In preparation for the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, the RMSC is launching its first ever RMSC Community Eclipse Ambassador Program.
The Ambassador program aims to excite and educate the community about the total solar eclipse and distribute STEM learning into communities, creating access to this natural phenomenon for all. The RMSC invited community-serving organizations across the region to apply to participate in the program to help educate communities hyper-locally. There were over 150 applications submitted.
RMSC Community Eclipse Ambassadors will be trained in eclipse education, basic astronomy, and eclipse viewing safety. For their organizations, Ambassadors will be outfitted with equipment including: a telescope with a solar viewing filter, educational materials, solar viewing glasses, and materials for activities.
Participants represent community organizations, businesses, or municipalities as well as serve people within Rochester and the nine surrounding counties (Monroe, Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates).
“We were thrilled to see so many applications flooding in to support the Eclipse Ambassador Program,” said Daniel Schneiderman, Eclipse Partnerships Coordinator at the RMSC. “All of these organizations will have an incredible impact as we prepare our communities for next year.”The full list of the RMSC Community Eclipse Ambassador organizations:
•441 Ministries
•490 Farmers
•Autism Up
•B. E.R.R! Build, Educate, Rise, and Restore!
•BluePrint Geneva
•Cameron Community Ministries
•City of Rochester Recreation and Human Services
•Corn Hill Waterfront and Navigation Foundation/Sam Patch & Riverie Tour Boats
•Cornell Cooperative Extension of Monroe County
•CP Rochester
•Earthworks
•East House
•Finger Lakes Museum and Yates County Chamber of Commerce
•Finger Lakes Tourism Alliance
•FIRST Robotics X-Cats team 191
•Ganondagan State Historic Site
•Gates Chili Middle School – The Outdoor Club
•Genesee Country Village & Museum
•Genesee County Parks, Recreation & Forestry
•George Eastman Museum
•Girl Scouts of WNY
•GRASA Greater Rochester Afterschool & Summer Alliance
•Grupo Cultural Latinos en Rochester
•Hansen Nature Center/Tinker Nature Park
•Helmer Nature Center
•Hilton Parma Hamlin Chamber of Commerce
•Hipocampo Children’s Books
•House of Mercy
•IBERO
•Islamic Center of Rochester- Westfall Academy
•Justice and Care for Creation committee of the Sisters of St Joseph of Rochester
•Laughing Gull Chocolates
•Lollypop Farm Humane Society of Greater Rochester
•Monroe County Library System (MCLS)
•Monroe County Parks
•National Technical Institute of the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology
•OWWL Library System
•Perinton Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8495
•Rochester Women’s Network
•Scouts BSA, Seneca Waterways
•South East Area Coalition
•St. Bernards Tenant Associations
•St. John’s
•Sweet Ida Mae Pantry
•Temple Emanu El
•The Beat 105.5 FM
•The Community Place
•Town of Perinton Community Center
•United Way of Greater Rochester and the Finger Lakes
•WXXI Education
•YMCA of Greater Rochester
•YWCA of Rochester & Monroe County
The RMSC is looking forward to working with the Eclipse Ambassadors to spread the word about this natural phenomenon and garner excitement for the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse in Rochester. For more information on the Eclipse Ambassadors, go to https://rochestereclipse2024.org/rmsc-community-eclipse-ambassadors/.
This program is supported by RMSC partner, Science Sandbox, an initiative of The Simons Foundation.
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