Volunteer Geocoin IGO "Extra Effort" Geocoin

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Released:
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Origin:
Iowa, United States
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Current Goal

A while back, IGO member Blue Deuce donated a Groundspeak Volunteer Geocoin to the IGO and suggested that it be used as reward for people who put in extra effort for the good of the IGO or geocaching in Iowa.

 

About This Item

The following are some guidelines that will be used to determine who will be invited to log the coin:
 

  • People who participate in an IGO sponsored CITO event.
  • The person or people who lead the planning efforts for one of IGOs large annual events. At present, these are Hike N Seek and Cache Bash.
  • People who are very active in organizing, running and improving the IGO. This could include past and present board members and people who donate significant time or resources to the group.
  • People who put in extra effort to get geocaching accepted in a previously off-limits area. This could include folks who give presentations to town councils or park directors.
  • People who actively promote geocaching/IGO by talking to the media, teaching classes and otherwise exposing non-cachers.
  • People who keep geocaching alive and well by placing a higher-than-average number of high-quality caches.

In short, we are looking for people who take the lead in improving geocaching, the image of geocaching, or the relationships geocachers have with others.

Since this is intended to be a reward, only the "best of the best" will be invited. In addition to the high standards, the coin will be awarded no more than 4 times per year. Once a person has been awarded the coin, that person will not be eligible again for a period of one year. We hope that these limits will make logging this coin something special and will challenge people to give more to the geocaching community.

Cachers can be nominated at any time by sending an email to "iowageocacherspresident@gmail.com" with a few words about what the nominee has done to earn the coin. Nominations will be considered by the IGO board of directors and possibly other geocachers. Please put "Extra Effort Geocoin Nomination" in the subject line of the email. An invitation to log the coin will be awarded to the nominee who is chosen as having done the most to further the IGO and/or geocaching.

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Grab It (Not from a Cache) 7/14/2012 cjandbjjones grabbed it   Visit Log

I would like to thank IGO board members for honoring us with this award.
There are many other cachers who deserve this award as well, hill folk with the WACkOSAGO , every year, the time they put into geocaching is greatly appreciated and we always have a lot of fun doing their event. They also did a heck of a lot of work for MOGA, the tribute trail all the caches and time to get ready or MOGA. Wow, some of you don’t realize how much time it takes to get ready for that it was unbelievable all the hard work the staff did and it showed, heck Scott, the NVG, must have started laying caches out mid winter just to have it ready for the spring. Gary called me and asked if anyone was doing artwork and that gave me an idea of what had to be done. We have seen a lot of cool caches and have shared finds with other cachers in the last two year. We know we would have not made it to 100 plus days in a row without a lot of help from other cachers, like Biscuit bunch with his cemetery series. I was about out of caches when ED put all those out so I did a lot of driving over to Newton, but the one who has helped me out the most was bessvanzee and her letter boxes so close to home, wow that saved a lot of gas money. But Jstrout has to get the biggest thanks for all of her dirt roads, frogs, fisher man and now tulips, Jamie even wanted to setup one of each type of caches in Bridgeview for MOGA, so you could get all types, that takes a lot. She put half of the moga art puzzle caches out. I also got to help out Bigdoublej with his caches and it has been a blast.
I just want to say it is not about the reward that drives me, it’s making others happy, that’s the best thing of all .We find it such a great privilege to receive such an award .Thanks to the well respected cachers who presented this to us, This Is such an Honor. Thanks again to everyone who enjoy caching as much as we do. Hope to see you on the trail soon, Cj and Bj
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/27/2012 welch grabbed it   Visit Log

Didn't get present this at Bucky's BYO (gc3bttg) as planned but still it is a great honor to be presented with what is IGO's greatest award :)
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 2/5/2012 Team Gamsci grabbed it   Visit Log

Wow! Am I surprised to be given the honor of this award. I don't know what to say. And to be given this award by The President (of IGO) himself!
Discovered It 9/24/2011 Team Kempker discovered it   Visit Log

Wow what an honor. I received this "Extra Effort" Geocoin at IGO's Hike n' Seek 2011. Our president, bumanfam, presented this to me for being the new newsletter editor of THE SEARCH. My whole family loves to go geocaching and the people who geocache. I am excited and happy that I get to participate in IGO and geocaching in general, in many different ways. Thank you all for the honor of this award. It is a fun memory that I will hold onto.
Discovered It 9/25/2010 Doc29 discovered it   Visit Log

Was allowed to discover this coin on the eve of 2010 Hike -N- Seek Event in Lee County, IA. We served on the planning committee. Hosting the Late Night event on Saturday night, The planning committee worked hard and will all be discovering this coin. Thanks to the IGO Board

Discovered It 9/25/2010 CCWelch discovered it   Visit Log

I am very honored to be allowed to discover the IGO Extra Effort Geocoin. I do not have fund raisers and invite the IGO Donation can to my events to be honored in such a way, I am happy to do what I can to help this Organization continue to move ahead. IGO is a wonderful group of people working together for the same goal. Educating the public that geocaching is a good sport not a terrorist plot.
Discovered It 9/24/2010 tgirl102 discovered it   Visit Log

I was one of several individuals that were awarded the honor of being able to discover this coin during the Hike-n-Seek weekend held in Lee County.

This was my first event to help at and attend. I had a really good time and want to thank Reppul, BJCheryl and Doc29 for including me.
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/24/2010 Repmul grabbed it   Visit Log

I was one of several individuals that were awarded the honor of being able to discover this coin during the Hike-n-Seek weekend. I served as the Host & Event Coordinator for the 2010 Hike-n-Seek event, held in Lee County.

Thanks to the IGO Board.
I would also like to thank my Planning Committee (BJCheryl, Doc29, & Tgirl102) for all their time & hard work to help make this a successful event.

(I am grabbing the coin, so the BOD know where the coin is)
Discovered It 9/24/2010 IowaAdmin discovered it   Visit Log

Thanks for the honor!

Discovered It 9/24/2010 bjcheryl discovered it   Visit Log

Was allowed to discover this coin on the eve of 2010 Hike -N- Seek Event in Lee County, IA. We served on the planning committee. Hosting the CITO event and the Meet and Greet Events on Friday night, The planning committee worked hard and will all be discovering this coin. Thanks to the IGO Board.

BjCheryl

This entry was edited by bjcheryl on Monday, 11 October 2010 at 14:11:27.
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