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on what all this transit is that we have in this county. The academy will include presentations, breakout sessions on 485 who qualifies for door-to-door services and how to fill-out the right forms, how to work well with people who have 486 limited English proficiency or English is not their first language, and how to go about setting-up a kiosk of relevant 487 transportation information in your service agency that would be most useful to clients. Throughout the Academy, Staff 488 will be encouraged to get their clients to use transit during Try Transit Week in a variety of ways. During this week, 489 there will be at least 3 places (i.e. Walmart in Hillsborough which also has a bus stop out in front) to talk-up the week 490 with information and a staff person at the table to answer questions. 491 492 Alex Castro added to the list of Try Transit Week publicity locations – gatherings at The Grange (meets the first 493 Tuesday of the month) and Table Top (last Friday in September) and other places such as these. 494 495 David Laudicina said Hog Day is coming up on September 15th, a great event for publicize Try Transit Week. 496 497 Alex Castro said that the updates in transit in the County are significant and not enough people know about them, 498 especially not the seniors. Seniors are the ones who would really make use out of this event and of the services. He 499 also suggested the Seymour Center and Passmore Center as good locations for advertising Try Transit Week. 500 501 Ted Triebel asked about advertising in the News of Orange. What media outlets does the department use? 502 503 Lisa Berley said that they will advertise in the News of Orange and that Southern Neighbor (monthly publication) did 504 a piece on transportation for them, but they are still looking into other media outlets. 505 506 Art Menius suggested getting an interview with WCHL, which would put them on for the afternoon news. 507 508 Janice Tyler said that all media and communications go through Todd McGee (Orange County Community Relations 509 Director) for this event. 510 511 Heidi Perry asked where the Transit Academy in Chapel Hill will be located. 512 513 Janice Tyler said that the Academy would be at the Seymour Center. 514 515 Heidi Perry asked if healthcare facilities know about this. 516 517 Lisa Berley explained that the list of contacts (inclusive of care managers and others) have been generated by the 518 subcommittee and by Ms. Berley herself has been collecting contacts for over a year-and-a-half for an event like this. 519 All of these contacts will receive a “Save the Date” and an invitation via email. 520 521 Jenn Sykes said that she works with the head of UNC Care Management and has connections with Duke’s Care 522 Management and will work with them on getting participants to the event. She has already suggested that they reach 523 out to Lisa Berley and the team for more information on this event. 524 525 Lisa Berley said that she would definitely talk to Jenn more about this. 526 527 Heidi Perry asked if outreach is solely focused on health care for the Week. 528 529 Lisa Berley said that no, they are working with a variety of groups, but the Healthy Carolinians’ subcommittee 530 generated mostly health care contacts. She welcomed more ideas for sharing this event with other people and 531 groups. They are reaching out to Head Start programs and programs working with non-English speakers. 532 533 Various Board members chimed in about various groups that should be invited like the Chambers of Commerce, El 534 Centro Hispano, and other regional groups. 535 536 Heidi Perry asked if Go Triangle is only giving the free fare to Orange County riders during Try Transit Week. 537 538 12