Here in the middle of the Mojave Desert, in the middle of a shopping center, we, the local Army Sustainable Range Program, gave out MapMan comic books, desert-animal coloring pages, posters, burro-shaped cookies, ESRI Mapbooks, and info for teachers and homeschoolers. The community, kids and adults, is fascinated with our newer burro population, especially a three-legged critter named Tripod. We made a Pin the Donkey on the Map map; results will be posted on our local (closed) Facebook page. We have a lot of leftover career and other stuff that we can give out during the year, or next year on GIS Day.
How have I helped others learn about GIS this year: (Dana's answer) We made a Soldier's Guide to Scale map/poster, which is already helping us train people how to think about mapping. Our goal is to get it into a lot of offices, especially mapping and planning groups.
What personal GIS projects are you most proud of: (Mark's answer) Mapping sea plastic with Algalita; concidentally, Dana also helped map shore plastic at the CA Water Board.