HeatherL Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) **Cross posted on the general education board** A few years ago I participated in a great postcard swap on a different homeschooling board. My son loved receiving them in the mail and I thought I'd see if there was any interest to do one here this summer. It would be very simple. There would be a limit of 25 families. I would generate the list of names and addresses and send it out through private message. Your family would be required to send one postcard to each family on the list by August 1st (A lot of us seem to start our school year then). Each postcard would need to have a picture/landmark from the sate you live in and some interesting facts/message that you can hand write or print and glue to the back. Postage for postcards is 35 cents and postcards themselves usually can be found for 50 cents or co (our Walmart has tons with state images). It doesn't matter if there are multiples from the same states, because each will be personal from the sender. I figure if we do this as a summer activity it could lead to some fun summer learning rabbit trails for the receivers and allow senders to work on some research and writing skills. Since there would be 25 going out, kids would not need to be required to hand write each one. This is definitely a family activity. Once the list is closed, either by hitting the 25 families or by May 20th - whichever comes first, families will have from June 1st - August 1st to get these mailed out. PLEASE if you sign up and are committed on the final list DO NOT FLAKE! It really just hurts the kids involved. 1. HeatherL 2. Rach 3. athomeontheprarie 4. Pink and Green Mom 5. My3Munchkins 6. AmandaVT 7. MeghansMom 8. MrsRobinson 9. springr8 10. anonymous (will provide personal info to the group) 11. LAR 12. Ravin 13. Momof3IL 14. fdrinca 15. Jenn in CA 16. Stratford 17. Tanaqui 18. TaraTheLiberator 19. MedicMom 20. Spryte 21. deBij 22. SportUK 23. RenaInTexas 24. Mommysanders 25. ZaraBellesMom 26. Acorn -----------------FULL------------------------------------ We are now full. Each family will send out 25 postcards (22 in the US and 3 internationally, the cost is only 85 cents more for those 3) I will be sending out messages to the people listed above. Thank you to everyone who joined and I so excited to get this started!! Edited April 26, 2016 by HeatherL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
athomeontheprairie Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I'm in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I'd like to do it (we are in FL) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My3Munchkins Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 We would love to join in! (We're in south Florida) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmandaVT Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 We'll join - we did something similar last year and loved it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeghansMom Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 I am in! Thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 I'm so excited there is interest in this and we are already half full! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fdrinca Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 If there is room, please add our family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenn in CA Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Me please! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiku Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Us, please! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicMom Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Me too! We are studying the states this summer so it would be perfect! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spryte Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 We'd love to do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 We are now full. Each family will send out 25 postcards (22 in the US and 3 internationally, the cost is only 85 cents more for those 3) I will be sending out messages to the people listed above. Thank you to everyone who joined and I so excited to get this started!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted April 29, 2016 Author Share Posted April 29, 2016 Messages have been sent to everyone on the final list. If I skipped any one I am so sorry, please let me know. As soon as everyone responds I will send out the lists via message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamiof5 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 If there's a wait list or for some reason someone has to change their mind can you please let us know?? How fun! For some reason I didn't see this til now :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeatherL Posted May 1, 2016 Author Share Posted May 1, 2016 If there's a wait list or for some reason someone has to change their mind can you please let us know?? How fun! For some reason I didn't see this til now :( I have a few people I haven't heard from that haven't provided me with their address yet. I will give them another day or two to get back to me and if I don't hear from them, I can add you to the list. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessed3x Posted May 2, 2016 Share Posted May 2, 2016 I have a few people I haven't heard from that haven't provided me with their address yet. I will give them another day or two to get back to me and if I don't hear from them, I can add you to the list. :) OH! I just saw this too. If there is room, we are interested. Anyone want a postcard from Japan?!! :patriot: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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