AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program

Involve your AMA Chartered Club in support of an activity that is beneficial to a local charity or community activity; receive positive recognition in the form of television coverage, radio coverage, or print coverage; and receive additional recognition and a financial reward from AMA.

It is important, in today’s model-aviation environment, that model clubs become a viable part of their community in a manner to which the general public can relate. Support your favorite local charity or community project and enhance relationships that might someday pay a return in the form of keeping a flying site or establishing a new site.

AMA recognizes the importance of such club activity, supports that concept, and feels strongly that any clubs that take part in such endeavors need to be rewarded and recognized for their efforts.

The program is simple. If your club has received positive newspaper/magazine exposure, radio, or television coverage showcasing your involvement in community events, AMA wants to know about it. For your efforts AMA will recognize your club in Model Aviation magazine and reward your club’s treasury.

As an example say your club has hosted a fun-fly and all proceeds generated during the event are donated to the local Ronald McDonald House. If your activity and donation are highlighted by a local newspaper/magazine, radio station, or television station your club qualifies for the AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program.

This program is not intended for clubs that host a fun-fly and have that particular event written up in the local newspaper. It is intended for clubs that donate their time, funds, and efforts to their local community in an effort to “make a difference.”

As another example, your club may decide to donate a certain number of man-hours to a park for the purpose of picking up trash along the access road every month. If your club is recognized in a positive manner by the media for its ongoing efforts, you would again qualify for the AMA Club Recognition and Reward Program.

This is how the program works. If your club has been involved in activities such as the ones mentioned above, you will be rewarded on the basis of the type of media exposure you received. Positive newspaper/magazine coverage of your event will garner a reward of $100. Positive radio and television coverage will garner $200 and $300 rewards respectively. Keep in mind that if your club receives coverage in all three media types, you will be reimbursed for the largest of the three dollar amounts.

All your club has to do is complete the accompanying form and send it, along with verification of the publicity received by either including the original newspaper/magazine or CD of the radio airing or television broadcast.

The previously mentioned monetary awards will be given to clubs for their first year of recognition. Clubs that receive media coverage for the second year in a row (no matter what type) will have a brick engraved and placed in the AMA Walk of Fame. The third year your club receives media recognition members will receive a patch recognizing the program and your club’s achievement. Remember clubs who have annual events will only be rewarded three times for the event, no exceptions.

Keep in mind that AMA only has a specific dollar amount budgeted for this program each year. It is based on a first-come, first-serve basis, and no application will be held until the following year for reward.

To download the application form in PDF format, click here.

Please return the form to:
Academy of Model Aeronautics
Attn: Erin Dobbs
5161 East Memorial Drive
Muncie IN 47302