Members of the TMRA routinely provide
communication services for local running marathons, bikeathons, and
parades. TMRA members also provide communications and financial
support for Short Wave Santa (sponsored by Toledo Radio Amateur Club
{TRAC}) and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES).
The TMRA sponsors a number of scholarships at
local colleges. Two $500 scholarships are made available through the
University of Toledo and two similar scholarships are available
through Owens Community College. Three smaller awards are made
available each year to participants in the High School Science Fair
conducted at the University of Toledo.
The TMRA has provided all branches within the
Toledo-Lucas County Public Library system with complete amateur
radio license study manuals and guides, and related communication
books printed by the American Radio Relay League. Two or three
branch libraries are chosen each year to receive an updated set of
manuals.
Through the backing of the ARRL,
the TMRA has taken on the responsibility of financially supporting a
local Volunteer Examination group for Northwest Ohio. A number of
our members have received the accreditation to be a Volunteer
Examiner.
For many years, the TMRA has
sponsored entry level amateur radio classes free of charge to
interested persons living in the community. Volunteer instructors
from within the membership conduct the classes and the club assumes
the cost of materials provided to the students. Class size has
ranged from as low as 10 to more than 30 students. Classes are
usually conducted one night a week for a period of 8 - 10 weeks.
Typically there is one class offered in the early Spring and another
class in the early Fall. Occasionally a more advance course is
offered to assist those interested in upgrading their operation
license classification. This class is usually offered every two or
three years depending upon interest and need.
