Below is a brief biography of the chapter that was submitted to IPMS/USA by

IPMS/Three Rivers/Pittsburgh

Vice President, James Kelley

     As VP of IPMS Three Rivers Pittsburgh for the past 2 years, I've been witness to many things positive to the presentation of the hobby to the public. Not the least of which was the recent "Models for Our Troops" drive. At the July meeting, last Friday, July 6th, our Club members donated no less than 420 models,40 containers of paint,20 containers of glue,and numerous other modeling supplies. We literally stuffed a Chrysler van top to bottom!
     We were also recently the hosts of the highly successful 2007 Region 4 Convention (over 500 models). Last year, (2006) we manned a table at the Wings Over Pittsburgh Airshow, replete with built models and IPMS membership flyers. Club member Bill Dedig set up a display at the Shaler Public Library commemorating Polish squadrons Attached are pics of the Models For Our Troops drive, and the R4 Convention. We also have a popular website (www.threeriversipms.org) that regularly features New Product reviews and online builds. We also feature a popular members' forum.

• Chapter name:IPMS Three Rivers/Pittsburgh
  
• Chapter City and State: Pittsburgh, PA.
  
• Membership photo: See Attached
  
• Photo's of Chapter's work: See Attached
  
• Brief informational biography of Chapter:IPMS Three Rivers/Pittsburgh was founded 27 years ago. We meet the 1st Friday of the Month at the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Whitehall, PA., at 1930 hours. More than one founding member still regularly attends meetings. Our meetings regularly feature a business portion, "Show-N-Tell", and member Demonstrations. Our Club is 34 members strong, and our recently re-incarnated Newsletter has adapted into a "rolling" blog format.

And wait, theres more;

     “We hope we can offer a small amount of support to a group of military personnel who are serving their country and missing out on many of the luxuries we take for granted at home.” Bill Dedig, member of Three Rivers IPMS and Product Manager in the Respiratory section, broached the shipping request to the president of Draeger Safety, Wes Kenneweg, and he immediately agreed to assist with the logistics and pay for the shipment.”  With this information in hand, the members of the club reached into their kit supplies and modeling tools and came up with a surprising 420 kits!” One member, David Veres donated an astounding 260 kits from his collection. Not only models, but over 40 bottles of paint,15 containers of glue, and many assorted hobby supplies were included. The items were collected at a recent club meeting and delivered to Draeger Safety for shipping. The shipment,16 boxes , went out thru the week of  July 9 2007 from Draeger Safety to Sgt Michael Belue contact for Camp Falcon Hobby Club

A few photos of the effort

Fig 1…Three Rivers IPMS Donators, not shown  John Schrenker and Nick Deceaser

Fig 2….Models and supplies from Three Rivers IPMS to Camp Falcon Hobby Club, Iraq

Fig 3 …David Veres providing some of his 260 kit donations

Fig 2….Models and supplies from Three Rivers IPMS to Camp Falcon Hobby Club, Iraq