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April 5 - April 27, 2001


Washington, DC - Join the fight against breast cancer and sign up for NOAA’s Pink ribbon logo of the Race for the Cure Race for the Cure Team. This year’s 5-kilometer run/walk is Saturday morning, June 2. Last year, 279 signed up. This year’s goal is 350 – and $2,000. Mary Glackin, NESDIS, and Christine Alex, NWS, are team co-captains.

Non-employees are also welcome on NOAA’s team. And if you can’t participate, please support a colleague.

Registration runs from April 5 to April 27. Check NOAA’s team site at http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/RaceCure/2001/.

 
April 24, 2001

Washington, DC - This is the last day to register for this year's Take Our Children to Work Day at the Commerce Department. The energetic day runs from 9:00 until 3 on April 26. Children 8 to 16 will learn who forecasts the weather, researches the sea, patents inventions, counts America's people, and maintains the Atomic Clock. They can be fingerprinted at the Secret Service exhibit, go on a virtual scavenger hunt, be found by a satellite, and take a road trip to the future with new car technologies. They can also travel from the sun to the bottom of the sea, and tour the National Aquarium. To register and learn more: http://kidswork.doc.gov/
April 26, 2001

Silver Spring, Md - NOAA's Bring A Child to Work Day should be an especially big hit this year. Up to 600 kids are expected to take part. That's 50 percent more than last year. About 20 weather service employees have already pitched in, planning such programs as "It's Raining Cats & Dogs", a hands-on event to help educate about severe weather preparation and lots more. Young guests will learn how to build a tornado in a bottle and about the awesome power of flash floods. They'll also be joined by Weather Woodles, a cartoon character created by forecaster Carolyn Gurney to explain how forecasts are developed and why they're so vital.

For more: Ron Gird, ron.gird@noaa.gov. Also see the NOAA Education site at http://www.education.noaa.gov.
April 28, 2001

Virginia - Pan for gold… track dinosaurs…discover messages hidden in tree rings…tour the earth’s natural hazards…and much, much more. It’s all at the U.S. Geological Survey’s open house on Saturday, April 28, from 10 am until 6 pm, at USGS’s national center in Reston. You and your family can relish exhibits, films, special events and demonstrations, and visit the world’s largest earth science library. NOAA’s a partner in this intriguing event. http://www.usgs.gov/2001openhouse/



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