Gloria in Dominica

Posted on February 7, 2025February 7, 2025 by David

Gaynell Larsen (KK4WWW) gives a great example of the FAIRS purpose of Building Global Friendship in the story about Gloria below. Update on Gloria Walsh and our FAIRS years with her in Dominica. It's hard to believe we met Gloria twenty years ago on one of our trips to Dominica, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea. We met her in 2005 on a trip with Good Shepherd Baptist Church of Christiansburg, Virginia when she was working at the orphanage near Roseau. Since our...

2023 FAIRS Newsletter

Posted on April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 by David

After COVID-19 & Ongoing War in Ukraine FAIRS – Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service, Ltd. sends springtime greetings from our headquarters in Floyd, Virginia! David & Gaynell are excited to be returning to Hamvention this year! This large gathering of amateur radio enthusiasts will be held May 19, 20, and 21, 2023 at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Xenia, Ohio. FAIRS will have memorabilia and collectibles from David and Gaynell’s prior trips to Russia and Ukraine w...

2022 Newsletter – FAIRS Update

Posted on June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 by David

Continued THANKS from FAIRS – Foundation for Amateur International Radio Service, Ltd. for your help over the years with our many relief projects around the world. As many of you may already know, Dave & Gaynell have sold Chantilly Farm Campground & Event Venue. However, because of COVID over the past two and a half years, we have not been able to travel as we used to. Our last trip to Dominica was in January of 2020, and things shut down just as we returned. However, despite the ...