://www.w2mmd.org/

Thanks, and "73" from W2MMD!

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-- Chris