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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Monte Carlo's Restaurant
3103 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, California 91505

We will have dinner at this great Italian restaurant called Monte Carlo's Pinocchio Restaurant on Tuesday night February 28th as prices are very reasonable around $6 to $15. A fundraiser for the WRAD organization and please tell the cashier you are with WRAD or bring the flyer for WRAD to get a 15% donation from Monte Carlo's.

Bruce Gross, Gino Giudice, and Carlos Greenham already been to that restaurant and loved it. Lets go there as a group on February 28th. Free parking. See you there as everyone is welcome. For more information, contact brucegross@aol.com or by VP at 661-943-8879.

About 50 deaf and hard of hearing people came to El Guapo Mexican Cantina, a beautiful sports bar, in the heart of Hollywood, California for the Super Bowl to see the Pittsburgh Steelers win against the Seattle Seahawks.

There were many television sets at the bar and we had the reserved area with some closed captioning television sets to watch the football game.

The manager, Chad knew sign language, and a graduate of University of California at Berkeley. He was very nice and made sure that we had a good time at the sports bar. He is a musician and enjoyed meeting our group as most of us communicated in sign language.

The main prize was the $2,000 plasma TV won by
a hearing person. We had our own football pools
and here are our winners:

1. 1st Quarter winner- Rick Reiss, $25.00 who then donated the prize to purchase beer for the WRAD group.
2. 2nd Quarter winner- Jeff Lubman- $25.00
3. 3rd Quarter winner- Jo Reins- $25.00
4. 4th Quarter winner- Reynaldo Llarena- $25.00 who donated to WRAD.
5. The Grand Prize Winner was Mark Brudney who won a prize of $100.00

Our group had 2 tables and each table had a drawing for $100 prize and we were shocked when both of our tables won $100 each ($200 total) so people split the winning money. We had very good luck.

Many of us had a good time chatting and watching the football game on television. Some people were very kind to treat others to appetizers and beer to make our group like one large family.

It was a successful event and we are thinking about hosting another Super Bowl party again next year.

Thanks to the following committee members who made the event possible- Bruce Gross, Chair, Mark Brudney, Assistant to Bruce, and Reynaldo Llarena who was the photographer for the WRAD website and helped coordinate the football pools for cash prizes. Bruce Gross also took pictures of the party.

WRAD, Inc. presents A Pizza Fundraiser at

19755 Rinaldi Street Porter Ranch, California 91326

3rd Friday of the month 4:00pm - 10:00pm

Our third event is Friday, March 17, 2006 Next door to the Porter Ranch STARBUCKS where deaf and hard of hearing people gather every 3rd Friday of the month. Tell the cashier you are deaf or hard of hearing or a friend in the deaf and hard of hearing community for us to get a 15% benefit for the WRAD organization. Your support and help is greatly appreciated...... Mark your calendar for the following dates in 2006 of Porter Ranch Pizza Cafe fundraising nights:

Months 2006 January 20 February 17 March 17 April 21 May 19 June 16 July 21 August 18 September 15 October 20 November 17 December 15

See you all at Porter Ranch Pizza Cafe and Porter Ranch Starbucks on the 3rd Friday of the month.

WRAD is happy to present a 30-mile round trip bike day along the beach from Santa Monica to Hermosa Beach round trip !!!!!!

All day Saturday
March 18th, 2006
10:00am to 4:00pm.

The bicycle path along 15 miles from Santa Monica to Hermosa Beach takes you through some of the most colorful beach towns anywhere. We will stop for lunch at the Hermosa Beach courtyard around noon. Food there is fabulous and affordable. You may shop, eat, rest, and entertain other friends at the courtyard. Everyone is welcome. This is going to be a fun day to meet new and old friends. Also, it is a very good exercise for your body and strengthen your muscle legs to have 30 miles round trip on the bicycle. You will have a good night sleep after you are exhausted from riding all day. This is a fun ride for everyone. We are not racing against Lance Armstrong.

Meet us at the Santa Monica Pier parking lot betweeen 9:30am and 9:45am prior to our departure at 10:00am SHARP!!!!!!    (The event will be cancelled if rain or heavy fog)

Colorado Backpacking - Deaf and Hard of Hearing Women

The experiential nature of the Outward Bound curriculum provides hands-on opportunities to explore risk-taking, change, challenge, problem solving and self-direction. This course is instructed by women, designed to stimulate your creativity, help you change direction and address balance in your life and career. Through success-oriented challenges requiring teamwork and personal effort, the Adult Renewal course enhances self-confidence, motivates compassion and enriches personal experience. This course illuminates the importance of support systems by offering an opportunity to be in the mountains for 7 days with all Deaf/HOH women. The first three days of the course are run out of our Leadville Mountain Center where you will participate in activities such as rock climbing and rappelling, as well as spending some time on the ropes course. During this section, you will sleep in our cabins or on tent platforms and our base camp cook will prepare delicious meals for you. The last four days will take place in a wilderness setting tackling rapids as a team on inflatable rafts on the Arkansas River, participating in a backcountry expedition that includes a peak ascent and rounding out your wilderness experience with a solo. Your solo will give you time alone to reflect upon the activities, challenges and lessons you have learned. In the backcountry you will sleep in sleeping bags on the ground under the stars and cook your own meals (as a group) over backcountry stoves. Successful completion of your course demands mastery of skills, trust, fitness, confidence, tenacity, leadership, initiative and compassion. The promotion of these qualities, and the discovery of what's in you, is the purpose of Outward Bound.

  COURSE AREA
The Rocky Mountains, one of the most famous mountain ranges in the world, stretch 3,000 miles from Alaska to New Mexico. They have provided the inspiration for legend and have had a profound influence on the development of the continental United States. It is in and around these majestic mountains that your Outward Bound West course will take place. This course will occur in the Rocky Mountain' San Juan Range, which is often compared to the Swiss Alps. This range contains more land above 10,000 feet than any other place in the United States. It has always presented a formidable challenge for explorers. The area is home to many abandoned mining towns whose rather checkered pasts lend credence to Colorado's Wild West reputation. Here, too, did the infamous Alfred Packer perform his dastardly deed near San Luis Peak on Cannibal Flats.

Outward Bound is offering 3 wilderness courses for Deaf/HOH and Signing individuals in the Spring/ Summer, 2006. All courses are instructed in PSE/ASL and require that students be at least 18 years of age. Full and partial scholarships are available for students in need. Last year more than $20,000 in scholarship money was awarded to these programs, averaging nearly $1,500 per person. Applications are due at least 30 days before the course start.

Colorado Mountaineering 10-day Technical Training for Deaf/HOH/Signing CMI630
May 27-June 5, 2006
Course Cost: $1,795; Age: 21+

Colorado 7-day Backpacking for Deaf/HOH/Signing -Women's Adult Renewal CBT620
June 19-25, 2006
Course Cost: $1,295; Age: 30+

Colorado 14-day Mountaineering for Deaf/HOH/Signing LMO649
July 31- August 13, 2006
Course Cost: $2,495; Age: 18+

For more information check out their website at:www.outwardboundwilderness.org.