Support to Our Japanese Friends

This year for the first time ever our fellow rocketeers in the Japan Association of Rocketry (JAR) are sending the winning team from their TARC event to the Finals.  This team is from Iwate High School, which is in the part of Japan that was recently devastated by the earthquake and tsunami.  The team members are all OK, and soon after these events there they let us know that despite it all they will still be coming to fly with us on May 14.

The NAR would like to show our sympathy and support for the hundreds of thousands of their fellow citizens who lost everything in the terrible events in Japan by presenting a check for the main Japanese relief agency to the JAR team on behalf of the members of the NAR.  

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Desert Heat 2011 Wrap-Up

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Community Outreach Events

One of SARA's commitments is outreach to the community, encouraging young people's interest in math and science through rocketry.

Outreach, simply put, is rocketeers helping their community. Often, SARA receives requests for assistance with model rocket activities - building, launching, displays, and presentations. These requests may come from schools, Scouts, 4-H, community education programs, and many other groups! By helping these groups, SARA members not only give to their community, but they help to introduce "the next generation" to the model rocket hobby.

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SARA 2011 Membership Drive

As the new calendar year arrives it's time, once again, to consider joining SARA.  If you did not renew your membership at the December launch, you are welcome to pay for calendar year 2011 during the upcoming January launch. SARA welcomes your financial support and there are benefits for those that join.

Anyone can participate in a SARA launch by paying the $5.00 daily range fee, but you can save money each month by joining as a member. We encourage you to consider joining SARA for only $25, which covers an entire family. Beyond the satisfaction of knowing that you will be keeping SARA functioning and growing, members do not pay the daily range fee so annual SARA membership basically pays for itself if you join and attend our monthly launches on a fairly regular basis.

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