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Space Topics: 25th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner

25 For our 25th

It's hard to believe we're more than half-way through our 25th anniversary year. What a year it has been! Our Members have rushed to save crucial planetary missions; jumped in to help solve an intriguing mystery; and ridden the highs and lows of our own solar sail mission.

With a few short months to go as we head into our next age of exploration, I asked our Members for their ideas about how to make our anniversary year even more special. Here is what we came up with - 25 for our 25th:

• Tell us, in 25 to 250 words, why you're a Member of The Planetary Society;

• Give 25 gift Memberships (or just one!);

• Introduce 25 people to The Planetary Society - send them to our website; give a presentation at a school or senior center; throw a planet party;

• Volunteer at a Planetary Society event, and sign up 25 people interested in receiving our electronic newsletter;

• Give a gift - of $25, $250, $2500 or $25000 - for a special project or Society ìwishî;

• Journey to Southern California for The Planetary Society's 25th Anniversary Awards Dinner, Our Next Age of Exploration, on Saturday, November 12, 2005.

Call me at 626-793-5100, extension 214, or email me if you have questions about how to make any of these ideas happen.

Please let me know, too, if you have another way you would like to mark this 25th anniversary year, and help launch us into our next age of exploration.

Thank you, Members!

-- Andrea Carroll