Coming Soon! CAS Open Night Programme 2023

[Simon Lewis]

Hi folks,

its thats time again! Doesn’t it come round quick!!!

This years open night programme kicks off on Friday 14 April.

For the newcomers to the society, we run open nights every  Friday night to the general public and some Tues/Weds nights for private groups.

Of course in July we have Kidsfest … we will confirm the dates closer to that happening .. but thats 15 nights of fun!

Why are these so important to CAS?

• They give CAS an opportunity to engage with our local communities and build strong relationships with them and key stake holders like Selwyn Council.
• Provide a perfect opportunity to educate our visitors on the night sky and the hobby of astronomy
• They are a great source of new members !
• Assist in supporting the society financially.

So how can you help?

We need volunteers for our open nights to help run the evenings. It takes about 6-7 people a night to run these, from helping people check in, our welcome brief, laser tour of the night sky and then running our scopes.

We normally assemble at CAS around 6.30pm and run till about 9-9.30 depending on bookings.

The more volunteers we get the less burden it places  on others and helps spread the load but I can say its VERY rewarding and highly engaging activity, the kids love it and its amazing to see and hear them so excited about their time at CAS.

If you would like to help you can approach any of the committee or reach out to Rob Glassey or myself if keen.

We have a volunteer booking system we use so you can choose a night to volunteer for and the system will also send you reminder emails too!

 

Check it out at cas.ivolunteer.com

 

We will run a training day for newcomers before we kick off so don’t worry we will let you know how we run things before hand!

Please consider even helping out with a few as every slot filled helps the society.

 

Thanks

Simon

CAS Vice President

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