Carlsbad's CCCC Holds Second Meeting!

Carlsbad SWOP recently held their second Community Complete Count Committee meeting. Those in attendance were: Elaine Avina-Census Partnership Specialist, Kathy O. Kelly-SWOP Field Organizer, Pastor David Munoz, Lula Miller, Irene Runnels, Kristy Beasley,Jessie Gates and Garry Adams.

The discussion was centered around the application for funding and how we want to utilize those funds. We came up with some really great ideas! Mr. Adams suggested a "mobile booth" and offered the use of his truck, trailer and time to make this happen. Each member has agreed to operate the booth at least once, starting in late January 2010 through the end of April 2010. The plan is to have the booth fully loaded with information about the 2010 Census and volunteers that know how to answer any/all questions or concerns that anyone may have. It will be driven around town and park at strategic places. We hope to reach more people in our community this way.

Our next idea was to place magnetic signs with Census info on our vehicles. We will have three sets of magnetic signs made and three members will place them on their vehicles for the entire week. We will round-robin until the end of the Census in April 2010. We also plan on having two banners made and lots of flyers!

Mrs. Avina gave us a really neat DVD about the Census and we will be approaching the local Drive-In and Walk-In movie theatre's to see if they will be willing to play the DVD before each movie starts. Wish us luck on that!

We have designated the Carlsbad SWOP office as a Q and A center for the central part of town. Pastor Munoz agreed to the use of his new church as a Q and A center as well for the West side of town. We want to locate a Q and A center in the south part of town known as "San Jose" as well, which is mostly populated with Latinos and African Americans, but have not pinpointed a location in that area yet.

Our goal is to get the numbers up in Eddy County at least 10%-15% from the previous Census in 2000. With the committed CCCCC members we have we will definitely reach our goal!

Our next meeting has been set for Thursday November 19th at 6:00pm at the local SWOP office.

REMEMBER...DO YOUR PART...FILL OUT SURVEY FORM AND RETURN IT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE...LET'S MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE 2010 CENSUS!