Today we were given the use of a Booth at the Coquitlam Farmers Market thanks to The Coquitlam Farmers Market Society. This was the first time we have done this so we really didn’t know what to expect. We put 60 brochures together and printed a couple of Coquitlam Men’s Shed Society signs (all very low tech.) and headed to the market. We offered our brochures to young and old, male and female with a quick explanation of what Men’s Sheds are about. Very few refused the brochure, almost all wanted more information and knew of someone who would be interested, some were added to our mailing list there and then. We ran out of brochures (should have had 100 for the 4 hours) and thoroughly enjoyed talking about our Shed. We will see what the response is in the next few weeks but it seems likely to be very positive.
Mike Jennings.