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This is just plain cool. A senior in high school made a Facebook event to get his friends to all wear their YL shirts on the same day. Well, it caught on to say the least. When I last checked, 23,000+ people have “accepted” the invite to attend.

What other creative ways have you seen Facebook or other social media used to create momentum for things related to YL?

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Like many of us I am starting to look for summer camp shirts. You may have noticed the link on ylhelp about Retro Fashions. Ryan and Kylie at Retro have been active in YL for many years and have worked with our YL area to provide great shirts for all of our activities. I highly highly recommend them from my personal experience. In fact I think they have even gotten better over the years. They have a “we will beat any price” promise that I have never proven wrong. They even do artwork free of charge. Anyway, I was looking at some of their designs they have done in the past as I’m thinking of some for this year and I thought I’d pass them along for your viewing pleasure. These are some of my favorites…

PS… Check them out if you need a great design or price. http://www.fashionablyretro.com or just email RyanDurkin@FashionablyRetro.com

My friend Hugh from North Carolina shared a great idea with me. Here is what he suggested…

Here’s a quick and dirty pre-club activity:  photo booth.  Set up a camera, leader, backdrop, and some nutty props (theme optional).  As kids arrive at club take pictures of them. Here is a sample from a wedding, but you get the drill.

He mentioned that is is easy, free, fun and you can use these pictures to promote club.

Thanks for the idea Hugh!

My friend Joey and Alex are trying something this semester I thought would be worth passing along.

Like most clubs they have a time each week when they introduce any new kids. In each club they will award one point to either the guys or the girls based on who has more new kids that week. At the end of the semester the gender that has more points will get $5 each in the camp store or snack bar.

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