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- From: "Reed, Brenda A. Capt CAP USAF-AUX MDWG/PAO" <breed@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 06:35:46 -0700
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http://www.mdcap.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=472
Wicomico Composite Squadron awarded Wal-Mart grantWal-Mart Foundation gives
$1,000 towards aerospace education
by Maj. George R. Murray, Jr., CAP
Public Affairs Officer
Wicomico Composite Squadron
SALISBURY, Md. -- Mr. David Young, Manager of the Fruitland Wal-Mart Supercenter
Store, recently presented a $1,000 Wal-Mart Foundation Grant to the
Civil Air Patrol Maryland Wing's Wicomico Composite Squadron for
support of its cadet aerospace education program.
On hand to accept the $1,000 check for the squadron 1st Lt. Robert
Bryant, the squadron's Aerospace Education Officer, Maj. Kenneth Thom,
squadron commander, and 1st Lt. David Argentieri, Deputy Commander for
Seniors.
The aerospace education program works through a number of methods to
share the excitement and wonder of aviation including providing cadet
orientation flights, classes on various flight subjects, and hands-on
experiences.
The proceeds from this grant will enable the Wicomico squadron's
cadet CAP Rocketry Team to continue its preparation, including building
rockets, for the 2009 Team America Rocketry Challenge to be held in The
Plains, VA. For the third consecutive year the cadet Wicomico Squadron
Rocketry Team will be the only Civil Air Patrol team throughout the
nation to qualify for this contest.
For more information about the Team America Rocketry Challenge, visit their
website at www.rocketcontest.org.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a
nonprofit organization with more than 56,000 members nationwide. CAP
performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue
missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was
credited by the AFRCC with saving 90 lives in fiscal year 2008. Its
volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and
counter-drug missions at the request of federal, state and local
agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and
serve as mentors to the nearly 22,000 young people currently
participating in CAP cadet programs. CAP has been performing missions
for America for more than 66 years.
There are more than 1,400 members of CAP in Maryland. Last fiscal
year wing members flew 42 search and rescue missions and were credited
with 31 finds. For more information, visit www.mdcap.org.
Maryland Wing Public Affairs also offers an e-mail alert system for
news releases. When news breaks, a subscriber receives an automatic
e-mail with a summary of the news release and a link back to the story
on the MDWG web site. Signing up for e-mail news alerts is easy. Just
go to: http://mdcap.org/?fuseaction=newsalert.form and fill in your e-mail
address.
For more information about the Wicomico Composite Squadron please visit
www.WicomicoCAP.org.###
BRENDA A. REED, Capt, CAP
Public Affairs Officer
Civil Air Patrol Maryland Wing
410.553.6394
410.863.1242 fax
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