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(Name and contact info here) For Radio Stations Please could you air the following information in your community notices at your convenience. “Is your eating a problem? OR Is food a problem for you? Are you suffering from Anorexia, Bulimia or Compulsive Eating? Call <strong>Overeaters</strong> <strong>Anonymous</strong> at xxx-xxx-xxxx. Thank you in advance for your attention. Kind regards, (Name and contact info here) Tear-Off Tag Posters A volunteer from Canterbury Intergroup printed the existing flyer and made it available to members in OA to distribute. The flyers (link to example flyer) are on bright yellow paper and cut into strips at the bottom for the interested person to tear the phone number off from. Members are reminded to ask permission before hanging a flyer first and to bring tape or thumbtacks with them. A list of suggested drop off places are provided: Community centers Educational institutions Churches Coffee shops Health food stores Exercise places Book stores Dentist offices Secondhand stores Bus Posters Canterbury Intergroup created a poster to be hung inside busses. It is also printed on bright yellow paper. Research different bus companies in your area as some charge to hang them and some allow you to hang them yourself for free. Volunteers were required to hang the posters at 7am in the morning. Canterbury Intergroup do this twice a year and have found it best to do this in spring and autumn. Business Cards Left at Surgeries/Doctors’ Offices A volunteer from Canterbury Intergroup collated a list of all the doctors in the area. All of these doctors were sent a letter and then contacted by telephone to ask permission to leave OA cards. Canterbury Intergroup placed plastic card holders and cards in their waiting rooms and continue to re-stock them at regular intervals three times a year. The message on the cards created by a Canterbury Intergroup volunteer says: OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS Is your eating causing problems in your life?
Phone (xx) xxx-xxxx Anytime Speaking Opportunities OA volunteers have contacted various public institutions and now speak regularly to medical students and treatment centers throughout the year to share their experience, strength and hope. Answer Phone Service Canterbury Intergroup offers a public phone number with a recorded message that has member’s personal numbers and an answering machine service. While not strictly a PI activity, Canterbury feels it is an important part of carrying the message providing the opportunity to organize 12 step calls. Additional Comments (including things of which to be mindful): None. Results: Canterbury has created a statistics sheet (link to statistics sheet example) and ask volunteers to fill it out on a monthly basis. The statistics sheet is used to record the number of calls received and to gain a list of where people have heard about OA from. The following is a written report given from Canterbury Intergroup’s PI Committee prepared in 2008: “We have looked through where the contacts came from. As expected they come through: - friends in OA or AA; family members; phonebook; and Internet. It is also great to see that people come though the places where PI (and Intergroup) spend a lot time and effort like: newspaper advertisements; tear-off tags; radio; bus flyers; doctors surgeries/offices; library and the mental health directory. It is most exciting to see that we also have had referrals from: Canterbury District Health Board Mental Health Services; treatment centers; counselors; University Health Services; Lifeline and Catholic Social Services.”
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