Somtimes the more they change the more they stay the same

For the last five years in Ottawa, every September I worked for the Canadian Diabetes Association as a 'telerecruiter' of canvassers for their month long campaign in November.

Well for the past two nights and for the next nine weeks I will be working for the Canadian Diabetes Association as a 'telecrecruiter' of canvassers for their 10 day long campaign in November.

Interesting to compare the two efforts - both the telecrecruiting and the campaign itself. In Ottawa a team of 5 was trying to find 300 canvassers. By contrast in Saskatchewan up to 11 on a team is trying to find several times that amount. In Ottawa the effort was concentrated on parts of the city which were most funds were raised. Here in Regina they are recruiting cavassers for the campaign throughout southern Saskatchewan.

In Ottawa the team was small enough that for most nights the past three years one of the team members (moi) acted as a first line supervisor. With only a few exceptions the staff person did not stay for the shift unless I was unavalable to work that night. Here the staff person does stay all the time.

But the two efforts are equally dedicated and directed to raising funds for the Canadian Diabetes Association - a critical non-government organization fighting diabetes in Canada. I have heard there may be one million people in this country with undiagnosed diabetes. That is a frightening statistic. We must increase public awareness of the condition and its treatment.