EMS and Letterboxing
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Started on 2000-01-26
[LbNA] EMS and Letterboxing
From: Sarah H Fearing (sarah.fearing@gte.net) |
Date: 2000-01-26 12:47:17 UTC-08:00
My name is Sarah and I am the manager of
the EMS store in Waterford, CT. I have been following LbNA for a while
now, but have been communicating more one on one with Erik and Susan Davis, Tom
Cooch, and Jay Drew about their boxes and our plans at EMS. Letterboxing
has been a wonderful addition to our store since Bob Disch and I introduced it
immediately following the Smithsonian article. Getting our Home office to
support our efforts has been a bit of a battle. I believe they have
finally come around, and have had some signage and fixturing build specifically
for Letterboxing in our store.
Currently we have a place for Letterboxers
to register their stamps in the store and collect clue sheets. Most of the
clue sheets have been put on LbNA, but there are some that haven't made it there
yet. We run a regular Outdoors Skills Clinic series and the Intro. to Map
and Compass / Letterboxing ones have been the most popular over the past
year. There isn't a single day that goes by that one of my staff members
isn't asked "What is Letterboxing?". I have met some wonderful
people thru Letterboxing, and heard great stories of their quests. One of
our regulars even went to Dartmoor this summer and found the Cranmere Pool box,
he made several impressions of the stamp and said he would bring one by to put
on display in the store. We probably have 50 stamps registered in our
store, but I know of several who haven't stamped in. Local Schools,
Science Centers, Scout groups, and Church groups have all become involved in one
degree or another. It has become a great "Club" and people are
always coming in with great enthusiasm. One customer suggested a pot luck
picnic, so we could all put faces and names with stamps, etc... (She also
wanted to tie Ray of "Ray's Dilemma" to a tree and get some hints out
of him for the location of his Box.)
Let me know how we at EMS can help out with
the next gathering, especially if it's in our back yard. I know there has
been some talk about the expense of Mystic or Newport, perhaps a gathering at a
Campground ? Anyway, we are always open to feedback and anything we can do
for our fellow Letterboxers.
Sarah Fearing P3F25