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General Thoughts about Lost and Found dynamics.

Official Lost and Found Day 2021

With all of the loss the world has experienced over the past many months, it seems rather ridiculous to focus on stuff like lost coats and cell phones. We’ve lost time, people and, at times, we’ve lost direction. The planet … Continue reading

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Official Lost and Found Day 2019 – Is there any hope?

Our school, Chautauqua Elementary on Vashon Island, Washington, has suffered from “Lost and Found Syndrome” for many, many years. Children (and some adults) lose items (mostly coats) constantly, but never seem to look for those items. So, naturally, our Lost … Continue reading

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We’re Still Here!

As the creators of Official Lost and Found Day, we don’t blog much, as is evident from our lack of numerous blogs. But we’re still out here, watching and wishing everyone a Happy and Successful Official Lost and Found Day. … Continue reading

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Let Us Know How You Celebrate Lost and Found Day!

There’s a comment section right below this. If you’ve joined the Official Lost and Found Celebration Wagon, please leave a comment and let us know what you’ve done to celebrate!

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We’re Officially Official!

We managed to forget to post this last year, but we have been accepted by the wonderful folks at Chase’s Calendar of Events Headquarters as the Official Lost and Found Day Day! I’m not sure we had much competition, but … Continue reading

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We’ve Submitted Our Entry to Be Official!

Though our school has always had a special place in our hearts for the Lost and Found, it wasn’t until December of 2012 that we actually celebrated Official Lost and Found Day. We thought it would end there, just us, … Continue reading

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Welcome to the Official Lost and Found Day website

The second Friday of each December the world turns its attention to Official Lost and Found Day.  And if it doesn’t, well it should.  It is on that day that we take a moment to recall the stuff we’ve lost … Continue reading

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