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Kids Club Report

by Mike Hays


What is the Kid's Club ?

Now in its seventh year, the Kid's Club, developed and sponsored by members of the San Diego 3-Railers Club, is a program designed to promote the fun, excitement and educational values of model railroading to children and young adults. With an initial participation of seventeen families, it has now grown to over one hundred sixty.

It meets for a two-hour session from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM on the last Saturday morning of the month in the upstairs library of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum.

In the early session, the children (and adults) are taught the care and maintenance of model railroading equipment, and how to construct a layout. Later, they are allowed to run their own trains (or those provided by the Club) on one of the four main lines.

There is no cost to participate in the program, as children six years of age and older are encouraged to experience the hobby of model railroading.

The goals are to have fun, learn about the history of "real" and "model" railroading, how to create, build and maintain a layout, as well as the interaction,participation and working well with others.

It is a program that is "right on track", and a rewarding experience     ....  for all !!

26-January-08

Hi, all....

Well John Edgington and his helpers kicked off the Seventh year of the SD3R Kids Club with two sessions
9:00 to 11:00 and 1:00 to 3:00     We had 12 kids each time.
 
     Helpers:
     Debora and John Ritch working up stairs with  John.
     Doug Wallace, Scott and Timmy Lewis, and George Kime working the layout.
     I was going up and down the stairs taking the kids down to run their trains on the layout.

Mike Hays

Previous Kids Club Reports  2007    May  19   28    June 30  July 28   August 25    September 29


Previous Kids Club Reports  2008    January 21




The first pic is of Don Baker and his wife,  They are from the Angel's Gate High Railers Club in San Pedro.



Here are several of the Paper Village buildings that have been handed out or will be pasted out.



Here's James from the Thomas the Tank Engine series.



Timmy Lewis and the Halloween train he won at the Christmas Party.



These are Kids and parents that met in the afternoon to share the joy of  "Three Rail Trains".



The children built a layout on the floor and had a great time.



Getting the train ready to run on the layout.