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1/29 | STEAM Family Night | Tuesday, January 29, 2018 from 6:00-- 8:00 pm at Leesburg Elementary. Need an activity that involves the participants in making/doing something.
Note, we missed the reply window, so don't think we can participate. | | X |
2/24 | Loudoun Grown Expo | In Purcellville. https://www.facebook.com/Loudoungrownexpo/ Diane brought Tom the suitcase and other items to display. Ralph Pugh will work with Tom to man the table. | Tom H | Yes |
3/14 | Loudoun Science and Engineering Fair | Allon Stern and Tom McHugh will represent Makersmiths as judges and award our Maker Award. See https://www.lcps.org/Page/412 for details concerning judging. | Allon | X |
3/21 | Loudoun County Public Schools Student Maker Showcase | Nick Grzeda (Nicholas.Grzeda@lcps.org) is looking for a Makersmiths display table for this event that will run from 5:30-7:30 PM. In the event of a weather cancellation, it will be help 3/28/19. See https://www.lcps.org/makershowcase. Ralph Pugh expressed interest. Laura Ogelman will bring her son, Soren, to the event to share the KidWind Middle School team wind turbine. Anyone else joining them? | Ralph | X |
3/26 | Loudoun Student Environmental Action Showcase | This event is from 5-8 pm at Heritage HS in Leesburg - learn more at http://loudounnature.org/events/loudoun-seas. The event is to showcase "student-created exhibitions of environmentally-themed projects and ongoing activities." They are looking for "local nonprofits, government agencies, and other Community Partners to provide hands-on environmental Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) learning activities and discuss volunteer and career opportunities." Is this something Makersmiths would be interested in? Need to register by 3/6. There is no cost to participate in this event. Information shared by Jennifer Chu. | TBD | |
04/27-4/28 | Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival | Well attended event. In 2018 we had a booth in the non-profit area by the post office in Leesburg. Great opportunity for outreach to the local Leesburg area. Application submitted by Mark for non-profit booth.. | Mark M | X |
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| Purcellville Music and Arts | https://www.facebook.com/PVilleMusicArts/ | TBD | |
| 6/1 | Relay for Life | At The Villages of Leesburg (Wegman's) from noon until 10pm with setup time on either side. Please volunteer using the signup genius link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0d49aca929aaf58-relay | Jenn Netsch | X |
| 6/2 | NOVA Maker Faire | At George Mason | TBD | |
| 07/04 | Purcellville 4th of July parade | Do we plan on entering the parade, and are we going to continue with the barrel train? | | |
| 9/28-9/29 | Rust Library How To Festival | Opportunity to have an educational booth - how to. More detail requested from organizer. |
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| 09/? | Bluemont Fair | We have attended for two years, the fair orgainizers have requested we bring the barrel train. Fund raising and outreach opportunityorgainizer Lori Seely knows we don't have the barrel train, but has offered a booth to exhibit/show stuff. | | |
| 10/5 | Joshua's Hands | Charity event. We can have a booth, but no sales or donations unless they go to the Joshua's Hands organization |
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| 10/? | SterlingFest | We should find out more information and determine if we want to participate. 10,000 people attend this events so it would be a good audience to promote Makersmiths for getting new members. Suggested by Mark M. | | |
| 10/? | Purcellville Tag Sale | Opportunity to sell surplus items and generate funds for the space | | |
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