FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 13, 2008
Contact:
Ira Salmela
Chair, Publicity Committee
iraturunen@finnfest2008.com
(218) 213-6080
DISCOVER DULUTH AND FINNISH TREASURES THROUGH GEOCACHING
Cache Hidden in Duluth Area to Honor FinnFest 2008
People in the Twin Ports and surrounding area are invited to participate in a fun treasure
hunting adventure, to search for a cache named "Get to the 'Finnish'
line". The cache was hidden on June 9th, by two geocaching
enthusiasts and FinnFest 2008 organizing committee members, Arne and
Ivy Vainio and their nine years old son Jacob.
The cache, honoring Vainios' Finnish American heritage and the
upcoming FinnFest 2008 event, contains items such as Finnish flag
lapel pin, Finnish button, and another fun treasure which geocachers
call "swag." This cache isn't meant for just Finnish people to find -
everyone is welcome to search.
Coordinates and information about the Finnish cache's location,
contents and description will be available at
www.geocaching.com. To
view the cache listing, visitor needs to input the following waypoint
name: GC1D0PQ
The Vainio family plans to hide more "Finnish themed" caches closer
to FinnFest hoping that visitors, including those from Finland, will
be able to search out the caches and get a view of the beautiful city
of Duluth while finding treasures.
"Through geocaching we've found beautiful sites and places in Duluth
that we didn't know existed. It's a fun activity that our family
loves to do because it gets us outside, getting some exercise and
just being together,"says Arne Vainio.
Arne Vainio, whos paternal grandparents were Finnish immigrants, is a
family-practice physician at the Min-No-Aya-Win Human Services Clinic
on the Fond du Lac Ojibwe Reservation in Cloquet, Minn.
Read a story on Geocaching in
The Daily Telegram
