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When Clubbers Teach YOU

Hey leaders,

Last night at club we had a visitor and I was working through the Start Zone with him. As I was commenting that his age (9) was right in between the ages of two of my own children, he volunteered that his birthday was coming up on the 10th of the month.

So I did the standard leader line, "Hey, that's great, you're turning 10, got big plans?" kind of thing. It was at that point that the almost 10-year-old clubber said something that this late-30something leader had never heard:

Clubber: "Yeah, it's my golden birthday."

Me: (Huh?) "Your golden birthday? What do you mean?"

Clubber: "My golden birthday...I'm turning 10 on March 10th."

Me: "Oh, I get it. Interesting, I never heard of this golden birthday idea before. Well, that's too bad because I missed my golden birthday when I turned 25."

(At this point, the rest of the handbook group -- which obviously had tuned in to the conversation -- jumped me all at once.)

LIT: "You've never heard of that? You've seriously never heard of golden birthday?!"

Other clubber: "Everyone's heard of that!"

Visiting clubber: (obviously gaining confidence) "Yeah, everyone's heard of that!"

So, I learned something last night at club! Here's my question: what have you learned from your clubbers? Of course, you learn a lot about them and their lives, but I mean "general knowledge" kind of stuff that you had no idea of before the kid mentioned it to you.

Who knows...I'll probably learn some more new things from your comments.

Inside Info: February and March are killer months here at HQ as we are cranking on all the products you'll see in your catalog in June. Pray for us! Just this week:

• I've seen the layout of the updated T&T Book Three
• I've heard the review copy of the Sparks HangGlider™ handbook CD
• I've reviewed rough animation for the Sparks In-flight Movie DVD
• I've seen layouts on the Sparks Frequent Flyer extra-credit cards