Our team recently asked for your participation in our Quarterly Community Activity Survey. A huge THANK YOU to all who participated! Special recognition to our two winners of $50 Amazon gift cards: our champions
Kim Gladstone
from Gateway End-of-Life Coalition in St. Louis, MO and
Kari VanDenHemel
from The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society in Sioux Falls, SD.
We are excited to share results from the final quarter of 2019!
111 community groups or individuals responded
, reporting
725 events/activities
from October through December 2019. Over
28,000 people
were reached by these in-person events. These face-to-face activities combined with sharing materials, tools and messages on the importance of conversations through newsletters, email messages, social media, and traditional media outlets, totaled to over
85,000 engagements
. Great job to all! We had 4 groups hosting over 30 events and one group,
Vidant Health in NC
, hosting more than 80 events across the quarter. And, a special shout out to these four groups who reached between 1,400 and 5,000 community members:
Horizon Foundation’s community initiative in Howard County, MD, Honoring Choices Tennessee as part of a coalition across the state, My Life, My Choices community initiative in SC and Your Voice, Your Values The Conversation Project at Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY
! And, a special shout out to all who have either just started out or who are reaching smaller numbers in intimate settings. We know that reaching just one person can create a huge, ripple effect toward culture change. Your passion and commitment is so evident and inspirational.
And, we are thrilled to share the amazing impact communities and individuals like you made in 2019. Across the year, groups responding to our survey have totaled over
4,300 events
reaching over
98,000 people
at these in-person events. This combined with social/traditional media and newsletter outreach totaled to over
612,000 engagements
in 2019. This incredible reach took place across 49 states and over 10 countries! This is a small snapshot of total impact as we know many more groups are spreading this work far and wide – we hope to hear from more across 2020.
Most importantly, an incredible amount of learning, through personal and professional stories, was shared with us and tugged at our heartstrings. We are humbled by the richness of achievements, challenges and successes you shared with us this quarter and across the year. The learning you share informs our ongoing content development (e.g. for blogs, videos, community resource materials) and programming (e.g. community call/twitter topics). We will continue to share stories and how folks are tackling challenges in upcoming newsletters and via our
Facebook discussion groups
. Stay tuned for more!
And, we are proud of the over 560 incredible champions who have shared their stories and results with us through these surveys. We are grateful for all you are doing to bring conversations to your community. THANK YOU!
