Recent events:
- October 4 – First Fridays with TLC at Three Bear Acres (Creedmoor)
- Canceled due to weather forecast
Upcoming events:
- October 30 – The Willard Rooftop (Raleigh)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers registered:
- telescopes: 1/3
- floaters: 1/3
- November 01 – First Fridays with TLC at Three Bear Acres (Creedmoor)
- Coordinator: Ana V
- Volunteers registered:
- telescopes: 0/15
- floaters: 0/5
- November 07 – Morrisville Community Library (Morrisville)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers needed (registration opens October 09):
- telescopes: 5
- floaters: 3
- November 09 – Stargazing on Tap Star Party (Cameron)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers needed (registration opens October 09):
- telescopes: 5
- floaters: 3
- November 12 – STEAM Night: Salem ES (Apex)
- Volunteers needed (registration opens October 14)
- telescopes: 5
- floaters: 5
- Volunteers needed (registration opens October 14)
- November 23 – Prairie Ridge Ecostation (Raleigh)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Joint event with Morehead Planetarium
- Volunteers needed (registration opens October 24):
- telescopes: 8
- floaters: 3
- RAC table: 2
- December 04 – STEM Night: Apex Friendship ES (Apex)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers needed (registration opens November 04)
- telescopes: 5
- floaters: 5
- Volunteers must be cleared through the WCPSS school volunteer system: https://www.wcpss.net/Page/55232
- December 06 – First Fridays with TLC at Three Bear Acres (Creedmoor)
- Coordinator: Ana V
- Volunteers registered:
- telescopes: 0/15
- floaters: 0/5
- December 18 – The Willard Rooftop (Raleigh)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers needed (registration opens November 13):
- telescopes: 3
- floaters: 3
- February 8 – Astronomy Night at Joyner Park (Wake Forest)
- Coordinator: Steve B
- Volunteers needed (registration opens January 09):
- telescopes: 5
- floaters: 3
- RAC table: 1
Notes:
The Outreach Committee is looking for volunteers to coordinate events and assist at events with or without a telescope. To join the committee send a blank email to [email protected]. Any club member is welcome, regardless of experience level. We will train you! To volunteer for an event, register via the RAC Calendar event entry.
Event coordinators: please send an email after the event to [email protected] indicating:
- How many RAC members volunteered.
- Estimate of how many attendees were present.
- Brief synopsis of the event: what interesting things were observed, attendee reactions, host impressions, etc.