For Immediate Release

Press Contact: Maureen McFadden

SAVE THE DATES!

April 28 through May 3, 2008 for the 13^th Annual Record-A-Thon for the Santa Barbara Unit of the Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D)

(March 24, 2008) Monday through Friday, April 28 through May 3 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday, May 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, RFB&D is looking for volunteers to read educational and consumer books for its national library. It is also seeking sponsors to underwrite parts of the multi-leveled Record-A-Thon. Please go to the website: http://www.rfbd.org/sb/ or call (805)681.0531

Starting Monday, April 28 the weeklong event kicks off with a Tribute to retiring SBCC president, John Romo, and his wife, Mary, from noon to 1 p.m. Mary Romo is a user of RFB&D’s services too! Sub-titled, “Romo Reads,” this event will include prominent community members joining the Romos’ in reading John Irving’s “Son of the Circus” and Ron White’s “Lincoln’s Greatest Speech: The Second Inaugural,” two of John’s favorite books.

On Monday evening, April 28^th, at 6:00, author Ernestine De Soto will read from her children’s book “The Sugar Bear Story,” a book loaded with history about the Chumash Indians. Santa Barbara’s legendary author Barnaby Conrad will read from his classic “Matador” on Tuesday, April 29^th, at 10:00AM. Well-known writer/producer Stephen J. Cannell, for the first time, will be a part of this year’s event. His exact date and time in the studio is TBD.

Area educators and teachers will also participate in reading at Record-A-Thon on Monday afternoon on the 28^th, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. As of today, other participants throughout the week long event include the Rotary Club of Santa Barbara and the Lions, Odd Fellows, and Newcomers Clubs.

Your business or group could sponsor a book, a recording booth, scholarship or reception. Find out how you can get involved!

EVENT BASICS:

WHO: RFB&D/Santa Barbara Unit

WHAT: 13^th Annual Record-A-Thon

WHEN: April 28 through May 3, 2008

WHERE: RFB&D, 5638 Hollister Avenue, Suite 210,

Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (805)681.0531

WHY: To generate more 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: Stephen J. Cannell (actor/writer/producer/director)

Date TBD. John & Mary Romo Mon., Apr. 28 @ 12 noon – 1 p.m.
later that day @ 6 p.m., “The Sugar Bear Story,”author Ernestine De Soto
Tuesday, April 29^th, at 10 a.m. Barnaby Conrad reads his tome, “Matador”

CONTACT: 805-681-0531 to set a date and time for you and or your group to participate in this wonderful week of sharing the gift of learning.

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.

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