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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 !!
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27-September-08
Hi, all...
The SD3R Kids Club has two sessions again. The first starting at 9 AM running to 11 AM.
We had 22 kids sign in. They got their choice between two freight cars (AT&SF Cattle Car or a Denver Rio Grande
Covered Hopper Car). The hopper car was the most popular car.
The afternoon session had 10 kids starting at 12 to 2 PM.
Nick Ziccardi and Jim Osborne helped me with the layout, while John Edgington
and Debra and John Ritch ran the program upstairs
Mike Hays
Previous Kids Club Reports 2007 May 19 28 June 30 July
28 August 25
September 29
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Previous Kids Club Reports 2008 January 21 26 February 18 March 29 April 26 May 26 June 28 August 30
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It's fun runnin' model trains !! Which is the reason for her BIG smile !!
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