United States Census 2010 Road Tour stops at Warren Hills Regional High School

By Warren Reporter
January 20, 2010, 11:55AM

WASHINGTON TWP. — The United States Census 2010 Road Tour on Jan. 19 arrived in the Warren Hills Regional High School Library, along with several representatives from the Census Bureau.

Featured as part of the school’s library showcase program, the Census Bureau provided students the opportunity to view a 20-foot interactive display, with reading panels, along with census questions etched on the glass on which students could mark answers. Students could ask any question regarding the census, such as how people are counted, steps to be counted and, where one should be counted.

For more information, students were instructed to visit the Census Bureau web site, 2010census.gov. All students had the opportunity to visit the display and talk to the Census Bureau representatives during the student common lunch period. During the day, social studies classes and others attended this informative forum.

The 2010 Census Road Tour is part of the largest civic outreach and awareness campaign in U.S. history — stopping and exhibiting at more than 800 events nationwide. From local parades and festivals to major sporting events like the Super Bowl and NCAA Final Four, the Road Tour strives to motivate America’s growing and increasingly diverse population to complete and mail back the 10-question census form when it arrives in mailboxes March 15-17.

Traveling for a total of 1,547 days and more than 150,000 miles across the country, 13 road tour vehicles will provide the public with an educational, engaging and interactive experience that brings the 2010 Census to life, according to information from the Census Bureau.

At each event across the country, attendees have the opportunity to learn about the 2010 Census and understand the benefits a complete count can bring to communities everywhere; view a sample 2010 Census form and learn how the collected information is used; and contribute stories and photos to the Portrait of America project to explain why “I count!” and view messages from other road tour participants.