Report On NH Effort To "Hook The Kids" On Coins.

First of all, I want to thank whomever wrote that my enthusiasm for coins and the CCF would carry me through any
fear. It did!
As I sat in the rear of the room watching the kids learn and have fun I thought of this. So when it was time for me to address the kids and parents and grandparents my opening
was:
"How many of you kids use the Internet to find answers to your questions about coins?"
Almost every kid raised his or her hand. Then I asked:
"And how many of get answers?"
Well, half of the hands went down and the rest of the hands made gestures to suggest that good results were rare.
So I said:
"I have a solution for you!" I ad libbed from that point on about the willingness of our members to answer kid's questions enthusiastically. To the adults I covered the safety angle. The adults expressed to me later their concern about the kid's safety and I did my best to assure them that that is our 'job number one!'
A message for John from New London, CT:
I looked for jcworld to send you a message. I did not find you. Please message me. I was operating this entire weekend on very little sleep.
To the members, I asked the assembly if if any of them had heard of the Coin Community Family and John raised his hand. We had a nice chat later.
As I had many packets left over I shared them with four clubs with active YN programs: The New England Numismatic Association for distribution next February, The Worcester, MA and Nashua, NH clubs and an "I do not remember" club also in MA. [Thus covering the local areas.] This, I hope, makes good on my promise to saturate New England with awareness of our existence.
And now, I lay down a challenge:
Would any of you step to the plate and hit a home run in YOUR region? It really is not that hard if you try.
Lastly my thanks to all who gave me encouragement in this
effort. I feel quite good about it.