Club Leaders We Need Your Help!

• All * Star Stamp Club -- Club leaders and teachers are invited to join the APS All * Star Stamp Club. You as leaders are the key people in promoting philately with the youth!

• You Can Run a Youth Club -- An informative article by Karen Weigt. Learn what the secrets are to running a terrific stamp club for young people.

• Take Your Club on a Field Trip! -- Exciting field trip ideas for club leaders.

• Group Activities -- Challenging group games and ideas.

• On-line Brochures -- These introductory brochures are available in .pdf format for use in clubs or classrooms. To use the .pdf form you will need Adobe Acrobat®, which is a freely distributed reader.
  
  • The World of Stamps
  • Welcome to Stamp Collecting
  • 10 Low-Cost Ways to Start Collecting Stamps
  • Three Tips for Stamp Collectors: Soaking Stamps, Choosing an Album, and Using Tongs
    
    
• Youth Club and Pen Pal Services
  
  
  • Young Stamp Collectors of America is a club of collectors, under age 18. Members receive the YSCA e-newsletter, monthly e-meetings, and twice a year meetings at the APS StampShow and the APS Winter Show. Adults are welcome to join as a Supporting Member. More informatio is available.
    
    
  • Student Letter Exchange has matched English speaking Pen Pals with students, ages 9-18, across the U.S. and around the world for over 60 years. What better way to make a new friend and learn about other cultures and start a stamp collection! For information write to: Student Letter Exchange, 211 Broadway, Suite 201, Lynbrook, NY 11563-3265 or visit their website at http://www.pen-pal.com/.
    
    
  • World Pen Pals has promoted international friendship and cultural understanding between youth people around the world and American students. Write to: World Pen Pals, PO Box 337, Saugerties, NY 12477 or visit their website at http://www.world-pen-pals.com/. If you write to them, be sure to mention that you were referred by the APS and you'll receive a dozen foreign canceled stamps!
  
  
• Other Web Sites - Filled with Beginner Information
  
  
  • BNAPS Stamp Collecting for Kids
    http://www.bnaps.org/stamps4kids/
    
    
  • Bumber Land - Stamps 4 Kids
    http://www.bumperland.com/stamps.html
    
    
  • Scouts on Stamps Society International
    http://www.sossi.org/
    
    
  • Stamp Collecting with Michael Mills http://www.collectstamps.about.com/hobbies/collectstamps/
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• Looking for other Lesson Ideas? Try these links:
  • Teaching with Stamps
  • Stamp on Black History -- Philatelists in the Classroom

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The APS attempts to promote stamp collecting to youth. We do this by answering questions and correspondence, helping to staff youth areas at certain shows, and providing resources and ideas to teachers and leaders of youth clubs. We also try to work cooperatively with other organizations active in promoting youth philately.

How else may we help you?

Please feel free to e-mail Janet Houser, or phone 814-933-3803 ext. 238, Monday through Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm EST, with questions, ideas, and suggestions.