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Our pack is involved in manning a booth at our charter organization's annual Italian street festival as well as other local events. We use these opportunities to put out Scout flyers for the general public & do some recruiting. Many groups offer give-aways at these events. So far we have only given out paper airplanes & paper boats with our contact info on them which does not cost us anything. We are now considering going more mainstream & buying personalized refrigerator magnets & personalized pencils, but that costs money which we do not have a lot of. So my question--before we go to this expense--is, has anyone tried personalized pencils, magnets, etc., with any success? I am thinking it might be good for general publicity, but maybe not so much for direct recruitment into our pack. In other words, we may not directly reap the benefits of this expense in terms of increased registration. What are other packs' experience & advice?