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Emmitsburg Recovery Awareness Town’s Website and Facebook Sites
Week Reaching Residents
The Town of Emmitsburg and the Emmitsburg Business and Professional James Rada, Jr.
Association present Emmitsburg Recovery Awareness Week, September 11-
16, 2017. The Emmitsburg Mayor and Commissioners received a report about how
The Emmitsburg Recovery Awareness Week is a week of events and well their social media efforts are doing in reaching people.
activities that will bring awareness and education to the heroin and opioid Office Manager Terri Ray collected the data and put together a
problem in our community and will raise support for those in recovery. PowerPoint show that Town Clerk Madeline Shaw presented to the
Events include: kickoff dinner with VIP guest speaker (TBD); film commissioners.
screenings and panel discussion; Narcan training; T-shirt Day; Race Day The Emmitsburg Facebook page now has 945 followers, which is up
fundraiser (September 16) for Up & Out Foundation. Proceeds from about 225 people in the last seven months. The page only had 150 followers
Race Day event fundraiser and t-shirt sales go to support the Up & Out about two years ago. Women, ages 35-49, make up 21 percent of the town’s
Foundation. Join them on Facebook: EmmitsburgRAW. followers.
Sponsorships are available for all of the events. Contact Conrad Weaver Each post on the page reaches an average of 370 people. Some reach many
for more information and for sponsorship packets at 301-0606-7794 or email more:
[email protected].
• A photo of the beginning of the dog park construction was seen by
1,600 people.
• Construction updates are seen by about 2,600 people.
• The announcement of the Green Registry Award was seen by 1,600
people.
“We are starting to get more comments,” Shaw told the commissioners.
When people visit the town’s website, they spend a little over two minutes
on the site, on average, and about two-third of the visitors are first-time
visitors.
Visit the town’s website at www.emmitsburgmd.gov, and check out their
Facebook page: facebook.com/emmitsburgmd.
R.W. Long Reunion to be Held
The R.W. Long Reunion will be held Sunday, September 3, 2017, at the
Creagerstown Parish Hall. Bring a dish to share, your drinks, and setups. Meat
is furnished. For more information, call Shirley Clabaugh at 301-271-7975.
