If you want to try to start something like HEROES, go to the HEROES web-site and send me a message and I'd be happy to tell you how I got this going. If you'd like to bring some of these programs to Northern California I'd be happy to help out in exchange for some help with some of the administrative parts of running a program like this -- bookkeeping, govenmental filings, web-site, list maintenance.
Even if you just want to bring one part of it to your state like the Writing Talent Search, I have the graders lined up and the system, we could work on having additional sites for final rounds in Northern California and offer it there too.
The NAGC is working on a book about how to start parent organizations like this. It only takes one person and a dream. I run HEROES with the help of my 15 year old daughter and a few people who are willing to help out on the day of an event.
