b'58 SRQ COMMUNITY RELATIONS Sarasota Intl Gets Creative Introducing Local Students to AviationBY PAUL NOLANGiven the daily hustle andAs a nod to its airport neighbor and demands of operating anlandlord, Team Success will offer an after-international airport, it can beschool program that highlights aviation tough finding time to build relationshipscareers and aeronautical subjects like the with the greater community. However,mechanics of flight and aviation history. leaders at Sarasota Bradenton InternationalAccording to the program director, material FACTS&FIGURESAirport (SRQ) on Floridas Gulf Coastfrom the after-school sessions may pave Project: Take Your Child to Work Day know that such efforts are not just vitalthe way for future aviation classes. Location: Sarasota Bradenton Intl Airport, in FL to developing a positive service-oriented identity; they can also be effective earlyTomorrows WorkforceAirport Owner: Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority recruitment tools to support the long-termAs leaders at SRQ explain, a key step Cost: MinimalT-shirts, badges, meals & snacks success of the airport.to engaging their future workforce is Key Objective: Engage & educate children of airportThe forward-thinking team at SRQ isintroducing students to a wide range of employees & airport business partners grooming future members of its workforceaviation career opportunities while they are Participation: 28 children (up from 17 in 2018) decades in advance with two communitystill young. Thats one reason Marketing Age Range: Kindergartners-high school students outreach programs: an enhanced annualand Community Relations Administrator Take Your Child to Work Day and a uniqueSusan Reimann promptly organized Project: After-School Aviation Program partnership with a secondary school.activities for Take Your Child to Work Day when she joined the Marketing and Location: Team Success Charter School, adjacent to Team Success, a Sarasota charterCommunity Relations Department in 2018. Sarasota Bradenton Intl Airportschool for underserved students, isPreviously, the airport did not participate School Enrollment: About 600 students, grades 6-12opening a new campus this fall forin the national event observed each April. Program Enrollment: To be determined this fall students in grades six through 12 onSince Reimann started working there, SRQ Key Objective: Teach students about aeronautics;property adjacent to SRQ that is ownedhas sponsored a new slate of activities highlight aviation career opportunitiesby the Sarasota Manatee Airport Authority.every year. July | August 2024AirportImprovement.com'