The Youth Group Update

Just came home from my Stamp Clubs meeting, and the clubs
moderators, for The Youth Group, have reported that there are
now 40 children, 5th and 6th graders attending the Friday afternoon
meetings.

Each of the kids were given one of State collections,in a binder,
5 manila stock cards, 10 quad-ruled blank pages, a packet of
200 US stamps, and a package of stamp hinges.

The meetings are from 12 to 1 for twenty kids, and from 1 to 2 for
the second twenty.

Things are really looking up

My next project will be printing 40 sets of the 2008 US pages.

Outstanding Gmonster...if I could find one kid..he would come in to a windfall of stamps...we can send stamps for the kids..do you need them separated U.S. and foreign ???

Phil..They are just doing US for the time being. I will take what-ever you can spare

Bob:

Way to go !

I have a growing pile of used U.S.A. for you... new old, etc. When it gets a little larger, I shall post it out to you!

Cheers!

David

What a great opportunity you are providing for the kids! You rock the stamp world, bobgggg!

40 Kids!

In one school?

Bob, are they being threatened into joining with grades or otherwise?

That's outstanding.

There it is, they get out of class!

It's not an after school activity.

Tha't great Bob. I'll get another buch ready also.

Dianne

Larry..no, from what I understand, the school day
is broken down 12-1 lunch, 1-2 free activity period for
1/2 of the kids, and 12-1 free activity period 1-2 lunch
for the other 1/2

Well without an ulterior motive like that, it really is
outstanding. I wonder if it would work elsewhere? Maybe
these kids, born into the electronic world of computers,
TV, ipods, x-boxes, and cell phones are ripe for something
really different, such as stamp collecting!

The rest is all electrons and so intangible.
A stamp collection is like a hard copy of
something real they can actually hold on to.

Oh boy, Bob I just finished up some packs today for 20 students. Now we are up to forty! Well another mix bag will go in but they can sort that one.

Also, I have a question on the classes. Have you hosted a series yet on president prexie series yet? Seems a great way to mix some school learning on history and stamps?

Very cool if I do say so myself Bob! God does not subtract from one's life time spent fishing and mentoring children. You'll live a nice long life Bob!

Mkfarm... Yes we have, we made up packets of 25 stamps, depicting Presidents, about three weeks ago.

Bob are there concentrating striclty on US and are they going to learn th art of soaking? If so I'll send a double batch.

Dianne

Yes Dianne..strictly US for know, and they already
have learned the fine art of soaking. No lioghter fluid,
or vodka