Re: [Az-Geocaching] Save the Date and Call for Volunteers

Unfortunatly I'm out...I'll either be in Washington or Texas playing the dutiful military wife.
Apryl>From: Bob Renner <renner001@yahoo.com>>Reply-To: listserv@azgeocaching.com>To: listserv@azgeocaching.com>Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Save the Date and Call for Volunteers>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 23:08:12 -0700 (PDT)>>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 <teamtierrabuena@earthlink.net>>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>
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