Fox Valley Aero Club donates to Salvation Army Toys for Tots

Posted December 19, 2014 10:00 pm

John Turner

St. Charles, IL - The Fox Valley Aero Club continued their annual tradition of donating to the Salvation Army "Toys for Tots" during this holiday season.

John "JT" Turner has chaired this campaign for the past several years to help families in the Tri-Cities.

The Fox Valley Aero Club is a progessive group of avid model aviatiors that build and fly radio control aircraft. This organization has 197 active members that support the community through fundraising events like Toys for Tots along with seasonal flying activities.

Every year, the club has a calendar of events from "Kids Day" to "Windy City War Bird Classics," and "Festival of Flight."

The club also paarticpates in two local parades providing a float with planes to jets.

Anyone who has an interest in learning more about radio control aircraft can come out to the club's flying sight off Route 38 (west of Geneva) or log onto the website: www.foxvalleyaero.com.

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