On March 2, 2002, Jessica and Jarrett volunteered at the Sally Ride Reach for the Stars Festival. Held at Arizona State University, the festival was aimed at getting young girls in 6-8th grade to have more interest in science. It was founded and is led by Sally Ride, the first American woman in space and former president of Space.com. She is an amazing role model for young girls and every human being. The festival had many companies related with science and technology in attendance, and had booths filled with information and exhibits. Among the companies that were there was The Weather Channel, and they were giving young girls a chance to do a simulated weather channel report on television. Of course Jarrett had to take this opportunity, even though he is no longer a cute little 8th grade girl. It was a fun time, and a learning experience for everyone involved. Here are some still shots of the action, a video of the event happening in reality, and the product of the Weather Channel's hi-tech equipment, not being reality. Hope you enjoy.

A still shot of Jarrett before the actual recording begins. It happened so far, I wish we got a picture of their actual gear.

Another still with Jarrett gearing up for the actual recording process. Here we see him proud and confident as he is about to do something he's never been approached with. Good job Jarrett.

Jessica was recording this small, low-quality video on the Sony digital cam at the same time the Weather Channel was recording it. It's fun to see it from this perspective. (5.2MB)

This is the final product of what the Weather Channel presented to me. That cheesy set-up they had was able to transform a sunny day into a news studio! From VHS onto the internet. (6.9MB)