JUNE 2006 DISTRICT 1 REPORT:
Andy Argenio, District I Vice President

 WELCOME TO the second AMA District I-sponsored event for 2008. This will be an open fun-fly and air show taking place at the University of Rhode Island Annual Balloon Festival as advertised below. The Balloon Festival is the main fundraiser for the Wakefield Rotary Club. Since its beginning, the Rotary Club has raised more than $1,000,000 and 100% of the proceeds are placed back into the community to address many of today’s most critical issues including children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy, and violence.

The AMA South County R/C Club (SCRCC) of Kingston, Rhode Island, is the hosting club for the air show entertainment at the Balloon Festival. The club provides one of the main highlights and draws with numerous model aircraft flown and displayed for the entertainment of the tens of thousands of spectators who attend each year. There are selected times during the event for celebrity show performances and to participate in flying aerobatic, warbird, Scale, and helicopters.

This is one of the few events in the district that your entire family will enjoy. Don’t miss out on all the entertainment— especially the famous Wallendas High Wire Act and the Saturday night fireworks! Thank you, SCRCC members, for your yearly participation in the URI Balloon Festival.
This is a perfect example of how an AMA club can partner with another association such as the Rotary Club and do something good for its community, promote the club, and ensure its future and the future of aeromodeling.