{"id":6462,"date":"2013-01-30T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T04:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2013-01-30T22:46:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T04:46:42","slug":"public-service-opportunities-2013-ham-radio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanantoniohams.org\/blog\/?p=6462","title":{"rendered":"Public Service Opportunities 2013 &#8211; Ham Radio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>We are fortunate that\u00a0the Ham Radio community has\u00a0members willing to\u00a0help with multiple other non-profit or public service type events through out the year.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is a (not so) short list of the major 2013 events that hams from the San Antonio metro area can usually be found helping with.<\/strong> Contact links for future events are included, but contacts\u00a0for past events aren&#8217;t included since\u00a0it&#8217;s too late for this year.\u00a0 If you know of an event that ought to be on this list, please contact the <a href=\"mailto:info@sanantoniohams.org\">webmaster\u00a0by email.<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>January 12-13<\/strong> &#8211; Bandera 100k Endurance Run\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by REACT<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 12<\/strong> &#8211; San Antonio Radio Fiesta\u00a0 Hamfest (Schertz)\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by SARC<\/li>\n<li><strong>January 19-21<\/strong> &#8211; Big Bend 50 Run (Big Bend National Park)<\/li>\n<li><strong>March 2<\/strong> \u2013 MS Walk\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by\u00a0SARO \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:n5myn@sarepeater.net\">Contact N5MYN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>March 2-3<\/strong> \u2013 Heart of the Hills 36 hour Ride (HCSNA \u2013 Bandera) coordinated by REACT\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 19-20<\/strong> &#8211; CASI Ladies State Championship Chili Cook-off (Seguin) coordinated by REACT\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 20-21<\/strong> \u2013 Houston\u2019s BP150 BikeMS (Houston \u2013 Austin) (2 days) &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 25<\/strong> \u2013 Fiesta Battle of the Bands &#8211;\u00a0 coordinated by SARO &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:n5myn@sarepeater.net\">Contact N5MYN<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>April 28<\/strong> \u2013 Wildflower 100 Bicycle Ride (1 day, San Antonio) &#8211; coordinated by REACT-<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 4<\/strong> &#8211; Special Olympics Spring Games Region 21 coordinated by REACT\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 4<\/strong> &#8211; Run for the Hills 5k Run (Bulverde) &#8211; coordinated by REACT\u2013 <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 11<\/strong> &#8211; ADA Tour de Cure Bicycle Ride (1 day, San Antonio) &#8211; \u00a0coordinated by REACT\u00a0&#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>May 26<\/strong> &#8211; 3rd Annual American\u00a0 Hero 25k Run \/ Relay \/ Concert\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by REACT &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>June 8<\/strong> \u2013 Texas Water Safari (Canoe race from San Marcos \u2013 Gulf Coast) (5 days) &#8211; Top of route assignments coordinated by SARO\u2013 <a href=\"mailto:wb5zjq@sarepeater.net\">Contact WB5ZJQ<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>July 4<\/strong> \u2013 Canyon Lake Fourth of July Parade (Startzville) coordinated by REACT \u2013 <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>September 7<\/strong> \u2013 Children\u2019s Transplant Bicycle Ride (Helotes \u2013 Boerne) coordinated by REACT-<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>October 12-13<\/strong> \u2013 BikeMS \u2013 Valero Alamo Ride to the River Bicycle Ride (2 days) &#8211; coordinated by SARO-<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>October 31<\/strong> &#8211; Canyon Lake Halloween Event (Sattler)\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by REACT &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>November 2-3<\/strong> &#8211; Tour de Gruene (New Braunfels \/ Canyon Lake) &#8211; &#8211; coordinated by\u00a0GVARC &#8211; <a href=\"mailto:k5gst01@gmail.com\">Contact K5GST<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>November 9<\/strong> \u2013 Universal City Veterans Day Parade (date may change to Nov 2) coordinated by REACT &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>November 17<\/strong> \u2013 San Antonio Rock &amp; Roll Marathon (date change updated 01\/26\/2013) &#8211; coordinated by AARO &#8211;<a href=\"mailto:n5ntg@sarepeater.net\"> Contact N5NTG<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>December 6-7<\/strong> \u2013 National Skywarn Recognition Day (24 hrs, New Braunfels NWS Office)\u00a0\u00a0&#8211; coordinated by\u00a0NWS\u00a0\u2013 <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>December 14<\/strong> \u2013 Canyon Lake Christmas Parade (Sattler, TX) &#8211; coordinated by REACT- <a href=\"mailto:k5stx@arrl.net\">Contact K5STX<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><strong>For more info about the above list of public service events, or to volunteer for an event, please click on the CONTACT link for the specific event, or contact <a href=\"mailto:info@sanantoniohams.org\">info@sanantoniohams.org<\/a>. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll work on getting all of these events, plus any others as they get listed, into the calendar on this website.\u00a0 In the meantime, if you want to voluteer, don&#8217;t be bashful! It&#8217;s lots of fun, and a different way to make new ham radio friends!\u00a0 If you know of an event that wasn&#8217;t listed here, but should be, please contact us to get it added into the calendar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are fortunate that\u00a0the Ham Radio community has\u00a0members willing to\u00a0help with multiple other non-profit or public service type events through out the year.\u00a0 Here is a (not so) short list of the major 2013 events that hams from the San Antonio metro area can usually be found helping with. 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