As has been noted previously, Michael's Arts & Crafts stores and Estes have begun a promotion supporting Boy Scouts Space Exploration Merit Badges. They will give each scout working on their merit badge a free Estes rocket kit and provide space to troops for their build sessions.
This is an excllent outreach opportunity! Local clubs can provide assistance and support for the build sessions as well as organizing launches for the completed rockets.
The Michael's website has been updated with a link on the main page to:
I am currently drafting a letter to send to the managers of the 17 stores local to LUNAR's area, offering help with the build sessions in the stores and launching the completed rockets.
After that, I'm going to contact the local Boy Scout councils to make sure they're aware of the program and offer the same kind of assistance.
Copies of my letters and other notes will be posted to the NAR Sections Yahoo group & mailing list as well as to anyone who sends me their email address. (Send it to snipped-for-privacy@mtrad.com.)
Cheers, Craig Craig R. Saunders, crs at MaxThrust.net,