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This year , 40 students participated in the Reality Fair , and their hope to expand on this success in the future by hosting more events and inviting additional Arlington ISD schools to participate . Another one of their goals is to improve the effectiveness of the network resource database by convening the Arlington Resource Sharing Group ( ARSG ) subcommittee to organize , research and evaluate monthly meeting topics . The ARSG meetings are open to the greater Arlington community and nonprofits . To date , 533 individuals representing over 50 organizations receive our ARSG newsletters and actively participate in the group .
Based on participant feedback , they currently offer hybrid meetings that average 40 virtual attendees and 30 in-person attendees . Response to their meetings is overwhelmingly positive . When surveyed , 90 % of individuals
Reality Fair on April 19 , 2023 , Regina Williams , Executive VP and Chief Impact Officer helps AISD students add up their budgeted items .
said they gained knowledge of new / existing resources . Additionally , we streamlined our ARSG communications , switching to an improved email marketing platform to send invitations to upcoming meetings , distribute recaps of recent meetings , and share events and resources for subscribers in a single e-newsletter . As a result , they have seen an increase in meeting attendance , and the newsletter has become known across the Arlington nonprofit community as “ the newsletter you must subscribe to .”