If there is such a thing as a "hybrid" letterbox, perhaps my recently planted "First Light" letterbox located at a homeless shelter in Birmingham, Alabama would qualify?

http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/clue/index.html?gBoxId=30641

It is a traditional letterbox (with plenty of room for hitchhikers), but to "find" it you have to bring a donation to the women's shelter.

We have also given folks the option to "find" the box by mail, saying:

GO POSTAL! Those who cannot travel to Birmingham to visit the shelter are encouraged to participate by "postal" means-- stamp your signature stamp on a 3x5 card and send it with your donation along with a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE), and we will send you back a 3x5 card with the First Light stamp for your logbook as well as your receipt for tax purposes. Send your donation and stamp to:

Attn: Shannon Horsley
Letterbox Donation
2230 Fourth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203

So.... do y'all think that makes this box a hybrid traditional-postal letterbox? Do you think there's something more that I can do to encourage more "postal" letterboxers to support the shelter and "find" it by mail or to make it conform better to the "postal" definition without confusing the shelter staffers?

Suggestions? Thoughts?

Thanks, everyone!

MisterSnarky

PS- I'm not Shannon Horsley-- she's much prettier than me.

I'd call this an Indoor Traditional with a "LoDiFO" (Long-Distance Find Option).

"Hybrid" has already been reserved for use with letterboxes that are also geocaches.

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StarSAELS wrote:

I'd call this an Indoor Traditional with a "LoDiFO" (Long-Distance Find Option).

"Hybrid" has already been reserved for use with letterboxes that are also geocaches.

Is "LoDiFO" a term that has been used before?

(I'm relatively new here)

MisterSnarky