Attention teachers and youth leaders! By now you hopefully have heard about the CAF Red Tail Squadron RISE ABOVE School Competition. Order or receive a RISE ABOVE Resource Kit by December 31st and you are qualified to participate in an essay contest with great prizes for grades 5 through 12. The contest is a fun way to help students learn about the achievements of the Tuskegee Airmen!

olive hatOrder or receive your RISE ABOVE Resource Kit and we’ll add in an official Red Tail Squadron ball cap for your entire class, featuring our P-51C Mustang Tuskegee Airmen (maximum 30 caps per Resource Kit, while supplies last).

With this fun and very important program, your students or youth group will get the chance to put into action what they have learned about the importance of education, training and especially determination, based on the Tuskegee Airmen’s example of overcoming adversity! The contest will be a lesson both in inspiration and finding the motivation to achieve.

Take advantage of this offer today for your students while supplies last! And if your school or organization does not have the funding to purchase a kit, please contact us at info@redtail.org to find out how to qualify for a free RISE ABOVE Resource Kit sponsored by our generous donors. The staff, volunteers and supporters of the CAF Red Tail Squadron are determined to get the message of the Tuskegee Airmen into every classroom in the country. Won’t you join us? RISE ABOVE!

 

The CAF Red Tail Squadron is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to educating audiences across the country about the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel. Learn more at www.redtail.org.

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