| Date | Message | Direct Recruiting to Parents | Recruiting through Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Math groups for parents would be starting in the fall, so look out for them, with contact information but no dates or places. | Posters placed at Cowichan campus, at the public library, at the Cowichan Tribes programs and Ya Thuy Thut and the Reading and Writing Centre. | Background info on the project and the people I was interested in recruiting, along with the posters, sent out to network of the early literacy committee. |
| Early September 2007 | Math groups starting, with places and times and contact information. | An article in the local newspaper Posters at the same places as above. Visits to groups of potential participants at ABE and NITEP classes at Cowichan Campus and at the Reading and Writing Centre; at Margaret Moss Health Centre, at Hiiye’yu Lelum, at Alexander Family Resource Centre, and at the alternative high school; at each visit I did a short activity with the group and talked about the project. |
Updates and posters sent out via e-mail as above. Meetings with staff at community agencies either individually or in groups. |
| October–December 2007 | Facilitated an hour and a half “sample session” at Growing Together Child and Parent Society to give potential participants a taste of the group that was slated to start in January. Facilitated similar sessions at “Mothers’ Morning Out” and at AFRIC |
Continued contact with child care society and AFRIC to try to set up a group at each place. | |
| January 2008 | Posters, site visits and phone calls to potential participants at Growing Together Child and Parent Society. |