[NJARC] Fwd: Targeting Young Collectors - Clubs "Catch On"

Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:04:40 -0400

>Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:04:27 -0500
>From: Association of Collecting Clubs <[email protected]>
>To: [email protected]
>Subject:  Targeting Young Collectors - Clubs "Catch On"
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>From: Association of Collecting Clubs
>       18222 Flower Hill Way #299
>       Gaithesburg, MD  20879
>       301.926.8663
>       [email protected]
>
>To: New Jersey Antique Radio Club
>From: Association of Collecting Clubs
>
>Subject: Targeting Young Collectors - Clubs "Catch On"
>
>We are noting a trend in the antiques and collectibles industry (long 
>overdue we might add) of reaching out to young collectors - pre-teens, 
>teenagers & young adult collectors. During the past two years a number of 
>collecting clubs have tried a range of activities and services to recruit 
>youth and teens and those in their early 20's, to expose them to new 
>collecting experiences, and to involve them in club activities.
>
>This is good! For kids, having a collection can provide a quality leisure 
>time activity. It can create an atmosphere for developing new friendships. 
>It can enhance their knowledge base and supplement their school 
>educational process. It can strengthen family bonds. For collecting clubs 
>and societies it can be our future. We need to embrace young collectors to 
>strengthen and revitalize our clubs - and the collecting areas our clubs 
>serve or represent. Young collectors - of all ages - are our future!
>
>The Association of Collecting Clubs (ACC) is documenting club activities 
>relating to young collectors. We want to hear from you. What is your 
>collecting club, society or association doing? If nothing yet, do you have 
>any plans for the future in this area? Would you like some help or 
>assistance in reaching young collectors?  Do you have someone in your club 
>who has a commitment to helping young collectors or recruiting young 
>collectors...or, even better, a young collector, who has good ideas for 
>reaching out to their peers.
>
>We hope to gather as much information and as many ideas as possible - how 
>you recruit young members, youth activities at your annual conventions or 
>shows, mentoring programs, on your website, in your publications, at the 
>chapter level, involvement in leadership roles, etc. Tell us what has 
>worked or may not have worked for your club. We will build an ACC program 
>area from this information on our website, along with references and other 
>helpful information, which any club can use. Specialists from outside of 
>the antiques & collectibles industry are also being recruited to add their 
>input. Clubs will be able to select approaches that may best fit your 
>club's situation.
>
>E-mail ACC at:[email protected] or write: ACC, 18222 Flower Hill Way, 
>#299, Gaithersburg, MD 20879.
>
>We hope to hear from you soon. (We welcome you to visit the ACC website at 
>http://Collectors.Org and if you are not already an ACC member club, we 
>urge you to join. Just ask us to send you a club membership proposal.)
>
>Thanks.
>
>Larry Krug & Rick Moses
>Association of Collecting Clubs
>National Association of Collectors
>http://Collectors.Org