About a month ago, a group of students in Kampar, Malaysia hosted a really nice event in their university, to spread the word about Postcrossing. It was quite successful, and everyone had a great time – so we wanted to share their story, in order to inspire you! :) Here they are:
If you are a postcrosser, you can probably relate to that indescribable feeling in finding a happy postcard sitting in your mailbox to welcome you home after a long, tiring day. A postcard is simply magical; each can only contain so few words yet enough to give you a glimpse of the life of someone living across the globe. To receive postcards personalized for you, knowing that each was handwritten by a thoughtful heart, it reminds us that the world is a hopeful and wonderful place.
Wanting to share what makes us so blissfully happy, we decided to start small in our university. One booth, 18 hours, 37 new members (not including those who preferred to register in the comfort of their own home) pretty much summed up our whole campaign. The idea of Postcrossing was very well received; many are excited and eager to restore the once forgotten postcards tradition together. To follow up, we created a small Facebook community, which is still growing each day. Hopefully if we can inspire every postcrosser to reach out and do something small, together we can achieve more.
Well, since a picture is worth a thousand words, here they come…
Our twin #1, Catherine (on the left) sharing her Postcrossing experience with enthusiasm.
Our twin #2, Angela (on the right) is equally passionate when it comes to Postcrossing.
Meng An (on the right) with potential new members. She also contributed to most of our eye-catching and colourful decorations!
Ming Zhe (on the right) – our photographer #1 and the reason why we are now obsessed with postcards. He introduced Postcrossing to the rest of us!
Yee Hong (on the left) attracting a potential member with her postcards collection.
Stewart in action! He is also the man in charge of producing our flyers and photographer #2.
Sandrene posting the first batch of postcards written by our new members.
Fantastic work! Please give a big round of applause for the enthusiastic members who organized this event:
From left to right: Angela (aka Hebe92), Stewart (aka stewartooi), Yee Hong (aka yeehongsia), Sandrene (aka sandrene), Meng An (aka mengan0716), Catherine (aka catgoh92) and Ming Zhe (aka ming_zhe0423).
What about YOU? Got any plans to spread the word about the project in your local school or university? :) Let us know how it goes!
36 comments so far
Looks like heaps of FUN! All done with a SM :)E! Keep up the good work guys :D LoVe your style :D
A nice story...
Well done :-) !
I can read under a picture "(...) attracting a potential member" : Postcrossing is not a trap. Oh, maybe it is :D...
Awesome!!!!
kudos! i'm from kuala lumpur and would love to be involved in any future postcrossing events. pm me!
Well done Students, to spread the info about Postcrossing :-)
To all Postcrosser, did you receive the cards from your own Country? I have yet to send or receive one from Malaysia! Have fun!
Thank you posting this article for us. It meant so much to us and I feel accomplished being a postcrosser. Thank you
Cool... I am Makaysian too.
I also introduce postcrossing to ppl surround me.
I am staying in Selangor.
Looks so nice!!!! :) Congratulations for a job well done! :)
Love the displays--- the Postcrossing mailbox is particularly awesome! :) Looks like you had a lot of fun!!!
Tahniah! Looked like you guys has been organising such successful event and nice effort indeed! I would also hope I will do the same.
All so young and enthusiastic - great to see such lovely displays
Congrats guys! A big hug from Brazil to each one of you!!!
Love!
Great job well done! :D
I like the booth with the large Postcrossing sign especially the red mailbox with flags from all over the world! :D
Thank you, guys for setting up this event! :D :D
Inspiring Story, Keep up the good work!!!!
Awesome! I love the mailbox. Too cute! ^_^
Nice job of promoting Postcrossing, you guys! Looks like you had a fun time doing it.
WOW!!!
I'm from Malaysia too! If there are any more events please include me too! Thanks...oh and is there a postcrossing group for Malaysians on Facebook? Please let me know...
Wow~~~ Great job ^_^
Proud of you guys! I am from Malaysia too! Hopefuly I could help out in the future event if there is any activities re the Postcrossing in Malaysia. you may pm me. Malaysia Boleh!!! :D
Great job. Enjoy this great hobby.
I am from Penang island, Malaysia and I joined postcrossing back in 2007.
Here is my "massive" postcard collection
http://smspostcard.blogspot.com/
very nice event. Decoration looks like made with love. And all the members have got a happy smile in their face. Thank you to all of them.
So did you guys have a stash of postcards and stamps you allowed them to use to send their first cards? I'm interested in doing something similar for postcrossing at my university, but the stamps alone are $1.15 each and that could add up very quickly. Can you tell more about how exactly this event was set up?
Awesome job,guys!!!!
awesome!!!! i'll try to do the same here in our place.
Makes you proud to be a Postcrosser when a group sets up something like this. WELL DONE!
@knally13 I've sent you an email on more details. ;)
Great! Well done!
Wonderful story, thank you so much for sharing it! Great job you all did there!
Wonderful!
Great idea to promote Postcrossing!
Clever idea and it looks like wonderful fun for all concerned. Well done to the organisers and welcome to all the new members.
Love the red post box with the cards ! Great fun and very creative1
Looks awesome! Hoping for a postcard from Malaysia doon!!!
Greetings from Lithuania !
A huge success and a lot of beautiful cards for your wonderfully Society!!!
Sincerely,Vidas.
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