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Community Service Means More than Just Volunteer Work for KN4RPA:

Community Service Means More than Just Volunteer Work for KN4RPA:

From : navsea.navy.mil on 2023-03-13

For Scott Larimer, community service is a family tradition. He likes to say it is ingrained into his DNA. Looking back on his youth growing up in the central Pennsylvania town of Bellefonte, his father’s sense of service laid the community service foundation for Larimer. Charles "Rusty" Larimer was a union worker for the telephone company. Being in the union meant the possibility of a strike every three years. "I remember one year there was a strike and my dad went three months without his regular source of income," Larimer recalled. "But, he was still doing community service work, helping other people and doing things for the town. For community service to be that important to him, it seemed to me to be something worth doing in my own life." Larimer joined the Rappahannock Valley Amateur Radio Club (RVARC) after earning his license and his KN4RPA call sign in January 2019. The group provides communication services for events in the City of Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania and Stafford. Through the RVARC, Larimer volunteered his time and skills at area events like the state basketball tournament for the Special Olympics and the Marine Corps Historic Half. Through his volunteer efforts, Larimer became an ambassador of sorts for amateur radio. When kids at the Special Olympics events ask him about his radios, he makes time to let them send messages over the network. "I tell them what to say, and they deliver the report. Getting to talk on the radio just makes their day. The feeling I get from that just can't be beat,"” he said. Larimer volunteers for approximately 40 events every year. His efforts have brought him a great deal of recognition. In September 2019, the Amateur Radio Relay League, the national amateur radio organization, appointed him the emergency communications coordinator for the City of Fredericksburg.

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