All,

I wanted to let you know that the ACCESS CONNECTICUT booth/exhibit at the Durham Fair was a big success.   We spoke with hundreds of people over the four days of the fair and had over 110 people provide us with their contact information to receive updates on our progress.  Of the 110 names we have 89 new email addresses to add to our contact list.  So we expect attendance at our monthly meetings to grow.

Many of the people we spoke to were adoptees who were very interested in what we are doing. Many people did not know that they seal adoptees OBC from them.  Many stopped by because they have friends who were adopted and picked up literature for them.  We had one or two nay-sayers but they were in the extreme minority.  We provided information to individuals that will probably result in 5-6 people getting their birth information from Rhode Island, Illinois, Massachusetts or New York.  Additionally, I estimate that over 20,000 cars drove by our sign waving out in front of the fair with many giving us the thumbs up sign as they drove by.

 I’d like to thank Dick and Eileen McQuade, Jane Servadio, Marion Conklin, Barbara Pasternak, Carolyn Goodridge, Gia and her mom Nikki Pallone, Anna-Maria Kerkes and Diane Jowdy for their shift duty at the fair.  We couldn’t have done this without them.  I’d also like to thank Nancy Horgan from ACCESS RHODE ISLAND who drove from Rhode Island to help out with the sign waving and spent a couple hours in the booth on Saturday.  If you couldn’t help out with the Durham Fair event there will be other opportunities to help out in the coming months. We will be putting pictures up of those who worked at the fair.  So keep an eye on our website.

Thanks,

Paul