But the drum keeps beating. Help us reach younger collectors! So over the winter months this will be one area we intend to give some priority attention. We have identified 60-70 clubs just through what knowledge we have gleaned from a variety of sources which we know are actively involving young collectors. Some of their activities are basically routine. Others are more creative. If your club or association has an interest in this area - whether you are now doing anything or not - let us know. What have you done to recruit and involve young collectors that works...or that doesn't work? Send us articles, photos, stories... If you are actively going "into" the schools or working with youth groups, e.g. the Scouts, Campfire, 4-H, Boys & Girls Clubs, etc. let us know how this is working, and the process.

We will put together an exhibit on this area for the March Atlantique City Show and possibly for use at other shows or in antique malls or club conventions, and will use the information to expand the ACC young collectors program area on the Collectors.Org website. If we can find the resources, we may be able to do a DVD or something similar for club leadership.

Please note: we break the term "young collectors" down into three specific age groups - 12 and below, 13-19 year-olds, and 20-30 year-olds. Obviously the recruitment and the involvement is going to change measurably with each of these groups.

If you have a designated youth coordinator or youth chairman in your club, please pass this ACC Update on to them for a response. Send to: ACC, 18222 Flower Hill Way #299, Gaithersburg, MD 20879 or e-mail: Youth@collectors.org
 

Join A Club - Update Reminder
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In the ACC Update sent out to our ACC member clubs and partners last week we urged you to assist by requesting one of the Join A Club display kits for use at your club activities or specialty shows in which you may participate. We heard from very few of you. Remember, the Join A Club program is all about membership recruitment. Unless you already have more members than you can handle or have reached some magical membership quota, we would expect this program to be of interest.

We are again repeating the Join A Club - Participate article which appeared in last week's ACC Update. We hope to hear from you or your designate soon - e-mail: info@JoinAClub.Org or call 301.926.8663.

If its easier, just return this newsletter with the following information:

____ YES, PLEASE SEND US A JOIN A CLUB DISPLAY. Send to the following postal address:

Name: ________________________________

Name of Club: ___________________________________________

Address: ____________________________

____________________________

City: _______________________ State _______ Zip ________

E-Mail address: _______________________________________

___ YES, we will place a Join A Club link on our website.

Join A Club - Participate
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ACC's Join A Club program is all about membership recruitment. We certainly do not intend for this program to replace your own club's recruitment activities, but to simply add to it. This is particularly true in perhaps reaching new audiences of potential members who you may not now be reaching. Our Join A Club display at a paper show may well recruit new members for a model train club or a coin club or a gem & mineral club. Who knows?

Also, if your club sets up at any shows - glass shows, stamp shows, general collector shows...or sponsor your own shows...we would be happy to send you Join A Club displays. Just let us know where to send it via postal mail and how many you need. Send your request to: info@JoinAClub.Org or call 301.926.8663 The display includes a full color Join A Club poster (in two sizes - 12" x 18" & 24" x 36"), quantities of check-off sheets, tent cards, buttons, instructions, re-order sheet, etc.

If you have special relationships with antique malls, galleries or auction houses which you feel would use a Join A Club display, we welcome this information, too. Particularly help in reaching the managers of specialty shows such as glass shows, paper shows, military shows, doll shows, train shows, toy shows and more.

Remember, in addition to the general check-off sheets listing most of the clubs, we also have subject-area check-off sheets listing just glass clubs or just porcelain clubs or just advertising clubs, etc.

This is a major program for ACC in support of our member clubs but to get the most mileage for the program, we encourage all our clubs to actively participate by promoting the program, as well. Remember, all clubs have members who have collections that go beyond your area of collecting, or who have friends who collect in other areas. This is a good service for supporting membership recruitment of all collecting clubs.

Join A Club - To Our Partners
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To a great degree, the success of the Join A Club program - providing opportunities for collectors to request information from clubs in which they have an interest - will rely on you - our partners. The more Join A Club displays we can place in antique & collectible shows, particularly specialty shows, and in antique malls, auction galleries, etc. the more collectors we will reach. Think of this as not only a way to help collecting clubs with membership recruitment, but as a service in providing information on clubs to your clientele. If you can use a display, please let us know - info@JoinAClub.Org or call 301.926.8663. Please re-read the above article for more information or visit the JoinAClub website.

Like the clubs, if its easier, just return this newsletter with the following information:

____ YES, PLEASE SEND US A JOIN A CLUB DISPLAY. Send to the following postal address:

Name: ________________________________

Name of Business: _________________________________________

Address: ____________________________

____________________________

City: ________________________ State _______ Zip _________

E-Mail address: ___________________________________________

____ YES, we will place a Join A Club link on our website.

ACC News Service
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This is the News Service which features announcements, news articles and features from collecting clubs. Add your article directly or make sure we're on the news release mailing list.

Last week over 100 articles were added to the News Service. This is not only a good way to get information out about your club's activities, upcoming shows or conventions, special projects or features on members, but also a good way to keep up-to-date on what other clubs are doing.

We can be reached by e-mail at: NewsService@collectors.org