Last Saturday we had a Needs Assessment BBQ event at our Access site 7 Courts. It was a great turnout even though it was freezing cold, proving the old adage: if you feed them, they will come.
Andy did a great job planning the event, and he got a whole team of GSU sociology students to come conduct the survey, with other volunteers to cook and coach and the like. See below for a video and the official write up from the event.
How do you use the internet? This is one of the questions asked of Seven Courts residents for the needs assessment survey administered by One Economy and a team of volunteers from Georgia State University. The survey was administered at a fall barbecue event hosted by the 7 Courts Resident Association and Mothers in Action. Residents learned about the free wirelessavailable and ate free food in exchange for filling out a survey. They also had a chance to share what they want out of on-site internet training. Resident children played soccer under the guidance of a coach from Energy Fitness of America. “The event’s success was due to the community’s involvement,” remarked One Economy Project Manager and event organizer, Andy Santamaria.
Volunteer Thanks: Many thanks to our volunteer survey takers from GSU: Kimberly McWhorter, Qiana Martin,Faye McMullen, Brittney Terry, Kesandra DeLaney, Andrea Durr, Alice Barrett, Francis Halan, Christopher Pell, and Deirdre Oakly. Thanks also to the volunteers from the Resident Association, Mothers in Action , Project Community Connections, Inc, and Energy Fitness of America, who helped cook and coach, and otherwise make the Access launch a success.
Ruqiyyah Nu'Man and Andy Santamaria for Atlanta.
4 comments:
What a great idea to have the coach available from Energy Fitness of America for the kids to play soccer! Good thinking to utilize GSU Sociology Dept.
Sounds like a good event! I'm very curious about the survey results. Do share.
Yes, ditto what Tommy said -- I am very curious myself, please share!
Requiring residents to fill out a survey for free food was a good way to get high participation. I did not have such an incentive for my survey and only got 5% return rate :-( -- Job search and GED prep was the highest priority use of computer lab I received on the survey. All lab users are doing Job search but there is more Facebook / email checking than GED prep!
Tina's comment gave me an idea. Since so many of your lab users are on Facebook, try to think of ways to incorporate Web 2.0 into job searching and test prep, etc.
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