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Welcome!!!!
You have reached the homepage of the Michigan Geocaching Organization (MiGO). The purpose of our organization is to promote the sport of Geocaching in Michigan via improved communications and to provide information to the public about our activities and the sport of geocaching. Please spend some time on our site. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us or visit www.geocaching.com for more details.
Join MiGO Today!
Our free membership gives you many benefits. MiGO is one of the oldest
and most respected Geocaching organizations in the country. Since our
inception in April, 2002 we have grown both in size and stature. In
2007 we were granted an organizational land use permit by the Michigan
DNR. This permit is paid annually by MiGO and enables all our members
to place caches on permitted DNR lands at no fee. This is just one of
the many benefits of your free membership. You'll also become part of a
local and tight-knit Geocaching community with an active interest in
caching in our state. Our forums are very active and are a great place
to meet cachers and learn.
"Help support the park systems that support MiGO! Click here for Land Use Guidelines!"
Don't forget to get your silent and live auction items for the 14th Annual MiGO Winter Social (GC668FR)!!! This event is the single biggest fundraiser for MiGO making it possible for us to do all the great things we do for geocaching in the state of Michigan!
Emanuel Lutheran School
1001 N. Capitol Ave, Lansing, MI 48906
Dinner: The food this year is being catered by
Robinhill Catering
Menu:
Baked Chicken Breast
Vegetable Lasagna
Mashed potatoes w/Gravy
Green Beans
Coleslaw
Rolls & Butter
Cake
Cost and Registration:
The same as last year's event, the cost will be $15.00 per adult, Kids 6-11 years old are $5.00 and all kids 5 and under are free. You must register your attendance. All registrations MUST be received by January 28, 2016.
Registration
Geocacher Bingo Game sheets handed out
Snacks and various beverages will be available during the event.
A Travel bug table will be available with a sign-in/out sheet
Personal Signature card/item table will be available
11:30
MiGO Store opens
11:30 -12:30
Slient Auction
There will be a Flash event (GC67FRR) to drop off donated items
1:00 - 1:30
Catered Dinner
1:30
Game Sheets Due
Game Winners Drawn
Awards Announced
2:00
Auction Winners Announced
3:00
Dismissal, clean up, close up
* Annual MiGO Businees Meeting to Follow Winter Social Activites *
KIDSActivityArea!
Make sure to check out the special Kids areas when you arrive! Ask any event staffer and they will be able to point you to the area.
Someone will be keeping the kids busy with an assortment of crafts and games. They will have plenty of fun doing various crafts, coloring & showing off their talents while interacting with each other. Children 12 and under only, please.
Annual MiGO Business Meeting
The Annual MiGO Business Meeting will start at 3:30 pm, following the 14th Annual MiGO Winter Social. The Annual MiGO Business Meeting is open to the general public. There is no cost to attend the Annual MiGO Business Meeting.
The The Michigan Geocaching Organization is proud to announce Chris Vandenberg - The son of Doug Vandenberg (TreePlanter), has been awarded The Susan Kay Schug Educational Scholarship for 2015. Chris is pursuing a degree in Natural Resource Management - Resource Analysis Methods (at GVSU). Chris is mainaining a GPA of 3.5 while interning at the GVSU Water Resources Institute and Johnson Center for Philanthropy. He is looking forward to in the future to get his masters degree and continue research, improving our understanding of the environment and natural systems. The Vandenberg family have been very involved in geocaching and have been MiGO members since 2004. Keep up the good work! We wish Chris well in the future!
Congratulations Chris!
For more information about this scholarship click on the MiGO Scholarship link in the left column.
With the warmer weather and the huge growth in Geocaching MiGO has been receiving more requests for help than the elected and appointed leadership can handle on our own.
Park Managers, the DNR, Boy and Girl Scout Groups and community organizations have all contacted MiGO for help in one manner or another. These request range from giving Geocaching101 presentations to a group to just having a presence at an event to explain Geocaching to attendees who might be interested. All of these requests are posted in the MiGO Forums under the Outreach Forum. Please take a minute and browse this Forum and see if there is anything you might be able and willing to help out with.
