It’s been great fun for me to hear the original uses people are finding for their copies of Sketches of Saskatoon.
One creative Grandmom is gifting her grandson with a copy of SOS and turning it into a Scavenger Hunt challenge. Her plan is that over the next year the two of them will go on a series of adventures to visit all of the places in the book. What fun! I can hear the Saturday morning conversation right now: “Heh, Gran, let’s find page 23 today!”
Another individual took SOS to a dinner party as a hostess gift – in lieu of the more traditional bottle of wine. She reports the hosts were thrilled, and that the gift prompted quite a bit of conversation throughout the evening.
Of course there are many other uses as well. Think about a few of these:
- Gifts for friends and family members celebrating Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries
- Classroom teacher, music or dance teacher, or team coach gifts
- Going away gifts
- Gifts for people who used to live in Saskatoon, or who are thinking of returning to the city
- Gifts for neighbors who shovel your snow or take in your mail
- Welcome treats for visitors arriving from out of town
- Travel exchange host gifts
- An item for your Secret Santa or gift exchange activities
- Thank you gifts for guest speakers, Board members, community volunteers
- Appreciation gifts for clients or colleagues
- Special gift to include in goodie bags or as part of conference kits or party favors
- Give-aways at trade shows
- Bonus gifts as part of special promotions and special offers
- And many more….
If you have a novel use for Sketches of Saskatoon, let me know so I can add to the list of suggestions and share your inspiration with others.
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