Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 15:49:40 -0500
From: Aaron Price <aaronp
Cc: 

:) Over the past few months I have been organizing a campaign to raise funds for
astronomy education needs in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina. Originally it was 
benefit for the Pontchartrain Astronomical Society but they have requested that the 
funds be spent on astronomy education instead of donated directly to them. We raised 
$2195 in the campaign.

  Today I spoke with their president and he said they would like to see the funds spent 
on an astronomy education workshop for teachers in the New Orleans area. The mentioned 
specifically Project Star, which I believe came from TOPS which many members of this 
committee were involved in (Mary? Pebble?).

  I would like to know if the committee would like to help organize a workshop for the 
teachers. I believe for $2200 we have enough money to fly one person out there for 2 
nights to put on the workshop, purchase a few kits and give a $50 stipend to 15 
teachers. Arne has agreed to donate HOA kits to the cause. Some questions I have:

  + Is anyone here willing to fly to New Orleans to give such a workshop?

  + Does anyone here have access to additional funds we could use, or know of places 
where we could apply for small grants for this? It seems like an ideal project to get 
grant money and I'm willing to invest time in writing applications if someone can point 
me in the right direction.

high school) teachers?

  + Any other ideas, suggestions?


Aaron


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