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<title>DCSWCC Announces Big Plans for Celebration 5</title>
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            The Washington DC Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) is pleased to announce exciting activities and exclusives for Star Wars Celebration 5.&#160; All activities are free with your paid admission to Celebration 5 &#8211; just stop by the DCSWCC booth #1421 in the main Exhibit Hall.&#160; 
            
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<title>2010 Charity Pin AVAILABLE NOW</title>
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            The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) is proud to announce our fourth bi-annual charity lapel pin sale.
            
            The 2010 pin features Luke on his tauntaun with our signature Washington Monument in the background, in honor of the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. Fourth in DCSWCC&#8217;s series of high-quality cloisonn&#233; lapel pins, offici]]></description>
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<title>2010 HALLMARK ORNAMENTS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[DCSWCC has a preview of the upcoming 2010 Hallmark Star Wars ornaments. Click the link below for the full story.

2010 Hallmark Ornaments]]></description>
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<dc:date>2010-02-11T18:18:08-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>OFFICERS FOR 2010-2011 ANNOUNCED</title>
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<description><![CDATA[DCSWCC is proud to announce its new corps of officers.&#160; Elections were held in November and these officers were elected to a two-year term starting January 2010: 

Martin Thurn (re-elected as President) is a charter member of DCSWCC and previously served as its Administrator.&#160; Outside of the club, Martin is the webmaster for The Star Wars Collector&#8217;s Bible (http://www.sandcrawler.com/SWB) and in the 1990&#8217;s he was the publisher of The Star Wars Collector magazine.&#160; 
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<title>RAIN NO DAMPER ON SUMMER SOCIAL</title>
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The DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) held their 6th Annual Summer/Fall Social on Saturday, September 26th in Poolesville, MD.&#160; Members traveled from Virginia, West  Virginia, Pennsylvania, and all around Maryland to take part in this event.&#160; Upon their arrival, members received a goodie bag filled with random Star Wars paraphernalia, including an &#8220;I Love Star Wars&#8221; car magnet from the club president, Martin Thurn; the yearly patch (this time featuring a ]]></description>
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<title>DCSWCC Unveils Exclusive Trading Cards</title>
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The officers of the Washington DC Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) had a special surprise for members at a recent monthly meeting &#8212; an exclusive trading card by the club, for the club, of the club.&#160; First in a bimonthly series of six, this card commemorates the exclusive &#8220;proof cards&#8221; that the club has created every summer since its inception in 2003.&#160;]]></description>
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<dc:date>2009-02-18T17:28:01-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>DCSWCC presents check to ACBC</title>
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Kensington MD, December 3rd, 2008 -- On behalf of DCSWCC, president Martin T. along with vice president Frank K., Jonathan M., and &#34;jedi&#34; Galen F. presented a check for $5200 to the Aluminum Cans for Burned Children Program.
The presentation was made during ACBC's annual Christmas party at Dave &#38; Buster's White Flint Mall location. &#160; Accepting the check on behalf of ACBC was director Renee S., treasurer Curtis S., and representatives of northern Virginia fire &#38; rescue d]]></description>
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<title>DCSWCC Summer Social a rousing good time</title>
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The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) held its 5th annual Summer Social on September 20th, 2008 in Poolesville, MD.&#160;
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<dc:date>2008-03-01T11:03:48-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>2008 Charity Pin on sale NOW!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) is proud to announce our third bi-annual charity lapel pin sale.

The 2008 pin features animated Boba Fett with our signature Washington Monument as his rocket, in honor of the 30th anniversary of his appearance in The Star Wars Holiday Special. Third in DCSWCC&#8217;s series of high-quality cloisonn&#233; lapel pins, officially sanctioned by Lucasfilm Ltd., each pin is individually stamped and numbered on the back. Only 1000 wi]]></description>
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<dc:date>2008-04-07T19:55:02-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>Star Wars Roadshow 3!  Odenton, MD - May 3rd</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 3rd DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club&#160;Roadshow will be held Saturday, May 3rd, 2008 at the West County Public Library in Odenton MD from 1:30pm - 4:30pm.
Scour the attic! Clean out the basement! Dump out the toyboxes! Bring your Star Wars stuff &#8211; old or new &#8211; to the Star Wars Roadshow for an expert analysis and appraisal. Meet Jedi, stormtroopers, and maybe even Darth Vader himself! Free give-aways and door prizes! 
Local experts on Star Wars collectibles will be on ]]></description>
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<title>DCSWCC Chills at Winter Social</title>
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The Washington DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club (DCSWCC) held its 5th annual Winter Social on February 9th, 2008 in Laurel, MD.
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<title>Toys for Tots 2007!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the generosity of DCSWCC members, the club was able to donate over 24 toys to 2007's&#160;Toys for Tots campaign.&#160; One of the core missions of the DCSWCC is to help the children of the local community.&#160; Through charity pin sales, canned food collections, and the annual Toys for Tots campaigns, the club has donated over $10,000 to assist the children of the Washington DC metro area.&#160; DCSWCC has raised money for the DC Children's Hospital, the United Mitochondrial Disease ]]></description>
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<dc:date>2007-12-13T13:22:07-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>2007 Summer Social</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The 2007 DCSWCC Summer Social was held Saturday, June 23rd, in beautiful Poolesville, MD.&#160;]]></description>
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<dc:date>2007-06-18T00:00:00-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>DCSWCC presents Star Wars Roadshow 2</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The DC Metro Area Star Wars Collecting Club presents the Star Wars Roadshow 2.&#160; The event will be held at the&#160;Ashburn Library in&#160;Ashburn, Virginia&#160;on October 13th, 2007 from 1:00-4pm.&#160; This event is free and open to the public.]]></description>
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<dc:date>2007-08-07T13:34:37-07:00</dc:date>
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<title>Chewbacca Charity Pin SOLD OUT!</title>
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SOLD OUT!!!!!&#160; Over $6000 raised for the Children's Inn at NIH!&#160; DCSWCC would like to thank everyone who participated in&#160;our 2006-2007 fundraiser.&#160; If you missed out, be on the watch for our next fundraiser coming soon. 
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<dc:date>2007-01-22T13:30:01-07:00</dc:date>
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