Steve, I'll be glad to volunteer for the trails, booth, and help you put it together. Give me a call and let me know what you need. Bob Renner --- Team Tierra Buena wrote: > The Public Lands Information Center (PLIC), run by > the Bureau of Land > Management, has invited us to participate in this > year’s National Public > Lands Day, Saturday September 24. The event will be > held at the Phoenix > North Mountain Visitor Center, North 7th Street, > south of Thunderbird Road > at approximately N 33° 36.034’ W 112° 03.938’ > (though there are events all > over the state and even in such out-of-the-way > locations as Billings, > Montana – see: http://www.npld.com/) . > > > > The day will consist of two parts: A “Trail > Beautification Project” from 7 > to 9 AM and a Recreation Fair from 9 AM to 2 PM. > Volunteers for the Trail > Project will receive breakfast, souvenir T-shirt, > water, snacks, and lunch. > During the Recreation Fair, we will be manning one > of about 50 tables open > to the public to talk about Geocaching. We’ve been > asked to “…introduce > folks to your hobby and educate them on the proper > etiquette as far as > minimum impact and ‘Leave no trace’ ”. Last year > they had an estimated 5,000 > attendees during the Recreation Fair and anticipate > a similar number this > year. > > > > What we’ll need will be volunteers for the Trail > Project, and volunteers to > staff the table. My thought is two or more people at > the table for two-hour > shifts. You’ll be able to do both the Trail Project > and the table if you’d > like. I’m hoping we’ll have enough participation > that no one will have to do > more than two hours at the table unless they really > want to. > > I’m also looking for a volunteer to work with me to > put this together and > manage things the day of the event. If you want to > volunteer for that, plan > on being at the event from 6:30 AM to 2:30 PM. But > I’ll buy you your > beverage of choice when it’s over. Maybe two of > them. > > > > We’ve also been offered the opportunity to put on a > 30-minute program. If > someone wants to take this on, let me know. This is > not a necessity, but if > you do want to do it, I need to let them know > quickly so they can reserve a > slot for us. > > > > They are also looking for “… sponsors for things > like bottled water, > volunteer freebies and snacks for the participants.” > If someone’s feeling > generous, let me know. Again, this is not a > necessity. > > > > The text of the email I received, a Microsoft Word > file about the event from > Phoenix Parks and Recreation (who are co-sponsors > locally), and two one-page > PDF documents about the day may be found at > http://tinyurl.com/7s89g. > > > > I think it is important that we do this as a > community, so if you want to > participate, save the date, give us a chance to get > things organized, and > we’ll do some kind of “official” registration in a > few weeks if not sooner. > But I would like to get some sense of how many > people we might have, so I > know that we’ll have a large enough contingent to > make it work. Then I can > go back to the PLIC and commit to them that we’ll be > there. So for now, just > let me know if you’re willing to help out, or if you > want to take on one of > the special tasks. Thanks. > > > > Steve > > Team Tierra Buena > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe > visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail