Plant-a-Letterbox Day
International Plant-a-Letterbox Day started in the spring of 2006. Flowers were blooming, the sun was coming out, and spring was in the air. It was a time to start letterboxing, and encourage others to plant a letterbox, many for their first time. Jokes were made about crashing Atlas Quest with all the new letterboxes being listed. (Fortunately, this did not happen.) A record number of letterboxes were listed that day, May 24, 2006.
We had so much fun, we did it again in 2007. And again in 2008. Want to join the fun? Plant a letterbox on May 24th, then list it on Atlas Quest. If you're busy that day, it's okay to plant it a few days early and list it later, or plant it on May 24th and come back a few days later to list it. Just be sure to list the plant date as May 24th if you want it to count towards International Plant-a-Letterbox Day.
2009 Statistics
| Total boxes listed | 778 |
| Total traditional listed | 700 |
| Total non-traditional listed | 78 |
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| Total number of planters | 314 |
| Total for traditional planters | 291 |
| Total for non-traditional planters | 49 |
2008 Statistics
| Total boxes listed | 916 |
| Total traditional boxes listed | 756 |
| Total non-traditional boxes listed | 160 |
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| Total number of planters | 352 |
| Total for traditional planters | 315 |
| Total for non-traditional planters | 76 |
2007 Statistics
| Total boxes listed | 482 |
| Total traditional boxes listed | 337 |
| Total non-traditional boxes listed | 145 |
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| Total number of planters | 204 |
| Total for traditional planters | 197 |
| Total for non-traditional planters | 28 |
2006 Statistics
| Total boxes listed | 269 |
| Total traditional boxes listed | 231 |
| Total non-traditional boxes listed | 38 |
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| Total number of planters | 121 |
| Total for traditional planters | 116 |
| Total for non-traditional planters | 24 |