Outreach

Hello fellow FFL-ers,

Let's talk about outreach.

I've been doing a lot of semi-regular outreach through our library: guest-teaching at a parents' ESL class that the Bookmobile visits, presenting family literacy materials and activities; helping out at library story times for parents & kids who live in a residential rehab/alternative incarceration facility near our office. The events and classes are a big hit, I've gotten to know the parents, they always want to talk to me - but I have yet to have anyone become a student here.

I'm thinking of focusing my attention instead on having our current FFL students bring in friends and family.

What do you think? What are you doing that is working/not working? Post a comment to this post, or email me (click on that link and you'll see my profile with my email address) and I will turn your email into a post.

Cheers,
Ann.