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HEA-R Ye, HEA-R Ye!
In December, Audio-Reader kicks off its annual Help Expand Audio-Reader (HEA-R) campaign. This year we are incredibly excited and humbled to announce that we have a generous donor who is providing a match, dollar-for-dollar, for the first $5,000 we raise for this campaign! With this match, YOUR gift now has twice the impact. This year, we ask that you consider Audio-Reader in your year-end giving. Please know that your gift will go a long way in supporting Audio-Reader listeners and setting a solid foundation for our future. Gifts can be mailed to Audio-Reader at 1120 W 11th St, Lawrence, KS 66044 or made online
donate here Together we will work together to make Audio-Reader not only self-sufficient, but a thriving service for the thousands of listeners who depend on us each and every day.
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Volunteers Recognized with a Certificate Honoring Their Years of Service
5 Year Certificate Recipients
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front row (left to right) Tina Mitchell, Carol Munchoff, Susan Elkins
back row (left to right) Frank Ybarra, Melissa Wick, Jim Carnell, Evie Rapport, Kim Radell
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also recognized but unable to attend:
Chris Hotvedt,
Guy Jacobs,
Elaine Kautsch,
Camille Olcese,
Rebecca Regan,
Steve Sears,
Sookyng Shin,
Rozanne Stringer, and
Lorrie Windholz
10 Year
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front row (left to right) Judy Taylor, Mary Howe, Lori Plank Allen and Lori Tesdahl
back row (left to right) Craig Sweets, Jamie Lowe, John Burns and Mary Ackerly
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also recognized but unable to attend:
Patrick Baker,
Jane Blocher,
Bob Casino,
Barbara Cooper,
Laura Denneler,
Ruthie Hatfield, B
ill Kalahurka,
Marianne Lafex,
Susan Stahl, and
Lisa Suddith
15 year
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pictured are Edith Bond and Steve Jack
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Also recognized but unable to attend:
Ruby Ducate,
Bruce Frey,
Jim O'Malley, and
Barbara Schountz
pictured: Harlan Roedel
Rex Swartz was unable to attend
Maggie Carttar posthumous Award accepted by her son Steven Carttar
35 Year
Stuart Mills
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For Your EARS Only 2018: Another 'Record' Event!
Audio-Reader's 16th benefit sale, For Your EARS Only, that took place September 14 & 15 was our most successful to date! This year's event grossed over $42,000! This is a big event that requires so much help from all of our volunteers. Thank you to everyone for your support, your time, your physical labor (!) and most importantly, your dedication to making this a successful fundraiser for Audio-Reader year after year.
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Alison Beloin Dean -
Audio-Reader's New Coordinator of Volunteers
My family and I live in Tonganoxie. We moved here about seven years ago from my home state of New Hampshire. We have three children, one girl and two boys, ages eleven, nine and seven (they all say "sucker" instead of "lollipop" and "pop" instead of "soda", and it makes my heart hurt, every time!). I love to read, travel and listen to music. We traveled to Iceland as a family in March.
I went to Syracuse University for my undergraduate degree and I have Masters degrees in Social Work and Public Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My career has been in the nonprofit world, in a variety of service-oriented organizations.
I cannot wait to meet the wonderful Audio-Reader volunteers I have heard so much about, and start contributing to the amazing work you do!
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Q and A with new Weekend Coordinator, Corbin Allenbrand
Q: Why did you choose KU for college?
A: My selection of KU was due to the availability of the program
I was interested in, the existence of several attractive doctorate programs and funding that KU offered.
Q: Tell us a little about your work history?
A: My work history is varied and reflects my desire to continue to learn new skills
- Wendy's Restaurants Shift Manager
- Target Electronics Department
- Certified NoteTaker
- Lab Technician
- Hawks Link Peer Tutor and Mentor
- Proctor for Krehbiel Scholarship Hall
- Crew Leader for Aspen Lawn & Landscape
- Phlebotomist for LabCorp
- TRIO Student Educational Success Tutor
- Teacher Assistant
- Certified Pharmacy Technician
- External Consultant for McMahon Medical Consulting
Q: What drew you to Audio Reader?
A: I consider knowledge discovery to be crucial to a bountiful life and value my ability to actively pursuit it. Audio Reader applies and extends this philosophy to other members of society and I found this a worthwhile engagement and wanted to be involved.
Q: What are you looking forward to most about working here?
A: I look forward to introducing new ideas and participating in new actions that further the scope and extent of Audio-Reader's mission.
Q: What do you like to read?
A: To avoid an overstatement, I will not say everything but I do find myself reading nearly anything, provided I have the time. I do have a preference for non-fiction since I have an appetite to know all of the universe's properties. Several of my most favored topics include mathematics, philosophy, government/politics, cosmology, planetary/climate sciences and physics.
Q: What do you like to do with your spare time?
A: My spare time is usually used to work-out, perform auto-maintenance, house/yard work, assist family and friends with undertakings and spend time with my bride.
Q: Favorite School Subject?
A: Mathematics
Q: Favorite Holiday?
A: Fourth of July
Q: Favorite Sport?
A: Basketball
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Save the Date!
Holiday Party December 13
You are invited to the annual Audio-Reader Volunteer Holiday Party on
Thursday, December 13 from 4pm-7pm. We are keeping the same format of a potluck party, so please bring an appetizer, side dish or dessert to share. This year's party will be at Audio-Reader (
1120 W 11th St, Lawrence, KS 66044). We decided to move the party from Theatre Lawrence back to Audio-Reader. More information will be provided in a forthcoming email so please be on the lookout for that in the coming weeks. We look forward to celebrating the holidays with all of you!
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Meet A Listener: Charles Cosper
by Kim Morrow, A-R Listener and Development Committee Member
Holt, Missouri resident
Charles Cosper has had diabetes since the age of 23 and felt that he had the disease, and the rest of his life, completely under control. At age 50, he had a good job as a large farm manager and livestock herdsman. "I was good at it. I grew up in Union Star, Missouri, and graduated from the School of the Ozarks. I was an agriculture major, and in order to pay my tuition, I worked the school's farms. I learned animals from the inside out. When I graduated, I had some experience and I just kept on going from there."
Life changed for
Charles in an instant. Ten years ago, an accident, complicated by his diabetes, damaged his retinas. Surgery was required and he knew that his level of sight might change, but he never expected to emerge from surgery totally blind.
"When I went blind, I didn't know how to do anything. I'd never known anyone who was blind, so I didn't know what blind people were capable of doing or how people who are blind make their way in the world."
Charles soon became a member of the National Federation of the Blind, where he began forming friendships with other people who were blind who mentored and inspired him. "One of my friends in the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) told me about Audio-Reader. Then I met someone from my local Lions Club who told me that Lions sponsor some of Audio-Reader's programming. I couldn't wait to get a radio of my own."
One of
Charles' favorite hobbies is shopping online. "The grocery ads, WalMart ads and Shopping the Discount Stores are a big part of my week,"
Charles says. "I appreciate knowing what's on sale." Another big part of
Charles's day is reading his local newspaper on Telephone Reader. "It's really nice to know what's going on in my hometown."
His favorite volunteer reader is
Donna Decedue
. And Charles has a message for all of Audio-Reader's volunteers and staff. "I want you to know that there are people listening who count on you every single day. I appreciate what you do. I don't know where I'd be without Audio-Reader."
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Audio Description Events
Theatre Lawrence
Annie:
Saturday December 8, 2018, 7:30 pm; Sunday December 9, 2018, 2:30 pm
Holmes and Watson: Saturday January 26, 2019; Sunday January 27, 2019, 2:30 pm
Lied Center
Dane Zanes & Claudia Eliaza
, Inclusive Family Entertainment: Saturday November 17, 2018, 2:00 pm
Dumpstahphunk and George Porter Jr: Friday February 8, 2019, 7:30PM
For tickets to any of these events contact the theater box office.
If you are involved in theater and want to bring Audio Description to your performance, contact Lori at [email protected] for information about our audio description services.
