CCF's First Annual "Get The Kids Hooked" Drive

I'll have a box of goodies in the mail when I get home again.

At the New Hampshire Coin Expo held last July in Manchester there was forum conducted just for the kids with giveaways of coins and supplies.
If there will be a a similar forum in Philly in August, perhaps the CCF might co-ordinate its effort to teach with this forum.
Just an idea.
If not, then the CCF needs to make sure that their generosity will be advertised, promoted and in every way
supported by the organizers of the event.
Idea two:
Promote the availability of "experts" to help the kids identify the goodies that they have received. While simply giving the stuff to kids is a wonderful gesture, it must be, in my opinion, accompanied by the sharing of knowledge of the CCF members who will be in attendance.

Dunno if ANA does the same stupid promo, but they used to buy a half dozen 14d cents and circulate them, along with some news articles. I suspect most of them are still sitting in someone's change jar.

Much better: turn loose a bag of wheat cents, getting general interest, and let ppl find their way to the show.

I agree. The whole experience of actually having the kids interact is part of the "getting them hooked" thing. This should be reserved for kids 16 and under. Just my opinion too.

I just re-visited this post today and I would like to give a few more thoughts:
1) If the "kid" is not at the show then he or she probably is not interested in coins. My own, personal agenda is to
promote coin collecting as a family hobby. Parents, sadly too few, bring their children to these shows and together they share in the adventure. Age should not in itself be the determining factor. It is the kid and a parent, grandparent or other adult who, together, share the joy of the hunt.
2) It sounds as though you will have a big bag of wheat cents and dateless Indian Head/Buffalo nickels. But what about the silver coins? Yeah, I know that they are held as bullion, but I have an idea.
Every "new" collector, as he or she reaches into the bag, would be invited to submit his or her name in a drawing. The prizes would be silver coins. Not of great value, but of interest.
If this idea is acceptable, I will start it off by donating a couple of Seated Liberty and Barber dimes. Nothing special. Actually, quite undesirable to a seasoned collector. But very interesting to a kid just starting out.
And I think that this presence at a major show is just dandy: the up-close-and-personal experience of a coin show and the Internet support as a follow-up.
We live in a new century and have to adapt to the times.
I'd like to support the effort.
Matthew

This is a huge show, bigger than Long Beach here on the West coast, and kids are always wandering the bourse, usually with their dad at Long Beach. We might be able to have some announcements over the loud speaker directing them to our table ;-)

If possible, biggfredd, this would be ideal.
Imagine, flesh and blood people handing out the coins while those of us around the country man, or WOMAN, the site to answer the questions of kids.
Now THAT would be a true 21st Century Coin event.
I can handle the Barber coins.
Now, we need specialists in every coin series.
Where do I sign up?

You can plan on that; we've already discussed what it'll take and between Bobby, Susan and myself there will certainly be online connection live from the show. Just to do what I'm going to do there will require two different laptops, and if wifi isn't available we all have the ability to tether to cellphones.

At the very least, I'm going to liveblog the show. Heck, I'm trying to get 'em to do a podcast.