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Help Buy the Farm!

Donor recognition program to honor those who help Green Castle acquire airport property
PictureAn aerial view of the Green Castle Aero Club property, including Runway 15/33.


​Following is a message from Green Castle Aero Club Foundation Board Member Rick Treiber 

March 19, 2023
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We’re excited to announce a plan to formally recognize people who help make Green Castle Aero Club possible. We’re taking an idea from the Donor wall at the EAA museum in Oshkosh that I’m sure many of you have seen when visiting.

​This will allow us to show our appreciation to people who have made financial contributions in the past and to recognize people who donate to our cause in the future.

The South wall of the original office area is going to be turned into a donor recognition area. Donors will be recognized with individual engraved plaques at three different giving levels. 

​Red plaques will identify Donors at the $500.00 level, White plaques will designate the $250.00 level and blue plaques the $100.00 level. All donations made to the Foundation should be tax deductible for the Donors and will be used for the purchase of the airport property. 

PictureGreen Castle Aero Club Foundation Board Member Rick Treiber (left) with Green Castle CFII Gary Lust at one of Green Castle's Pumpkin Splat events.
​Purchasing the airport property is a huge step in assuring that Green Castle Aero Club will not only exist but it will prosper in the future! 

​Since Don Nelson founded Green Castle in 1976 people recognized that it as a very special place and very unlike a typical for profit operation. The big question was always “what happens when Don is no longer here”. Don will always influence what and how we do things at Green Castle but now that the Club owns the property people can be assured that it will be here for generations to come.On behalf of the Green Castle Board of Directors and the Green Castle Aero Club Foundation I’m inviting everyone to join our efforts to solidify the future of our Club by making a contribution to “Help Buy The Farm”. It will be much appreciated and I think You’ll be proud that You did!!!

 
Contributions can be made in a couple different ways.  Of course cash is always king but if it works better for you, we can simply set up a Zelle, Chime, or Venmo account and spread the monthly payment out over 5 months for a $250.00 donation or 10 months for a $500.00 donation. No credit cards or interest needed!!

For more information or to make a donation please contact me at N92tv@aol.com.


Thank You for considering this opportunity!!
​

Rick


5 Ways Your Support Helps

Not only are your gifts tax-deductible; they support aspiring young aviators and our organization in many important ways
PictureThe earlier young people can experience the joy of flying, the more likely they are to pursue a pilot's license.

By donating to Green Castle Aero Club Foundation,  you can make an enormous contribution to the future of aspiring pilots and our amazing aviation community and airport in southeastern Iowa. Here are 10 ways your support can make a difference. ​
  1. The Bill Kimble Flight Scholarship covers all the expenses for Phase I of a young person's flight training.
  2. Donations help Green Castle keep the lights on, by covering a wide range of ongoing expenses, like runway and lighting maintenance, aircraft repairs and upgrades, hangar improvements, and more. 
  3. Your tax-deductible support recently enabled Green Castle to purchase the property on which the club and airport sits, after it was put up for sale in 2022, and will allow us to pay down the debt. 
  4. One way we try to attract people, young and old, to aviation is through special community outreach activities, like our annual Pumpkin Splat and Antique/ Experimental airplane fly-in. Foundation support helps us cover some of the costs related to these exciting events. 
  5. In 2023, Green Castle Aero Club will celebrate its 30th anniversary; with your ongoing support of the Green Castle Foundation, Green Castle will be around for another 30 years!

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Keep the Dream of Flight Alive

The Green Castle Aero Club Foundation invites you to join us in giving the gift of flight to young people who aspire to become pilots. 

The foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, provides scholarships and other support to aspiring pilots, especially young pilots, to cover the cost of ground school, flight training, and other materials as they work toward their private pilot's certificate. Your gifts are greatly appreciated--and they're tax-deductible. 

To donate, contact Foundation Board Member Rick Treiber. 


Email Rick
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