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Become a Sustaining Donor of Audio-Reader
Audio-Reader is actively working to increase its Sustainer program. With a committed dollar amount each month, we can increase our guaranteed support. To put the impact of the sustainer program into perspective, if every one of our 450 volunteers committed to just $10 per month that would come to $54,000 each year. That is a significant amount for Audio-Reader! We would like to ask you to consider committing to Audio-Reader through our Sustainer program, if you haven't already done so. This is an easy way to stretch your impact and it ensures a strong future for Audio-Reader! Please contact Meredith Johanning at
[email protected] to complete the steps to become a Sustaining Donor.
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Give Back Night and Nick Carswell Piano Show, December 14
Join us at Lucia Beer Garden + Grill on Friday, December 14 from 5-9pm to take in our very own Nick Carswell's piano show! This is just like our very first event we hosted in August, except this time it's better.....Lucia will donate 15% of all food sales that night to Audio-Reader! This event is free and open to the public. We will have leftover "For Your EARS Only" items for sale, such as various audio equipment and vinyl records. Come out for a night to enjoy great music, get some dinner at Lucia which supports Audio-Reader, and check out our leftover FYEO items! We hope to see you there.
Nick and co. take song requests so be sure to tip them to make sure your song gets played. ALL tips they receive will be directly donated to Audio-Reader
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Happy Birthday to the following
volunteers and staff!
11/2 Rachel Monger
11/3 Brett Leopold
11/4 Bill Benningfield
11/5 Cynthia Chandler-Clayton andNadia Hamid
11/6 Lynn Villafuerte andPam Baughman
11/10 Susan Craig andMarilyn Daniels
11/11 Kim Radell andMarianne Lafex
11/13 Maverick Moore
11/14 Rex Buchanan
11/19 Frank Day Happy 85th!!!
11/20 Joe Sweet
11/22 Janet Majure
11/23 Cat Hollyer andRebecca Reagan
11/24 Karen Devictor
11/26 Jenny O'Driscoll andSteven Meyer
11/29 Sandy Poneleit
12/1 Linda Irving
12/2 John Gedraitis andRandy Austin
12/3 Mike Lewis andSusan Stone
12/5 Jill LaPoint
12/6 Harlanne Roberts
12/7 Leigh Ann Monthey
12/10 Charles Higginson andBarbara Schountz
12/11 William Woody
12/12 John Robertson
12/14 Erika Fields, Maggie Schutz andShantece Gonzalez
12/15 Kaye Drahozal, David Corley andLisa Werner
12/16 Elaine Roberts
12/20 Carly Efros andDarren Davis
12/21 Steven Bryant
12/22 Ann Evans
12/24 Davis Siewert andRon Scoles
12/26 Elinor Schroeder andJudy Weingarten
12/27 Laurie Chadwick-Entrup andMaureen Guth
12/30 Stephen Grimm
12/31 Craig Sweets, Dan Compo andEvelyn Fitzpatrick
FOR ALL YOU ARE
AND ALL YOU DO,
WE SAY A VERY HEARTFELT
THANKS TO YOU!!!
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Unique Gift Ideas
Volunteer Tracy Harrison has authored a book of poetry "The Fruit of Love and Grief"she has donated all proceeds to Audio-Reader. See Beth to purchase a copy.
Volunteer Lori Lange is an Avon consultant (Avon catalogs available in the lobby). 10% of your purchase goes directly to Audio-Reader. To place an order email [email protected]
Volunteer Ann Kuckelman Cobb has illustrated a children's book "Nana-Hugs-Alot" written by Sandra Hazlett. Contact [email protected] for details
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Picture Perfect
Audio-Reader's Chief Engineer
Steve Kincaid and his wife Pam are new grandparents. Nora Evelynn Hill, born Oct. 22 at 10:16 AM 3 pound 15 ounces 17" long, 8 weeks premature but everything looks good.
Congrats
Steve!
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Audio-Reader's Outreach Coordinator
Lori Kesinger and her husband Mike also welcomed a new granddaughter. Mirabella Eileen Margaret Mills was born Oct. 10 at 8:30PM. 8.2 pounds and 20.5 inches long.
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