SC24: Spread The Word Road Trip

In this episode, we feature an interview with 3 college students--K Scarry, Sarah Blais, and Samantha Civitate, who are on a Spread The Word Road Trip.   We discuss how their Spread The Word Road Trip got started; the process of preparing for their trip; why they wanted to take this Spread The Word Road Trip; what the mission of this road trip is all about; the goal of the trip; what the presentations that they are offering during their trip is about; how they are involved in the Best Buddies and Special Olympics organizations; how you can find out more information about their road trip and connect with them on facebook, twitter, and blog; final thoughts of the interview. Also in today’s episode: Dan mentions the Spread the Word to End the Word campaign, why its important to respect and how you can help end the r-word at r-word.org and well as resources on how you can Spread the Word to End the Word; Dan then discusses a couple of news stories from disabilityscoop.com including: a radio program helping those with autism learn to communicate, and ESPN is airing the Special Olympics World Games, Dan then reminds you of the Special Olympics World Games have been occurring this past week in Athens, Greece, then Dan promotes the upcoming Windy City Rubber Ducky Derby to benefit Special Olympics; then with no feedback being sent in, Dan shares with you how you can send in your feedback about the podcast; Dan then shares with you what’s coming soon on the podcast; finally some closing thoughts includes thanks to K, Sarah, and Samantha for coming on the podcast, thanks to all of you for listening, pledge not to use the r-word at r-word.org; check out the links below in the show notes for everything mentioned in today’s show; looking forward to hearing your feedback and your intros. Final Song: “Beautiful One” By 38 Acres, Courtesy of Mevio’s Music Alley at music.mevio.com Send In your Feedback by calling our voicemail feedback line at +1-630-384-9137, Em...

Channel: iTunes Video Length: 0s Date Found: Mon, Jul 04 2011 10:11 PM Category: Lifestyles Date Produced: Sun, Jul 03 2011 12:00 AM View Count: 0