YELL Recruitment

  • May 23, 2008
    Jill Maurer mailed invitation letters to 26 youth residents at Fairview Hills.
  • May 29, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory, Lori Stangl and Heather Eckels held focus group at Fairview Hills from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. No one attended.
  • June 2, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Heather Eckels, Jennifer Knisely (Altoona Public Library) and Karen Kelly (Big Brothers Big Sisters of Blair County) held focus group at the Altoona Library from 3:30pm to 4:30pm. We had two potential participants attend.
  • June 3, 2008
    Jill Maurer and Heather Eckels posted flyers to all mailboxes, 118 Spruce, Community Center and the Fairview Hills main office.
  • June 9, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory, Lori Stangl and Heather Eckels held registration at Fairview Hills and the Altoona Public Library. No one attended.
  • June 10, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory, Lori Stangl and Heather Eckels held registration at Fairview Hills and the Altoona Public Library. No one attended.
  • June 11, 2008
    Jill Maurer and Heather Eckels went door to door at Fairview Hills from 10:30am to Noon, spoke with 3 parents and left flyers with rest.
  • June 13, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory and Heather Eckels went door to door at Fairview Hills from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Spoke with 3 parents.

    Heather Eckels met with Karen Kelly and Amy Wisor from Big Brother / Big Sisters of Blair County to discuss enrollment issues. BB/BS suggested their organization would consider an enrollment of 5-6 participants as a success.
  • June 14, 2008
    Jill Maurer called each household. Spoke with 3 parents out of 26. Most of the numbers were disconnected.
  • June 16, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory, Lori Stangl and Heather Eckels held an open information session under the pavilion located in the center of the Fairview Hills housing complex. We were able to enroll one participant.

    Jill Maurer and Heather Eckels met with Jennifer Knisely of the Altoona Public Library to discuss enrollment issues. APL suggested that we post flyers at Memorial Pool as well as hand out flyers to children attending the school lunch program at AAHS and McCauliffe Heights.
  • June 17, 2008
    Jennifer Knisely of the Altoona Public Library posted YELL program description on www.wearecentralpa.com and the library’s homepage.
  • June 18, 2008
    Jill Maurer and Heather Eckels attempted to hand out YELL flyers to kids attending the school-to-lunch program at McCauliffe Heights. We were informed that all flyers must first go through the Superintendent’s Office for approval. We are awaiting authorization.

    Jill Maurer and Heather Eckels met with Sarah Pipetti of Blair Family Solutions to recruit participants from their program. BFS is currently running their own summer programming but will make an effort to have some of their clients participate on an intermittent basis.
  • June 19, 2008
    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory, and Heather Eckels held an open information session under the pavilion located in the center of the Fairview Hills housing complex.

    Jill Maurer, Julie Ivory and Heather Eckels displayed flyers in the lunch room of McCauliffe Heights.
  • June 20, 2008
    Heather Eckels made contact with Mark Derubeis of the Altoona School District to ascertain whether any of their students would be interested in attending the Y.E.L.L program. Mark will provide potential participants with our flyers and contact information.
  • June 24, 2008
    Heather Eckels attempted to contact Kathy Baskin from Evergreen Manors again to ascertain whether any of her residents would be interested in attending the Y.E.L.L. program.