February 8, 2025 - Vernon, BC
Another Carnival Parade Successfully Delivered!
Big thanks to all the NORAC members who turned out today to support the Vernon Winter Carnival parade. It was a great event and the NORAC team pulled off another successful parade organization with great support from the new executive from VWC. There was definitely some creative parking the NORAC team came up with given the rather cramped size of the new staging area.
This is a very important event to serve our community and create publicity for the club and amateur radio service.
Team members included:
John VE7JWS
Doug VA7CPS
Howard VA7PWF
Colin VA7EEH
Mike VE7KPZ
Robert VE7EZI
Jake VE7WEA
Jake's YL Caitlin
Jake's buddy Spencer
Richard VE7NT
Felix VA7VOL
Bud VE7KBK
Mike VA7XDM
David VA7SZ
Ritchie VA7RLX
A special shout out to Felix VA7VOL who did most of the heavy lifting to plan in advance.
In total, with pre-event planning plus on-the-day efforts, the club provided approximately 20+(15*4)=80 hours of service to our community.
Here are some pics of NORAC club members in action (thanks to John VE7JWS and David VA7SZ):
The volunteer crew gets ready for the briefing meeting.
The team's excitement shows in anticipation of a challenging event.
Mike VE7KPZ answers some questions from parade participants.
Howard VA7PWF and Colin VE7EEH happy to get the participants staged in numerical order.
Mike VE7KPZ receives guidance from Robert VE7EZI (multi-year VWCP organizational lead alumni).
Ritchie VA7RLX checks in with the Vernon SAR group while guiding traffic down a tight corridor.
Doug VA7CPS and Bud VE7KBK re-checking the plan. This duo had the trickiest section to coordinate this year.
Jake VE7WEA and Spencer manning the entry point of the staging corral.
Jake VE7WEA answers a participant's question while Spencer looks on.
Mike VA7XDM checking in with staging area organizational lead Felix VA7VOL.
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