1086 Mapleton Road Mapleton, ME 04757 EMAIL:North Star Search and Rescue

NSSAR GENERAL PURPOSE STATEMENT

The purpose of this organization is to promote and develop Search and Rescue capabilities and resources in the Northern Section of Maine with the idea of SAVING LIVES. It will also provide the needed liaison between individual member organizations and the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, The National Association For Search and Rescue, the Aroostook Search and Rescue, and any other similar agencies. No part of the net earnings of such activities shall inure to the benefit of any shareholder, member, or individual. No substantial part of the activities will include the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation nor will it participate in any such political action. In the event this corporation should become inactive or dissolved, any funds then remaining on hand after payment of legal and proper expenses shall be turned over, in to, without restriction, to a nonprofit cultural activity which is exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as chosen by the majority vote of the Board of Directors.