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Jillibean · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject: Science Museum demo

I received this email from Nate at geocaching.com a while ago. This sounds like a fun opportunity to demonstrate geocaching. Unfortunately, it's the same time as our next event.

I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing this? I had sent the word out to a few cachers but hadn't seen any interest, so I thought I'd post this here and see if anyone wanted to volunteer to do it.

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

I've already "volunteered", ans Wicketswanderingponypatrol with her family.

http://www.mngca.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=693

Kitch · Posted: Tue May 18, 2004 11:46 pm Post subject:

you might want to try to set up that Swedan cache for this....

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

my thoughts exactly Kitch. Would be a perfect way to show geocaching off virtually.

15Tango · Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 2:52 am Post subject:

Ms. Denison already contacted me personally, I already started a thread, and I already got a few volunteers--The WWPP Family and KCOGRN. Thanks
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15Tango · Posted: Thu May 20, 2004 3:49 am Post subject:

OK, why did my signature quit working??????!!!!!!!!!!!! HTML and BBCode are both on.
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Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

KC0GRN · Past MnGCA Board Joined: 22 Feb 2004 Posts: 1424

Everyone that went to the event missed out on this one! Had a great time educating the public on Geocaching. WicketsWanderingPonyPatrol and family did an absolutely fantastic job of promoting the sport.

They had brocures printed, a great display board, sample caches, an event cache (even an event I can log when it gets posted!), and were great at explaining geocaching to passing visitors. WWPP managed to get a few laughs with one couple that walked by, as she was trying to get them interested. She also managed to stuff a few brochures and her ever popular Micro CITOs at a DNR officer working in a shop located by the front entrance! Wish I'd have gotten a picture of that.

Thank you, one and all, for being there with me, I'd have been lost in that large booth by myself.

The staff at the Science Museum were great as well, very helpful, and thankful for us being there. We got free passes to the Museum (for a future visit, not to mention free admission today and free parking!) and tickets to the omnitheater, and a handwritten thank you card. The organizers even stopped by the booth PERSONALLY to thank us for being there. WWPP and I might have even convinced them to let us hide a permanent cache in the Science Museum (honestly they sounded very interested in the idea).

So there's the report from the PR field. If this is any indication of a regular deal there, I will volunteer in a heartbeat for any future Science Museum geocaching activities.

WWPP and family explaining geocaching to an interested group.

WWPP/Family & KC0GRN @ the Science Museum Geocaching Booth.

towlebooth · Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:31 am Post subject:

Finally posted the write up for this great event:

http://www.mngca.org/articles.php?strArtType=9&strArtID=78

Thanks to members of WWPP and KC0GRN for this excellent PR day.