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Promotional Methods: <br /> • Discover Your Parks-Tamarack Park(end of June)-information tent <br /> • Kickoff Event:Thursday,July 6 from 2-4 pm <br /> o Hosted a promotional event in the new Marion Park location <br /> o Intentions were to bring awareness of the program and talk with families and youth <br /> about what the program will entail (snap shot of the program) <br /> o Opportunity for youth/families to fill out registration/contact forms <br /> • Registration Nights:Staff conducted registration days twice in June <br /> o Collaborated with the school district to receive a listing of youth living within the <br /> apartments <br /> o Staff went door to door, speaking with families about the program and getting youth <br /> registered <br /> o During the first registration night on Tuesday,June 20 received close to 20 <br /> pre-registrations <br /> • Fairview-Adult Learning Class <br /> o Visited with families from an ESL class at Fairview Community Center-offered program <br /> information and assistance filling out the registration form <br /> Attendance Numbers: <br /> Program Date #of Participants <br /> Tuesday-July 11 27 <br /> Thursday-July 13 25 <br /> Tuesday-July 18 25 <br /> Thursday-July 20 25 <br /> Tuesday-July 25 15 <br /> Thursday-July 27 24 <br /> Tuesday-August 1 7 <br /> Thursday-August 3 RAINOUT <br /> Tuesday-August 8 22 <br /> Thursday-August 10 21 (Fieldtrip) <br /> Staff Feedback: <br /> ➢ Logistics <br /> o Allow more time to gather youth at the apartment complex-often take 15-20 minutes <br /> to round participants up <br /> o Time and dates of program worked well -avoided conflicts with summer school and the <br /> Hamline McVay program (which many students attend during summer months) <br /> o High temperatures were a factor at times, little shade at Tamarack Park- bring lots of <br /> water(multiple jugs) on those days <br /> o Water bottle and t-shirt were a success-great to have water bottles each day on site for <br /> kids to utilize <br /> o Drop in attendance on August 1 was due to another event by a local church- many <br /> children attended that one time event (reach out to groups also providing these families <br /> with opportunities to avoid conflicts in the future or work to collaborate on these dates) <br />