Wal-Mart Supports Local Search and Rescue Squadron

  

Maj Maurine Braddock
CRSS Public Affairs Officer
Iowa Wing Legal Officer
  

Coralville, IA - A check for $3,000 was presented yesterday to Captain Michael Oerregaard, Squadron Commander of the Cedar Rapids Senior Squadron, by Assistant Manager Jonna Hoy of the Coralville Wal-Mart Super Center, to support Civil Air Patrol search and rescue missions and disaster relief in Iowa..

The grant will be used to purchase much needed photographic equipment, mapping software and computer equipment necessary for  airborne photography missions.  Those missions have included photography of flood and tornado damage to assist county energy operation centers and  the National Weather Service.

Civil Air Patrol also provides aerospace education and cadet programs for young people.  The Civil Air Patrol is the auxiliary to the U.S. Air Force

For inquiries about the Iowa Wing of the Civil Air Patrol, please contact the Iowa Wing Director of Public Affairs, Lt. Francisco Molina.  He can be reached at pa@iawg.cap.gov.

For more information about this press release, contact Maurine Braddock at (319)321-4247 or Braddock865@yahoo.com.

  

Assistant Manager Jonna Hoy and CRSS Capt. Michael Oerregaard

  

  

  
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