Hello Everyone!
We want to start off by saying a big THANK YOU! to all our members who attended the LEAF club family FUN FLY last Saturday July 21. We honestly didn’t expect the big turnout we got. Several new and a few old faces who haven’t been seen in a while honored us with their presence. It was an excellent day! There was quite a selection of gifts up for silent auction that our members and sponsors like HobbyTown generously donated. This, combined with our members huge hearts, we were able to collect approximately $850.00+ for our next local community charity! Outstanding results for outstanding members. We can’t thank you all enough for helping.
We will be selecting that charity by majority vote at the next club meeting in August. So please bring your favorite local community charity name to add them to the list to be voted on. One vote per person and it’s majority rule so try to attend and get your vote in. There are no losers when giving to charities. It’s fun giving back to the local needy organizations. Something we should continue to do. Last Fun Fly we donated just as much to Longmont YMCA children’s after school care program. We are closing in on $2,000 in donations this year so far.
The best headcount we got at the pot luck was around 70. As some folks came and went during the day it was difficult to be accurate. There were many planes, jets, drones and a helicopter demonstration by one of our new members I don’t think any of us will forget. The weather was great once again and the food wasn’t bad either. There was so much food our members and families brought to share it was unbelievable and delicious. We did more eating than flying at times. Again, thank you! This doesn’t happen without people like all of you.
We are just under 100 members and climbing. We had a very good day promoting our club at the Longmont Air Expo last month. Dozens signed up for intro flights. We have new members join as a result of this. We continue to contact others who signed up for intro flights. Thanks to our training department for doing a great job with (low$) trainer plane maintenance and upgrading processes and procedures as we move along with our training improvements. Offering training to anyone gives LEAF a big advantage recruiting members. If you know someone who would like to try this great sport please remember LEAF offers no cost, no equipment needed intro flights for anyone. Many thanks to our field maintenance king and the volunteers who make our field look great with continued upkeep and improvements to our field.
If you didn’t attend our last club FUN FLY we sure hope you can join us next time. We will be planning the next club event soon and will let everyone know in advance. It was sure a fun day and it was good to see everyone having a good time. Again we can’t thank you enough. Hope to see you all next time!
Your LEAF Club Officials & Board