WAPM · 501(c)(3) · Tax Deductible
Fund fireworks education.
The craft is passed hand to hand: a mentor showing a young builder how a shell comes together, a crew learning to set up a display safely. Gifts to WAPM, the WPA's charitable arm, make that teaching possible.
What Your Gift Supports
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Pick a purpose on the gift form. Not sure? Choose Greatest Need and it goes where it helps most.
Pyros in Training (PIT)
The WPA's youth and family education program, for young people from 6 to 25: seminars and workshops on the basic science of pyrotechnics, how to build effects, plan a show and set up a display. Open to anyone who wants to learn.
Give to PIT Crew TrainingWorkshops
Hands-on Western WinterBlast® workshops, sponsored by WAPM, where members learn the craft from experienced builders after a tutorial class.
Give to WorkshopsSafety Equipment Fund
The protective and site safety equipment every shoot depends on.
Give to Safety Equipment FundFirst Aid Supplies
First aid supplies on hand at WPA events.
Give to First Aid SuppliesDisplay Equipment
The gear the club uses to put on its displays.
Give to Display EquipmentClub Magazine and Newsletter
The newsletter has shared techniques, safety lessons and stories with members since 1996.
Give to Club Magazine/NewsletterWherever it's needed most
Let the board put your gift where it does the most good this year.
Give to the Greatest Need
Learning Never Stops
Education is what the WPA is for
Members teach members: seminars and workshops at Western WinterBlast and DO-IT, the Pyros in Training program for young people and families, free online Pyro Tech Talks, and a newsletter going back to 1996. Safety runs through all of it.
Want to teach instead? Members present at every Western WinterBlast; tell us what you'd like to share.