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For Immediate Release
Press Contact: Maureen McFadden
(805)689-5053
momcfadden@aol.com
FACT SHEET & SCHEDULE
WHO: RFB&D/Santa Barbara Unit
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
WHAT: 14th Annual Record-A-Thon
WHEN: April 20 through 25, 2008 (SEE NEXT PAGE FOR DAY BY DAY)
Mon – Fri 9am – 8 pm; Sat. 9am – noon
WHERE: RFB&D, 5638 Hollister Avenue, Suite 210,
Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (805) 681-0531
WHY: To generate more recorded books for the National RFB&D Library for use by
visually impaired and learning disabled students from kindergarten through
graduate school; to recruit more volunteer readers; to raise operating revenue
for the Unit’s book production and educational outreach programs.
SPECIAL GUESTS CONFIRMED: Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.(film/TV); Cass Warner (author &
filmmaker); actor Darryl Hickman; authors T.C. Boyle, Stephen Cannell, Jane
Heller, and Selden Edwards. More names to come.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) is the nation’s leading educational
library serving people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a
visual impairment, dyslexia or other physical disability. Our mission is to
create opportunities for individual success by providing and promoting the
effective use of accessible educational materials such as audio textbooks. RFB&D’s
vision is to give everyone equal access to the printed word.
www.rfbd.org/sb www.mcfaddenpr.com
FACT SHEET – Page 2 Day-by-Day readers and themes here:
RFB&D 14th Annual Record-A-Thon / Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
DAY BY DAY FOR CALENDAR LISTING EDITORS
Monday, April 20: 11:30 am Firefighters Read – Chief Tom Franklin (SB County
Fire)
Chief Ron Prince (City SB); and Chief Anthony Escobar (Los Padres)
12 – 1 Tribute, Reception with a Chili.
12:30 pm Firefighters Read through 1:30 pm
2:00 pm – Author Jane Heller
5:00pm – The Board and Staff of the Music Academy of the West
Tuesday, April 21: 12 – 1 The Brothers Warner tribute, reception
Author Cass Warner (granddaughter of Harry Warner, one of the
founding brothers)
Special Guests: Efram Zimbalist Jr.; Darryl Hickman; Adrianne Davis; more names
to be announced
2:00 pm – Authors T.C. Boyle and Gloria Arenson
6:00 pm – Ensemble Theater reads Academy Award winning screenplay, “Milk”
Wednesday, April 22: 12 – 1:30pm Santa Barbara’s Musicians Read, Guests TBA
2:00pm – Author Stephen Cannell
4:30pm – 6:00 pm 200th Birthday Tribute to Louis Braille
Thursday, April 23: 11:30 – 1:30pm – Raytheon Reads
5:00 – 6:00pm – Deckers Outdoors
6:00 – 7:30pm – Author Selden Edwards
Friday, April 24: 10:30 – 11:30am – Horny Toad Apparel
11:30 – 1:30pm - Yardi Systems
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Rotary Reads
Saturday, April 25: 12 noon – Reception at the studios to thank volunteers,
sponsors, readers
for their time and support.
Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFB&D) is the nation’s leading educational
library serving people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a
visual impairment, dyslexia or other physical disability. Our mission is to
create opportunities for individual success by providing and promoting the
effective use of accessible educational materials such as audio textbooks. RFB&D’s
vision is to give everyone equal access to the printed word.
www.rfbd.org/sb www.mcfaddenpr.com
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
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