The Society emphasizes volunteerism and public outreach. In addition to volunteering for events like the "Astronomy on the Beach" star party at Kensington Metropark, our members (who live all over the Detroit area) are happy to give talks to schools and other groups young and old. If you'd be interested in having a club member talk to your group (whether in the classroom or in the field), please contact us.

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You can be notified about upcoming events and discuss events with your fellow members on our Meetup group.
Many members communicate with each other online via WarrenAstro on groups.io.
We also have a Facebook group.

The Warren Astronomical Society (WAS) established the Paul Strong Scholarship in 2015 in recognition of the contributions of Paul Strong in helping and promoting WAS for many years at Macomb Community College (MCC).

Paul taught physics and astronomy at MCC, and he and his wife Judy joined WAS back in the 1960s. In our 25th anniversary retrospective from 1986, the late Frank McCullough wrote that Paul was one of our first major speakers during his presidency in 1970. Paul invited the club to move its meetings to Macomb Community College in 1971, and we accepted. Frank credited moving to a larger, open institution from the restricted, hard-to-find room at Lincoln High School with giving the W.A.S. a new lease on life. Paul's support wasn't limited to giving us a meeting space - Frank wrote.

Paul has always been great in promoting our club during and after his classes. He would walk the length of the campus just to get us a projector or help us run off copies of the WASP (an expensive project). Paul continued sponsoring our presence at Macomb Community College's South Campus for decades. In 2004, Paul even measured the speed of light during a W.A.S. meeting! Paul was our primary sponsor at Macomb until 2011, when we moved from a physics laboratory to the MCC South Campus Library. In March 2015 we established the Paul Strong Scholarship at Macomb Community College in his honor. We annually award $500 to science scholars at Macomb nominated by Physics and Science instructors.

Memories from Dr. Dave Harrington: I met Paul and Judy in the club in 1970 while planning for chasing the March 7, 1970 eclipse, and remained close friends (and eclipse chasers) with them ever since. He was an excellent astrophotographer and was also a superb videographer. Judy and my wife, Glenna, were best friends, and it is ironic that they both passed away unexpectedly within three weeks of each other. It is also perhaps a measure of their devotion to each other that Paul and Judy both passed away within the same week." Paul taught Astronomy and Physics at Macomb for 41 years and had been retired for seven years at his death in 2019. Judy had spent the last three years of Paul's life caring for him as his health failed. She died just one week before him.

Those who wish to increase the $500 scholarship given annually by WAS may contribute additional funds to the scholarship. Members and friends of WAS can donate anytime online at www.macomb.edu/give. Enter your desired amount and select "Other Fund or Purpose" in drop down menu labeled "Click here to complete your gift designation", and type "Paul Strong Scholarship" in the input box labeled "Other Designation (optional)".