Make 'N Take Events

Events by Participating Chapters & Members

July 2011	From Rex McCoy: IPMS San Diego and Coronado Public Library Make 'n Take, July 23, 2011 As part of the US Navy Aviation Centennial celebration the San Diego chapter of IPMS and the Coronado Public Library teamed up for a Make 'n Take on July 23rd, 2011. The Library's curator, Candice Hooper supported the event with space, setup, shipping, supplies and a host of other items, including pizza for lunch! IPMSSD provided eight volunteers, and all of them were kept busy. Revell provided models and IPMS Junior Coordinator provided guidance. The models were Revell Snaptite 1:72 scale F-14 Tomcats, in keeping with the Centennial theme. Our sincerest thanks to Revell for the support. The doors opened at 11:00 AM, and over the next three hours, forty kits were constructed and taken home. Most of the participants were boys, but there were a few girls and also special needs children. We even had four adults participate. All left with a big smile, as well as their model. Candice noted that this was a unique event in that fathers were active participants, and seemed to get a real kick out of the time spent. The success of the Make 'n Take can be attributed to the library's enthusiastic participation; the large number of chapter volunteers who showed up; and Revell's support of the program. We are already planning another one for next year. Special thanks to our volunteers: Rich, Dave, Gary, Colin, Dany, Manny, Bob, and Rex. The full photo set of the event is available at: http://www.ipmssd.org/images/Events/2011-Make-n-Take/index.htm Rex McCoy. IPMSSD
March 2011	From Bill Dedig: I had the pleasure of conducting a Make -N-Take with Boy Scout Troupe 323 in Baldwin Pa, on 16 March 2011. This was a fantastic evening with almost 30 scouts present and great modeling challenges. I gave a short presentation on building a B-26 from Monogram and displayed the completed project. The scouts listened attentively and I kept it short. The kits provided by IPMS were greatly appreciated and a couple guys finished one and started another. I have attached photos of the event and hope to pass along the link to the scouts when posted. Thank You all for your support. Bill Dedig SMSGT,USAF RET
February 2011	From Jim Brooks: As the club contact For IPMS CARS in Miniature Model Car Club I want to thank IPMS for all the great help we get from you. The insurance coverage for all our events, the Make n Takes, Show and Tells and the Model Contests we hold or do, we are a very active club in all of these areas. The Make n Take program IPMS has in effect is what the club feels is the best tool our club has to bring new members into a club meeting and hopefully join. Both adult and youth level, our family membership plan seems to be the best as it covers everyone in the family. In the last 2 1/2 years the club membership has doubled and is still growing as these new members will tell a friend, so the word gets out rather fast, we feel that this is due to the Make n Take program we follow and use. When we hold a Make n Take it gives our club members that are there helping a great chance to talk with a parent about the many benifits model building within the family as a hobby that can be done at home. This gives the parent a great way to spend some quality time with the child and turn off the TV along with the video games where the only moving body parts are the thumbs, also what we have been told by a few of our parents is the child is learning a number of things with out knowing it. I wish that everyone at IPMS could see the face of a child when they complete a model kit at one of our Make n Take events. One of the clubs young members (a 13 year old girl) said it best when she was at our last Make n Take, which was her very first one. "Jim when I saw the look of joy on that boys face when he finisahed the kit I almost started to cry because I was helping him when he needed my help with a part. Thank you for letting me be here with the club and helping out, can I help at the next one?" I will be the first to state that not all of the club members feel as strong as a few of us about the value of the Make n Take program and do not come out once in a while during the year, I only feel sorry for them missing the chance to see that look of joy and to hear the child and/or parent say thank you for doing this, w3hat a great program your club has. Each time we hold a Make n Take the club members there also set up a display table with models and hand outs on it, this is when a club member will be talking to a adult and will hear "I had a car like that or my dad had a car like that or I use to build models but when I got older I stopped because it is for kids" this is when we invite the person to one of our club meetings as a guest so they can see most of us are beyond the kid age and find model building a great hobby that we enjoy to the fullest. Again IPMS CARS in MIniature Model Car Club wants to thank you for your great help and for keeping the hobby going when other things are all high tech and have instant results not letting a person think and use their imagination. Thank you, Jim Brooks
August 2010	A report on the MnT held by IPMS Glue Crew, Wisconsin.
January 2010	Photos from the IPMS/Pittsburgh Make 'N Take Event, courtesy of Bill Dedig.
November 2009	Photos from the IPMS/Frank H. Sutton Memorial Make 'N Take Event, courtesy of Mike Burek.
September 2009	Marty Nevshemal sent a note about IPMS/West Central Missouri MnT. A write up of the IPMS Gateway Make 'N Take from June, courtesy of Doug Barton.
June 2009	Photos from the IPMS/Tacoma Green Dragons Make 'N Take Event, courtesy of Mark Aldrich. Photos from the IPMS/Granite State Modelers Make 'N Take Event in April, courtesy of Rodney Currier.
May 2009	Photos from the Bothwell Middle School Model Building Class in Marquette, MI, courtesy of Jeff Selesky.
March 2009	Photos from the IPMS/Cincinnati Scale Modelers Make 'N Take Event on March 7. From Dave Reed: I wanted to personally thank you for your time helping make it happen. Based on our conversations and the website information, we were able to pre-register over 95% of the attendees and have them choose the specific model they wanted. We received the kit shipments promptly and I was able to bring samples to a Pack meeting to generate further interest. It turned out to be a big success. The event was well-attended by both builders and club volunteers. I was especially pleased with the club turnout – even with the large crowd we still had several members waiting to jump in. At our club meeting the next day, there was considerable interest in holding a similar event next year if not sooner - possibly to coincide with our contest & swap meet in Oct. The IPMS/Mid-Hudson Make 'N Take Event, held on March 21. Photos from the Supershow Model Contest and M&T by IPMS/Centennial of Colorado Springs, CO.
February 2009	IPMS/Rob Wolf, IPMS/Legacy and IPMS/Centennial clubs in Colorado Springs set up informational tables and sponsored a Make and Take at the Aeromodeling Expo held at the Wings Over the Rockies Museum on 21 February. These Chapters participated as an effort to stimulate interest in our side of the Hobby and to recruit new membership. You can check out the Event on the IPMS/Rob Wolf website at: http://www.ipmsdenverrobwolf.org/2009_Aeromodeling_Expo.php
June 2008	IPMS/Georgia Mountain Modelers hosts TWO Make 'N Take Events!
May 2008	IPMS Rob Wolf (Denver) at Craig Rehabilitation Hospital.