Where are all the young people?

by Aaron McRann on July 29, 2011

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Where are all the young people?

The good news is that the 2011 Vital Signs survey has more than 540 respondents now.  This is fantastic!

The bad news is that we have no respondents from 15-18 year olds.

We really need to hear from these people so if you know any, please ask them to complete the survey by clicking here.  The average completion time is about 8 minutes, but that’s for older people who are not as tech-savvy as the youngsters!  I’m sure 15-18 year olds can answer the questions even faster!

So please pass on the word.  This is their chance to be heard!  Fill out the survey here!

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400 respondents in 2 weeks!

Wow! Are we ever excited at the response to the Vital Signs Survey! Published only on-line to date, more than 400 people have completed the survey in the past two weeks.

Obviously, Pentictonites care deeply about their community!  But we do need to keep the momentum going and get at least 1000 responses.

We have noticed that a relatively small number of young people have completed the survey, so if you have young adults in your life please urge them to take 8 minutes (yes, that’s all it takes) to have their say about Penticton.

The online survey can be accessed here.  The paper survey can be downloaded here.

Also, please check out our Vital Signs Facebook page.

For more details about Vital Signs check out these pages.

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