Text: Trek Aid has a celestial goal
The Sun (San Bernardino), Fri 15 Aug 1986
Want to see every photon torpedo that's ever been fired by the Starship Enterprise? Hear every order ever barked by its Capt. James T. Kirk? Experience every logical inconsistency of humanity discovered by half-Vulcan science officer Spock since the Enterprise began its mission -- to go where no man has ever gone before?
Well, Trekkies of the Inland Empire and the rest of the world are going to have a chance to do that.
Those of us not quite that wrapped tap in television's most popular science-fiction series are invited to pay the Trekkies to goggle-eye.
Two 48-hour sessions of continuous viewing have been scheduled, from 7:30 p.m. on successive Fridays, Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. to 7:30 p.m. the following Sundays. Check-ins start at 7.
Why pay a Trekkie to do something it would do anyhow?
Because this Is Trek Aid, an effort by Star Trek fans to raise money for Bob Geldof's Live Aid Foundation to to help the starving.
Lori Webber of Rialto is organizing the Inland Empire viewings, in the Life Arts Center, 3485 University Ave., Riverside. That's just west of Interstate 215, one block south of the University offramp, which really comes off on seventh Street.
Trekkies can telephone her answering machine at (714) 875-4695 to request sponosor[sic] sheets or to volunteer videotapes for viewing.
The idea is to cajol sponsors into pledging a minimum of 10 cents an hour. With that pledge, a Trekkie who stays awake the entire 96 hours would earn $9.60 for Live Aid.
A Trekkie with 10 minimum-rate sponsors who stays awake the whole four days would earn $96.
To make sure the money goes where it is supposed to go, the Trek Aid organizers are insisting that checks or money orders be made out to Live Aid.
What that means, among other things, is that ALL the money goes to fight hunger. The organizing Trekkies around the world are picking up all the overhead costs for viewing sites, video tapes and equipment and such that they can't find donors for.
There will be monitors to sign time sheets, which watchers will present to sponsors when collecting pledges, Lori said.
She also said Trekkies can bring cushions for the hall's folding chairs or provide their own chairs, patio lounges and sleeping bags.
Coffee will be provided; other beverages will be sold, she said. Eats will be the responsiblity of the watching Trekkies.
Lori suggests bringing food to become part of an informal, everybody-shares-everything pot-luck.
Many Trekkies will recognize that the event ends on the eve of Star Trek's 20th anniversary. That's on purpose.
Listen to the intergalactic sponsors: "Thousands will be involved, but millions will be touched by (Trek Aid). It is a celebration, not only of an international favorite, but of the spirit of mankind. Those participating in Trek Aid will not only be enoying themselves, but acting out the message behind Star Trek: That we humans are GOOD, and only by working together will we insure a bright future for our planet."
Well, Trekkies of the Inland Empire and the rest of the world are going to have a chance to do that.
Those of us not quite that wrapped tap in television's most popular science-fiction series are invited to pay the Trekkies to goggle-eye.
Two 48-hour sessions of continuous viewing have been scheduled, from 7:30 p.m. on successive Fridays, Aug. 29 and Sept. 5. to 7:30 p.m. the following Sundays. Check-ins start at 7.
Why pay a Trekkie to do something it would do anyhow?
Because this Is Trek Aid, an effort by Star Trek fans to raise money for Bob Geldof's Live Aid Foundation to to help the starving.
Lori Webber of Rialto is organizing the Inland Empire viewings, in the Life Arts Center, 3485 University Ave., Riverside. That's just west of Interstate 215, one block south of the University offramp, which really comes off on seventh Street.
Trekkies can telephone her answering machine at (714) 875-4695 to request sponosor[sic] sheets or to volunteer videotapes for viewing.
The idea is to cajol sponsors into pledging a minimum of 10 cents an hour. With that pledge, a Trekkie who stays awake the entire 96 hours would earn $9.60 for Live Aid.
A Trekkie with 10 minimum-rate sponsors who stays awake the whole four days would earn $96.
To make sure the money goes where it is supposed to go, the Trek Aid organizers are insisting that checks or money orders be made out to Live Aid.
What that means, among other things, is that ALL the money goes to fight hunger. The organizing Trekkies around the world are picking up all the overhead costs for viewing sites, video tapes and equipment and such that they can't find donors for.
There will be monitors to sign time sheets, which watchers will present to sponsors when collecting pledges, Lori said.
She also said Trekkies can bring cushions for the hall's folding chairs or provide their own chairs, patio lounges and sleeping bags.
Coffee will be provided; other beverages will be sold, she said. Eats will be the responsiblity of the watching Trekkies.
Lori suggests bringing food to become part of an informal, everybody-shares-everything pot-luck.
Many Trekkies will recognize that the event ends on the eve of Star Trek's 20th anniversary. That's on purpose.
Listen to the intergalactic sponsors: "Thousands will be involved, but millions will be touched by (Trek Aid). It is a celebration, not only of an international favorite, but of the spirit of mankind. Those participating in Trek Aid will not only be enoying themselves, but acting out the message behind Star Trek: That we humans are GOOD, and only by working together will we insure a bright future for our planet."