The Maui County Composite Squadron, local unit of Civil Air Patrol, is hosting an open house at 10am on Saturday, September 19th via Zoom. You can register here for the free information event for potential cadets & parent, potential adult members, and educators looking for information on our Aerospace and STEM programs:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUtcuqsqj4uGdbl6M-m-TuYrs8YpUvkk1qS
If you have problems with this link, please go to cap.maui.gov and click on the Red Open House Registration button.
We will start with an introduction to CAP and it's programs at 10am followed by an address by our national commander, General Smith at 11am. We will then break out into groups for potential cadets & adults, seniors, and educators.
The Maui Squadron offers a youth program for kids ages 12-18 who are interested in Flying, Aerospace, STEM, Emergency Services, and Leadership. The squadron also offers membership for adults interested in volunteer Emergency Services and teachers interested in bringing Aerospace & STEM education to their classrooms.
Civil Air Patrol is a non-profit 501c3 organization tasked by the US congress to run programs to keep America at the forefront of advanced Air & Space technology through it's three missions of Cadet Programs, Emergency Services, and Aerospace / STEM education.Members of the squadron will be present to explain CAP’s missions and programs. CAP was founded on Dec. 1, 1941, and Maui County Composite Squadron is celebrating it's 46th year of serving the Maui community since 1974.
Civil Air Patrol, the longtime all-volunteer U.S. Air Force auxiliary, is the newest member of the Air Force’s Total Force. In this role, CAP operates a fleet of 560 aircraft, performs about 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and is credited by the AFRCC with saving an average of 80 lives annually. CAP’s 58,000 members also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. CAP also plays a leading role in aerospace/STEM education, and its members serve as mentors to 25,000 young people participating in CAP’s Cadet Programs.
Visit www.GoCivilAirPatrol.com for more information.
