one example: 3 shops here in Maine sponsor and line up 12+ to be visited within a specific time...you get a passport ...usually free..sometimes there is a specific pattern and material at the shops each shop making their own sample.....or you can just visit and get the passport signed without buying...drawings offered -sign up at each store and at the end of the time allotted drawings take place...this is basic... it can involve a lot of travel usually we do it in groups..OR we just do it with our local group....leaving at 9am and visiting 3 or 4...having lunch at a specified place...our trip is mapped out...Lots of fun...lots of bonding with one another. :-D