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Hello Friends o f the WRAD Community:

Next year we will be celebrating our 25th anniversary and it is going to be a great milestone for WRAD as we are representing the community of deaf and hard of hearing persons that are deaf or hard of hearing and their families and friends. We would like for your inputs and feedback for different activities and events next year as we welcome your ideas and suggestions so please email us at wradceo@aol.com. Your support is greatly appreciated. Please remember that WRAD is composed of prelingual deaf leaders on the Board and we are advocating for our rights as deaf citizens.

Are you on our Evite list to receive invitations to attend community events? You are welcome to receive Evite invitations as they are free and open to the public. Just let us know at wradceo@aol.com and we will add you to our Evite list.

We welcome and support our affiliates. For example, we were approached by a group of deaf people preparing the Deaf Pirate party in Huntington Beach, California on June 7th and we were happy to announce their event on our WRAD website at www.wrad.org. We were also invited to have our booth at the Deaf Asia Festival on Saturday June 14th in Los Angeles and were happy to announce their event on our website as well. It is good to have affiliates to help other groups of the deaf and more people will know more about us as well. Hats off to our affiliates for their support!

Good news! We are going back to 6 Flags Magic Mountain for our Deaf Awareness Day there on Saturday October 11, 2008 as they will have Frightfest for Halloween and some new exciting rides including the X2 ride. Our tickets will go on sale in June so look for them on our website soon.

Our two cruises are going well. The one to the Mexican Riviera from October 26 to November 2, 2008 is fast approaching and we still have cabin spaces on our Royal Caribbean International ship, Vision of the Seas. Our prices are excellent starting at $380 per person plus $300 taxes and tips. Hope you can join us to Mexico for one week. We will also have a cruise to Alaska from July 25 to August 1, 2009 as part of our 25th anniversary celebration so you can look up more information at www.wrad.org or go to the travel website at www.deaftravelclub.com.

I will be attending the National Association of the Deaf Convention in New Orleans early in July and look forward to meeting other deaf and hard of hearing people including leaders from different organizations as we need to keep them upfront about latest research information on deafness including our fight for the rights of speech disabled persons. We will post more details from our research department about deafness in the near future so look for it on our WRAD website.

Have a great summer and hope to see you in our events and activities including Cafe Blanc in New York City on Friday May 30th as I will be spending some time in NYC to attend the 100th anniversary of PS 47 in Manhattan.

Please visit www.wrad.org from time to time to get information about our events and activities. We also post our events through Caldeaf at www.caldeaf.com and www.ohsoez.com

Cheers,
Bruce Gross, MA
WRAD, Inc. CEO and President
A nonprofit entity since 1984