LONDONDERRY, NH — If you’d like to get outside on a Saturday morning and help a good cause, here’s your chance.
The Aviation Museum of N.H. is seeking volunteers to help with its upcoming ‘Run the Rail Trail 4-Miler,’ a run/walk event set for Saturday, May 2.
Extra help will be needed to augment the non-profit museum’s existing volunteer corps. People are needed to park cars, monitor the course, operate water stations, and more.
The walk/run event, which starts at 9 a.m., is a fund-raiser to support the non-profit Aviation Museum’s youth education programs, which include an upcoming summer camp and student plane-building projects at three N.H. high schools.
“It’s a great chance for people to get outside, meet some new people, and help a good cause,” said Leah Dearborn, the Aviation Museum’s associate director.
Race day volunteers will be expected to be involved with the event on Saturday, May 2 from 7:30 to 11 a.m.
In addition to the race itself, volunteers are asked to attend one of two one-hour orientation sessions scheduled during April at the Aviation Museum.
Orientations are scheduled for Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. and again on Tuesday, April 28 at 7 p.m. Volunteers should pick one to attend.
“Attending one of these sessions will enable us to familiarize you with the course and how race day will work,” Dearborn said.
To reserve a place, please contact Leah Dearborn at (603) 669-4877 or by e-mail at ldearborn@nhahs.org.
Also, all volunteers are expected to attend an all-hands meeting on Thursday, April 30 at 7 p.m. at the Aviation Museum, at which time specific assignments will be given.
All volunteers will be required to sign a liability waiver.
All race proceeds benefit the youth aviation education programs of the Aviation Museum of N.H., a non-profit with a mission to preserve aviation history, and inspire today’s young people to become tomorrow’s aerospace pioneers.
The race starts and finishes at the Aviation Museum’s historic 1937 terminal building at 27 Navigator Road, Londonderry, adjacent to Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
The route consists of a 4-mile course that winds through lightly trafficked roads of North Londonderry.
The course will finish along the recently opened 1.2-mile section of the Londonderry Rail Trail, which passes through the remote Little Cohas Brook Reservoir area.
To sign up as a runner or walker in the Run the Rail Trail 4-Miler, visit www.runsignup.com and under ‘Find a Race,’ search for “Aviation Museum of N.H.”
The course is not recommended for strollers. Pets are prohibited from participating.
Advance registration for participants is $40 per person; $35 for those 12 and under and 62 and above through Thursday, April 30, when online registration closes. The first 100 registrants receive a race shirt.
Race day registration will be available at the Aviation Museum for $50 per entry.
To volunteer for the ‘Run the Rail Trail 4-Miler’ please contact Associate Director Leah Dearborn at (603) 669-4877 or at ldearborn@nhahs.org.
The Aviation Museum, a non-profit 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization based in the 1937 art deco passenger terminal at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, is dedicated to preserving the Granite State’s rich aviation past, and also inspiring today’s students to become the aviation pioneers of tomorrow.
The Aviation Museum is located at 27 Navigator Road, off Harvey Road, in Londonderry, N.H.
For more information, visit www.aviationmuseumofnh.org or call (603) 669-4877. Follow the Aviation Museum on social media at www.facebook.com/nhahs.