Collector calls
August is like the Sunday of summer. We are enjoying the last warm days before fall comes to greet us again. We are both nostalgic and sad as the season winds down.
Maybe you have picked up a few mementos this summer to add to a prized collection. This issue’s cover story, “Amazing amassing,” features many of the items our members have told us they love to collect. And the number and variety of Costco collectors and collections are pretty awesome. Because we couldn’t feature them all here, here’s a partial list of what we discovered Costco members collect: advertising, bicycles, buttons, cameras, cans, frogs, keys, matchbooks, Nativity scenes, Pez dispensers, seashells, toys, watches—whew!
My two children are both graduating university this year. How quickly their school days are coming to an end. Many of you will be sending your own children back to school. If you have kids in any age of schooling, I recommend our Back-to-School Special Section article on school-life balance.
Our great cereal and toast topper recipes will help start the school day off right. And this month’s articles on successful carpools and mini workouts might be just what you need to get back to your fall routine.
Finally, from our team here at the Connection to all our members who participated in this issue’s cover story, a collective “Thank you!” We enjoyed hearing about what you love to collect.
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PUBLISHER Sandy Torrey storrey@costco.com
EDITORIAL DIRECTORS
Canada/U.K. Stephanie E. Ponder sponder@costco.com
U.S. T. Foster Jones tod.jones@costco.com
INTERNATIONAL TEAM
Christina Guerrero cguerrero2@costco.com
Dan Jones daniel.jones@costco.com
U.S. TEAM
Katie Coleman, katie.coleman@costco.com
Will Fifield, wfifield@costco.com
FRENCH LANGUAGE EDITION
William Giroux, Céleste Savoie
COPY EDITORS
Miriam Bulmer, Jodie Warren
CONTRIBUTORS
Sharon Chisvin, Cathie Ericson, Joseph Hanna, Erik J. Martin, John Merrigan, Suja Natarajan, Ann Nelson, Christine Persaud, Joanne Sallay, Lana Sanichar, Ellen Schwartz, Erin Silver, Lawrence Varga, Kristi York
ART DIRECTOR Lory Williams, lwilliams@costco.com
ASSOCIATE ART DIRECTORS
David Schneider, dschneider@costco.com
Brenda Shecter, bshecter@costco.com
GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Ken Broman, Grant Collier, Isabelle Lafrance, Steven Lait, Megan Lees, Chris Rusnak, Jacob Walker
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Antolin Matsuda amatsuda@costco.com
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MaryAnne Robbers mrobbers@costco.com
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Grace Clark graceclark@costco.com
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Jodie Moy jodie.moy@costco.com
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Shannon Ambrose shannon.ambrose@costco.com
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Karine Lapointe-Moses karine.moses@costco.com
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Sophia Burgin sophia.burgin@costco.com
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Nathalie Fauteux, Christin Hudon, Solange Richer St-Jean
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