{"id":86022,"date":"2026-03-31T19:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/?page_id=86022"},"modified":"2026-03-31T19:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:30:56","slug":"newsletter-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
\n<\/p>\n\n\n
\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n
\"WOCF<\/td>\n

<\/p>\n

\n
WOCF 2026<\/div>\n
Newsletter #2<\/div>\n
28 March 2026<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

WOCF BLOCKBUSTER SILENT AUCTION<\/h2>\n\"Silent\n
\n

The WOCF Silent Auction scheduled for Friday evening May 22 is shaping up to be a blockbuster! The USOPC Archives has helped us to acquire several older and significant items that are sure to attract high bidding, and are easy to take home.<\/p>\n

Among the items already secured are:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ten IOC badges from 2014, 2015, 2021 and 2025<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960 Squaw Valley bid supplement book to the USOC from 1955 (above)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948 St. Moritz Daily Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956 Cortina Daily Programs (above)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960 Squaw Valley Daily Programs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1932 Lake Placid Daily Summaries<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

We look forward to an active auction and lots of happy winners!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

WOCF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED<\/h2>\n\"Interior\n
\n
\n

We\u2019re putting together a great team of volunteers to help make the 2026 World Olympic Collectors\u2019 Fair run smoothly\u2014and we\u2019d love to have you involved! Volunteering is a fun way to meet fellow collectors, get a behind-the-scenes look at the event, and contribute to the success of this international gathering. Whether you can spare an hour or help throughout the weekend, there\u2019s a role for you.<\/p>\n

Volunteer opportunities include:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Registration and Welcome Desk (Friday\u2013Sunday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gift Bag Assembly (Thursday afternoon or early Friday)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Olympian Autograph & Photo Session Coordination<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Directional Assistance for Tours (USOPC, Training Center, Museum)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silent Auction Support (setup, checkout, and wrap-up)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Event Setup and Take-Down (frames, signage, displays)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

If you\u2019re interested in volunteering, please let us know your availability and preferred roles\u2014we\u2019ll match you with a position that fits your schedule. Your help will make a real difference in creating a memorable experience for all attendees! Please contact
\nJim Goddard (jhgoddard1503@comcast.net)
\n<\/a> if you can help out!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

Promote Your Olympic Association<\/h2>\n\"Interior\n
\n

We still need the AICO Members to assemble a short (8-page) overview of their association and its involvement in bringing Olympic history to life through collecting. This is an easy way to acquaint other collectors from around the world with your activities — and perhaps gain some new members!<\/p>\n

Each AICO member association is invited to reserve a half-frame (8 pages, A4 or standard letter size) to present and promote its society.<\/p>\n

The content is entirely your choice. You may tell a thematic or topical story, present a chronological history of your country\u2019s Olympic participation, highlight notable athletes or milestone moments, or showcase distinctive material from your members\u2019 collections.<\/p>\n

The only requirement is that either the first or last page include information about your association \u2014 including how to join, contact details, and your website URL.<\/p>\n

To make participation accessible to all AICO member associations, you may either email high-resolution (300 dpi) scans of your completed pages in advance, or bring printed pages to the Fair. You do not have to attend in order to participate.<\/p>\n

Associations wishing to participate should contact the project coordinator, Mark Maestrone <\/strong>(m.maestrone@gmail.com<\/a>). The deadline to reserve display space is April 20, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

\n

WOCF 2026 TABLES NEARLY SOLD OUT!<\/h2>\n\"Interior\n
\n
\n

Registration for tables at the Fair and events has skyrocketed!
\nOnly 7 tables<\/strong> remain open.<\/p>\n

Registration remains open for the Archive Tour\/Silent Auction and Gala Banquet<\/p>\n

Here is a snapshot of current registration activity:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Tables Sold:<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USOP Training Center Tour:<\/td>\nSOLD OUT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
USOPC Archives & Silent Auction:<\/td>\n70 Tickets Sold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gala Dinner & Museum Tour:<\/td>\n67 Guests<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hotel Special Room Rate Occupancy:<\/td>\nA few rooms still available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
US Olympians Attending:<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\n

There is still time to reserve tables and register for events. Full details and registration information are available at\u00a0WOCFColorado2026.org
\n<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

<\/p>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WOCF 2026 Newsletter #2 28 March 2026 WOCF BLOCKBUSTER SILENT AUCTION The WOCF Silent Auction scheduled for Friday evening May 22 is shaping up to be a blockbuster! The USOPC Archives has helped us to acquire several older and significant items that are sure to attract high bidding, and are easy to take home. Among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":85555,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wocf-inside-page.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-86022","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNewsletter #2 - AICO<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newsletter #2 - AICO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WOCF 2026 Newsletter #2 28 March 2026 WOCF BLOCKBUSTER SILENT AUCTION The WOCF Silent Auction scheduled for Friday evening May 22 is shaping up to be a blockbuster! The USOPC Archives has helped us to acquire several older and significant items that are sure to attract high bidding, and are easy to take home. Among […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AICO\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T17:30:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WOCF2026\/logo-v2.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Tempo di lettura stimato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minuto\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsletter #2 - AICO\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/WOCF2026\\\/logo-v2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-31T17:21:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T17:30:56+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/WOCF2026\\\/logo-v2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/WOCF2026\\\/logo-v2.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/newsletter-2\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/it\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"World Olympic Collectors\u2019 Fair\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"WOCF 2026 Colorado Springs\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/wocf\\\/wocf-2026\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"Newsletter #2\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"AICO\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aicolympic.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"it-IT\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Newsletter #2 - AICO","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/","og_locale":"it_IT","og_type":"article","og_title":"Newsletter #2 - AICO","og_description":"WOCF 2026 Newsletter #2 28 March 2026 WOCF BLOCKBUSTER SILENT AUCTION The WOCF Silent Auction scheduled for Friday evening May 22 is shaping up to be a blockbuster! The USOPC Archives has helped us to acquire several older and significant items that are sure to attract high bidding, and are easy to take home. Among […]","og_url":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/","og_site_name":"AICO","article_modified_time":"2026-03-31T17:30:56+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WOCF2026\/logo-v2.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Tempo di lettura stimato":"4 minuto"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/","url":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/","name":"Newsletter #2 - AICO","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WOCF2026\/logo-v2.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-31T17:21:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-31T17:30:56+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"it-IT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WOCF2026\/logo-v2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/WOCF2026\/logo-v2.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/newsletter-2\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"World Olympic Collectors\u2019 Fair","item":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WOCF 2026 Colorado Springs","item":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/wocf\/wocf-2026\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Newsletter #2"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/","name":"AICO","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"it-IT"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86022"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86032,"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86022\/revisions\/86032"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aicolympic.org\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}