disaster relief

So far this year, we have awarded $784.61 to 4 clubs across the country to continue in our goal of promoting safer and better-equipped flying sites.

Thanks to your support, multiple clubs have been able to reopen for flying after facing devastating hurricanes, flooding, tornadoes, and other natural disasters.

Make your year-end gift to the AMA Foundation today!

An aeromodeling club in California is celebrating after reopening its gate for flying

Hurricane Ian, packing 150 mph wind and heavy rain, made landfall on Florida's Gulf Coast in September 2022.

By Rachelle Haughn, AMA Foundation Donor & Programs Specialist

The pictures speak for themselves.

On September 28, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall on the southwest Florida coast as a Category 4 storm. The wind speed topped 150 mph. For AMA chartered clubs in Florida, this storm’s wrath meant destruction at their club flying sites—places that had served as a refuge from the stress of everyday life. Now, the storms of life were in the middle of their runways.