Clockwise from upper left:  The scene at the TPM Make & Take at Hobbytown USA.   Alan Lieber and Julio Perez work on an A-10 Warthog and AH-64 Apache.   Wayne Blanchard and Isaiah Hicks build a Charlie Brown Truck.   Jeff Moog and RJ Montana finish the Opel Astra Racer.

On January 28, 2010, the Toledo Plastic Modelers hosted a kid's Make & Take at their normal meeting location, Hobbytown USA, in Holland, OH.   By all accounts, the event was a big success.   The club only wished that there had been more time and room to get more kids involved.

As it turned out, there was a lot of participation from a group made up of kids with their Big Brother / Big Sister mentors.   The kids had a great time, and the adults seemed to have fun building the kits too.   There even appeared to be interest from the participants about the wide variety of kits on the market, and what it would take to continue in the hobby.   We also had a good showing from the club membership with many of them jumping in to give a hand and guide them through the construction process.

The club is now considering making this an annual event, and as we learned from the Big Brothers / Big Sisters in attendance, there is also interest from their group to do more make & takes with the kids too.   Everyone involved had a great time.   The only problem was that the time went by too fast.

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