Saturday, December 31, 2016

December (and January-ish) Update

This month was the busiest. Details had to be mostly finalised before the break, and most of the communication things were done this month, due to timing. If we advertised back in Sept/Oct, it would probably be too early and the DH would forget about the event. So, advertising one month in advance would be better. (However, we actually ended up advertising a little late - during late december and early January - it still turned out well and we had a good amount of people coming). Regarding the communications things, I put up several posters around school to advertise to the DHs at school. I also spent several days afterschool (in January) and passed out flyers to the domestic helpers directly. Also, during Christmas break, I went out to pass out flyers on the street. My helper was amazing and helped me give some of the flyers to her friends too. Regarding logistics, I made the facilities spreadsheet and volunteer information during the break, so I wouldn't be as swamped during the two weeks back at school before the event. We had Mrs. Nollan post about the event on schoology, but I felt that it didn't receive much feedback. I confirmed details regarding the loctations/scheduling/budgeting with Mrs. Chan, who has been a great help for this event.