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A Valley Medical Center Foundation Project Sorry, cancelled for 2012 Reid Hillview Airport, San Jose, CA

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Day in the Sky, Watsonville

We are sorry, but airport construction and conflicting events with prime resources has caused Take Flight for Kids to be cancelled for 2011.   We apologize for the inconvenience, and we hope to see you again in 2012. Check this website for the 2012 date.

Cancelled for 2012 Saturday October 15, 2011 at San Jose Reid Hillview Airport!

In 2010, 9734 people RSVPed online, and a boatload of those showed up. What a fun time!

     Pictures from 2010 (Courtesy of Master Photographer Pat Lewis)

     See the Flier | Videos from 2009 |

San Jose Reid Hillview Airport
2500 Cunningham Ave, San Jose,CA
(near Eastridge Mall, across from Lake Cunningham Park).
Approximately 5000 attendees are expected
200+ exhibitors will be with us.
TONS OF FUN at the biggest, most fun hands-on science, arts, do-it-yourself, FREE festival in Northern California.

For FREE ADMISSION to the Festival: Register for Free Admission

Note: due to insurance issues, free flights will NOT be offered this year. However, the festival will be bigger and better than ever, so come on our and have the best time ever!

To sign up as an exhibitor: Exhibitor/Vendors/Nonprofit Register

Preliminary Agenda (subject to change)

8am: Gates open for setup.
9am: Gates open to participants, First flight school starts.

Ribbon Cutting

Flight schools & airplane tours every 30 minutes
Static aircraft displays all day.
Demos from 200+ nonprofit organizations and vendors all day.
Live Entertainment all day

11:30am - Cisco IT Rocks
11:30am: - 2pm Food & BBQ
12 noon: Break for Speeches and Thank-yous

Live Entertainment continues

5:00pm: Gates close
6:00pm: Cleanup complete

Special sponsors include:

Eastridge Little League

Cisco Systems
Volunteers

Santa Clara County Roads and Airports Department
and Reid Hillview Airport

ROTARY CLUB OF SUNNYVALE

Mountain Charlie Chapter No 1850

Partners and Partcipants already signed up for last year's 2010 event
AbleCloset Abstract Chess and other Awkwardnessful Microcosms Academy of Model Aeronautics ACT for Mental Health Adaa Boutique Alchemist Empire Inc American Medical Response AREA (Alum Rock Educators Association) Association for Women in Science - Palo Alto Chapter AWA-CA - Adventist World Aviation - California Bill Wilson Center Botball - NASA Robotics Alliance Project Boy Scouts Troup 501 Los Gatos Boys & Girls Clubs of Silicon Valley Brass Lantern Resort and Airpark Breathe California of the Bay Area Buckley Educational Group LLC California Destination Imagination Camping Unlimited/Camp Krem Canine Companions for Independence So. Bay Chapter Caparral Corporation Center for Employment Training Child Abuse Council of Santa Clara County Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Cisco System - WTAN Women in Technology Action Network Cisco Systems - Conexion and IT Rocks City College of San Francisco Engineering Club City of San Jose- All Access Sports and Recreation Civil Air Patrol Critters by the Bay Diablo Behavioral Healthcare Discovery Toys - Carol Valdon Discovery Toys - Ellen Hovey DTC DUAT Service E Clampus Vitus - Mountain Charlie Eastridge Little League El Sereno 4H Evergreen Elementary Education Foundation - EEEF Faces Of Hope Charitable Fund Fayuca Skateboards Firefighter's ABC's GaryAir Girl Scout troop 60780 Girls in Tech Glitter Me Pretty Heavenly Companions Personal Care Hillview Prep Honey Child Gifts & Gift Baskets I Cubed - Sunrgi ICNA Independent Consultant for the Pampered Chef(R) Interact 5170 KaMasaJei BioDynamics & Massage Kyrish Certified Public Accountants Leukemia and Lymphoma Society LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Lincoln Heritage Life Insurance Company LP Enterprises Mad Science of the Bay Area Medical Acupuncture Clinic MetLife/ Wealth Strategies Group Special Needs Planning Division Miceli Financial Partners MSRI: Bay Area Math Circles and other Mathematical Exploration Opportunities NASA Accessibility NCWIT Aspirations Award - Bay Area Affiliate New York Life	Oak Grove High School Eaglebots Botball Robots Oakland Raiders One Economy Corporation Painter Elementary PARTI Squad PHP Parents Helping Parents Pinecone Active Learning Playing At Learning Pretty Fun & WELL Designs Primerica Financial Services Propulsion Brothers Propulsion Brothers Reading Partners Rise Above Dyslexia Rotary Club of Sunnyvale Rotary Interact - 5170 San Jose Conservation Corps & Charter School San Jose Councilmember Kansen Chu San Jose Councilmember Pete Constant San Jose Earthquakes San Jose North Rotary Club San Jose Police Mounted Unit - Horse San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Santa Clara Family Health Plan Santa Clara Valley Gem and Mineral Society Santa Clara Valley Water District SBSS (South Bay Soaring Society) Schmahl Science Workshops Scribbles and Giggles Pediatric Day Health Center SEED (Science and Engineering Educational Directive) Senior Jollywood Dance Silicon Valley Engineering Council SVEC Silicon Valley Independent Living Center Silicon Valley Red Cross Space Sciences Laboratory UC Berkeley (Surfin' the Solar Wind!) Special Place Foundation St. Clair Aeronauts Stanford Solar Center Subacute Saratoga Children's Hospital Team 254 Robotics Team Saphira Teatro Calamari Techbridge Technology Credit Union Terra Polaris The First Tee of Monterey County The Pratt Center Tradewinds Aviation Tutorpedia UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering VCHS Robotics Teams Veronica's Art of Dance Vida Studios VK Pai Associates Voices United Walter F. Ramseur Wienerschnitzel - Story Road Women in Aviation - San Francisco Bay Area Youth American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter Youth Science Institute YWCA of Silicon Valley Zillio Inc Zumba & CardioBellydance with Eva
And more being added every day! Sign up for a FREE booth: http://www.takeflightforkids.org/vendor.htm