Recent Grants to the RAS:
- $3500 - 2002 RTMC Astronomy Expo - For Landers Dark Sky Site Development
- $2,500 - Weingart Foundation
- $500 - Riverside Telescope Makers Conference
- $1,000 - Celestron International
- $900
- RTMC, Clifford W. Holmes Educational Fund - Used
towards AstroFair 1996
- $1,000
- Lannan Foundation - Used
towards AstroFair 1996 and Solar Telescopes
- $7,000 - McDonnell Douglas Employees Community Fund, Inc.
- $4,133
- Toyota USA Foundation - Used
towards Meade 12" LX200
Steve Meyering accepts a grant check from Toyota USA Foundation
at Meade Instruments.
Cheryl Wilcox looks through the new Solar H-Alpha Filter on the new Meade
7"
Maksutov purchased with a grant received from the McDonald Douglas Employees
Community Fund.
Bill Seavey gives star lecture to students at the Immanuel Lutheran School
in Riverside. Equipment funded by RAS grants allow the society to extend
the capabilities of its Outreach educational programs.
Students at the Immanuel Lutheran School view the planet Saturn with equipment
funded by the RAS grant program.