Public Involvement Activities FY2013 Year in Review
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Public Involvement Activities
FY2013 Year in Review
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Outreach Activities
During FY 2013, we:
Interacted with 780 people at
public meetings
Reached 736 people through
briefings
Provided program information to
585 new members of the PCAPP
workforce
Reached 477 people through
information booths
Provided site tours for 166 people
Interacted with 36 members of
the press at media events
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Education Outreach
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The Education Outreach program offers a variety of lessons including:
The History and Technology of Chemical Warfare, The Science of
Neutralization and Biotreatment at PCAPP and a design engineering
activity. These were presented to approximately 3,393 students at the
following locations:
Beulah School of Natural Sciences
Carlile Elementary School
Centennial High School
Fowler Elementary
Haaff Elementary School
Heaton Middle School
Homeschool Groups
Irving Elementary School
McClelland School
Park View Elementary School
Pueblo Academy of Arts*
Risley International Academy of Innovation
Skyview Middle School
South High School
South Mesa Elementary School
Vineland Middle School
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Education Outreach
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Additional outreach activities included:
Colorado State University—Pueblo Family
Math & Science Night
Discovering Water in Pueblo
El Pueblo Boys and Girls Ranch
Pueblo Boys and Girls Club
Safety, Trust, Acceptance, Respect,
Success (STARS) summer camp
Science Career Expos at Central High
School, Pueblo Community College (PCC)
and Roncalli STEM Academy
Tours for Beulah School of Natural
Sciences, Heaton Middle School and PCC
Upward Bound
Unity in the Community Resource Share
Homework Hotline, six
episodes with members
of the PCAPP Speakers
Bureau, reaching
approximately 1,500
viewers per episode
Pictured: Local fire and police chiefs, and Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace tour the plant in August.
Upper left photo: Members of the PCAPP Speakers Bureau speak to local students at a career fair in May.
Upper right photo: Presentation to City Council in June.
Lower left photo: Mike Strong, deputy site project manager, talks to members of A Community Organization for Victim’s Assistance in May.
Lower right photo: Brian Ramdwar, operations branch manager, speaks to local job seekers at the PCAPP Job Symposium held in April.
*Note: Pueblo Academy of Arts is the former Pitts Middle School
The bar chart shows the number of outreach events the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office attended each month from October 2012 through September 2013, broken down by event type. Each bar shows the total number of events for a month, and the colors for each of the bars represent a type of event. For example, newsletter distributions are at the top of each bar in mauve. As you can see, the Pueblo ORO distributed a newsletter monthly. Each of the other colors for the bars represents events such as briefings (in light blue), CAC meetings (in orange), information booths (in aqua), networking events (in purple), public meetings (in green) and tours (in red), as shown in the key at the bottom.
The above pie chart shows the Pueblo Chemical Stockpile Outreach Office’s outreach events and information distributions by percentage during October 2012 through September 2013. Upon first glance, it would appear that more of our effort is going to social media avenues than any other outreach vehicle. However, while we have been posting more frequently on Facebook and Twitter, we are still holding as many in-person activities (like public meetings and information booths) as we have in past years.
Facebook and Twitter posts include re-posts and re-tweets. Although email and newsletter distributions look much smaller in comparison, our numbers have remained consistent over the past several years. That is the advantage of social media as an outreach tool – our contacts pass on our information to additional contacts, allowing for us to inform more people about the project.