How to pass the torch

[Kurt B.]

John Waggoner suggested this might be the right forum for me to pose my question:

How can an old Corvette guy like me get young children interested in the Corvette without people thinking I'm weird or a pedophile.
I saw my first Corvette at age 14 and the owner let me look at it up close and let me sit in it and I decided right there that someday I would have one.
I have collected many Corvette related items, models, t-shirts over the years and now that I am 70 I would love to pass an item on here and there to some young person in hopes of kindling the fire of Corvette.
My boys are adults and my only granddaughter is only 3 years old so she is a bit young. (But I bought her an electric C-5 Corvette pedal car anyway)
I don't want to give items to someone only to see them sell it on E-bay, so I don't know how to go about passing the Corvette torch to other young people the way that the guy with the red Corvette got me started at age 14.
I also collect model trains and have seen that hobby die off because children just aren't into trains the way we were, and now everything is video games.
Any thoughts or comments ??
Thank you in advance
Kurt

[Rick A.]

Re: How to pass the torch

Kurt - personally, I would try to work with a local Boy / Girl Scout troop, and maybe even YMCA or something along those lines and arrange to have a meeting at a suitable venue for both you and the youth organization. This would allow you to talk about your passion and to pass on items to the youth as you see fit based on their enthusiasm. Just thinking out-of-the-box and out-loud here.

[Kurt B.]

Re: How to pass the torch

Thank you Rick
I appreciate the input
Kurt