Editing JAARS (section)

== History ==
[[William Cameron Townsend]] co-founded [[Wycliffe Bible Translators]] and [[SIL International]] in 1934, and as the organization grew, he saw the need for airplanes and radio to reach remote areas around the world and to provide safe access to language groups.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1982-04-29 |title=W.C. TOWNSEND, BIBLE TRANSLATOR |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/29/obituaries/wc-townsend-bible-translator.html |access-date=2023-10-24 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=2023-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030212535/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/29/obituaries/wc-townsend-bible-translator.html |url-status=live }}</ref> JAARS was originally formed as Jungle Aviation and Radio Service in [[Peru]] in 1948 and moved to its current location in [[Waxhaw, North Carolina]], in 1961. The 572 acres of land where JAARS is located began as a 200-acre donation by the [[Belk]] family. In 1986, as a result of diversifying activities (like information technology and purchasing and shipping), JAARS officially dropped the original meaning behind the acronym and became simply "JAARS Inc."