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Narrator: For the past ten years the Reachout for the Rainbow Science Fair
has inspired students in the Hunters Point community in San Francisco.
This year, NASA Ames Research Center joined the celebration and supported the effort
to help energize the next generation of space explorers.
Lewis Braxton III: We’re bringing it to them.
We brought our people out here to serve as ambassadors.
We’re doing everything we can to let them know that science, technology,
engineering and math is where it is as far as the foundation.
And if you want to explore and go into new places within the universe,
this is the way you go about doing it.
Narrator: The festival featured several guest speakers, performances by students,
interactive science exhibits as well as a number of hands-on activities provided
by the Traveling Space Museum.
Donn McMahon: It was a wonderful experience for us having NASA come out
and present these wonderful exhibits to the kids.
This is so important because kids need to see examples of what their possibilities are.
All of our kids got to, I think, gain something from this today.
Narrator: The event provides a large community of children and their families
a valuable opportunity to discover a personal interest in science at a nearby venue.
Virgie Patterson-Newman: It’s all about the children, it’s all about the community...
and it is just so exhilarating to have this experience today and
I am so grateful to the NASA Ames Research Center.
I just have deep respect for what they have brought to the community.