Happy 8th Local Guides anniversary to all fellow LGs.
On the coming 15th January, the Local Guides program is going to complete 8 awesome years of operation - let us celebrate the sixth anniversary globally. This is the second time we are going to celebrate 
the anniversary of the Local Guide program.
It is unbelievable, how the Local Guide program got started and became an important part of our daily lives - This is a matter of pride for us. We’re proud #LocalGuides, who love to help millions of people around the world with our contributions to Google Maps.
Today, we are going to share with you an idea - let’s all get together and celebrate this wonderful 8th Anniversary. Let us express our love 
for the Local Guide program.
So let’s add quality contributions to Google Maps as well as host meet-ups 
to share the skills we’ve acquired over the past years. Let’s show our support and love by organizingWorldwide Meet-ups to celebrate the month-long #LocalGuides anniversary (Meet-ups to be held from 5th January 2023 to 31st January 2023).
There are many ways we can contribute to this anniversary celebration, and here are some of them:
❖Supporting Small Businesses Walk 
(Solo or Small Groups)
❖Map editing walk 
(Solo or small groups)
❖ Geo walk (Solo or small groups)
❖Photo walk 
(Solo or small groups)
❖ Food Crawl 
(Solo or small groups)
❖ Accessibility walk 
(Solo or small groups)
❖Knowledge Sharing Meetup (Outdoor)(Virtual)
❖ Virtual meet-ups 
(Share your experience and knowledge about Local guides program with your community.Tips for hosting virtual meet-ups)
Create your meet-up:
Choose any one of the above topics. You can create your meet-up on the site of your choice. Once you create a meet-up, you can submit your link here on Connect.
Suggestion for meet-up name: [YourCityName] [MeetupType] - LGA Meet-up
For Example: Gandhinagar Map Editing - LGA Meet-up
Pune Photo Walk - LGA Meet-up
Mumbai Geo Walk - LGA Meet-up
Karachi Accessibility Walk - LGA Meet-up
For your help here is Arimar’s post on “How to organize successful meet-up”
Or
Would you like to attend a meetup in your city? Here is very helpful post How to Connect with Local Guides in Your Area - 7 Pro Tips by @Tushar_Suradkar.
(For outdoor Meet-ups: Please take safety precautions for COVID-19 like Face Masks, Hand Gloves, and Sanitizers.)
You can use the hashtag #LGAnnivmeetup for your post.
We really are grateful for your time and consideration; let’s together celebrate this grand anniversary.
#LetsGuide #LocalGuides
Note: Tag us when you submit your meetup so we will update it here in the main post.
Regards,
Naresh Darji,
In collaboration with:
@TusharSuradkar and @KashifMisidia
Meet-ups
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Let’s meet In Karachi - Photo Walk & A Local Guides Meet-up at Kidney Hills Karachi by @KashifMisidia
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Local Guides Program 8th Anniversary Celebration and Knowledge Sharing Outdoor Meet up with LG by @Rohan10
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Connect 8th anniversary Celebration - Accessibility Meetup by @TusharSuradkar
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Rajshahi College Photo Walk LGA Meet-up by - @NahidHossain and @shahinurime
मुंबईतील कनेक्ट चा ८वा वर्धापनदिन by @Shrut19
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Meetup Virtual | ¿Cuál es el centro geográfico de México? #LGAnnivMeetup by Janis_delaluz
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Photowalk 13 Storefront Photos in Pune by Tushar
All the best !
