Hi,
Last year our older Girl Scout Troop held their end of the year
meeting as a picnic at a nearby park. My husband and I placed boxes
around the area of the park we were at,within sight of the shelter
for our picnic. I breifed the girls on letterboxing. We sent the
girls out in twos each starting at a different box with instructions
and clues to go on in numerical order until they found all 5 of
them. Gave the adults time to set up the picnic. We set a date
during the summer for travel to letterboxes in a nearby city.
Between now and then we have set up letterboxing at two different
camp weekends and taken several more letterboxing finding trips. We
always gave out internet addresses and printed information for those
who wanted to do more on their own. The girls have their own
favorite stamps. I hope to get them to carve their own in the
future. One girl is contemplating this service as her Gold Award
activity in our town. At the weekend camping some took off with the
idea, some gave it a go, and some were completely in the dark. I
have found it depends on how it is presented, how involved the adults
are(and how interested), and how successful their first attempts are
at finding the boxes. Fortunately the first public box we found was
right on the money. That made the next one which we never found
easier to take and also proved some are more involved than others.
Didn't mean to get so wordy, but hope this helps. Liik forward to
hearing of your efforts.
Sally in Virginia where the snow is almost a past event, but the cold
is still here.