Carry the Message News, from the PIPO* Committee

Who would be attracted to OA’s recovery message?  Everybody eats!  Not everybody eats normally.  Our committee has made an observation that people who attend and shop at a farmers’ market are likely to be health conscious, active in the community and proactive about many things.  Many, many people “of all stripes” shop at the summer farmers’ market in their community.

By creating even a small presence at just a few of these markets in summer 2024, MAI can sow our seeds of information among the community. We are saddened that so few people know of our cherished recovery program.

At an introductory zoom workshop on May 20, several attendees were introduced to this concept and were given the opportunity to go back to present this idea to their local OA group. If you didn’t attend and would like to learn more, you can join us on most Monday mornings on zoom. To ask questions or find out more, email me at communications@oamilwaukee.org.

A national alliance of farmers’ markets states one of its purposes is to help promote healthy communities.  It seems the more traditional “health fair” is no longer a common occurrence.  We are moving forward with a campaign to bring our program of attraction to some farmers’ markets this summer. Maybe we will see you or your neighbors there!

Joy M

*PIPO = Public Information – Professional Outreach