10. Subscribe to a magazine specializing in the hobby selections.
The recreation agency can help the potential hobbyist as well as the person who has a hobby. For the beginner it can expose him to activities that may lead up to hobby selections.
1. Provide classes on beginning arts and crafts, photography, music and drama.
2. Provide classes in hobby exploration.
3. Have displays featuring hobbies.
3. Advise the beginner of resources in the community such as library, schools, and hobby clubs.
5. Plan trips to local points of interest.
6. Provide talks by hobbyists.
7. Organize hobby clubs for older adults who do not have hobbies.
8. Use older adults hobbyists in teaching and guiding beginners.
1. Provide space for hobby club to meet regularly. Help clubs by providing facilities and acquaint them with other resources.
2. Provide special facilities and equipment that can be made available to hobbyists who cannot afford their own. Examples are;
a. Photography room (dark room);
b. Shop with hand power tools;
c. Ceramics room and kiln;
d. Room for radio amateurs;
e. Field for operation of model planes.
3. Arrange to exhibit hobbies in store windows.
1. Sponsor hobby interviews on the radio and television.
2. Sponsor a hobby show or fair. This requires much planning, organization and promotion.