The TAPING RECORDER April 30, 2002 No. 204-01
News from and about Taping For The Blind,
Inc. (www.tapingfortheblind.org)

RECEPTION NEWS--If you missed the reception honoring our volunteers on
April 21, you missed a great time. Good food and good companionship
highlighted the afternoon. This event is always fun since it offers
opportunity to meet and greet fellow volunteers. Routinely our volunteers
go to a booth and do their work, without having the benefit of interchange
with other volunteers, so this get-together is always fun. More highlights
follow.

SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS--We were pleased to have two winners
announced for Taping's Special Achievement Award. This is the highest
award given by Taping and is for extraordinary volunteer effort. This
year's winners are Bob Bartlett and Lynn Johnson.

Bob Bartlett has been a listener since 1984 and has been a
volunteer since 1994. He has served on the Board of Directors and helped
form the Listeners Committee. Last year he was appointed chairman of the
Endowment Formation Committee; and once the formation was complete, he was
appointed chairman of the Endowment Committee. Bob started and continues
to serve as editor for our electronic newsletter. He volunteered to lead a
team designing and implementing our website. He has served on many Taping
committees including Nominating, Planning, Development, Listeners, Quality
Review, and Bylaws. Bob is the first client to receive the Special
Achievement Award.

Lynn Johnson has been a volunteer since 1991. She has read the
first hour of the Houston Chronicle on Saturdays for most of that
time. She has served on the Outreach Committee, and served as a special
representative to the Listeners Committee when they were first starting
Listeners Campaigns. She has been the ULTIMATE cheerleader at our Hoopla
booth for the Houston Marathon. Lynn served on the website design team,
and thanks to her technical skills and immense talent, we have a wonderful
website. Lynn serves as webmaster for the site; and she is looking forward
to new challenges for the implementation of our broadcast signal on the
Internet.

Our congratulations to Bob and Lynn for this special
recognition and thanks for their service to Taping.

TOP 10 LIST--Mr. Letterman may have his top 10 lists that usually are good
for a laugh. We are going to go him one better, and we aren't going for
laughs. Our top ten list is the volunteers who put in the most hours for
Taping. Hours worked follow the name: 10. Marty Ryan (229); 9. Jim Wood
(248); 8. Ted Pfister (253); 7. Sam Bertron (257.25); 6. David Gillmore
(272); 5. Deborah Filip (328); 4. Chris Kiersted (360); 3. Fred Dawson
(364); 2. Paul Legros (404); and the volunteer with the most hours worked
for Taping - #1. John Deming (560)!!! We offer our thanks and
congratulations to each member of our top 10 list.

SERVICE MILESTONES--While not all volunteers who achieved service
milestones were able to attend the reception, we want to recognize each for
achieving these milestones. FIFTEEN YEAR AWARDS: John Biondi, David
Cindric, Bette Douglas, and Ward Nommensen. TEN YEAR AWARDS: Ed Brodie,
Scott Burman, Nancy Davis, Dick Hokenson, Bonnie Hurliman, Chris Kiersted,
Robert Rice, and Marty Ryan. FIVE YEAR AWARDS: Margaret Anderson, Anne
Chatoney, Lila Lerner, Bernard Lewis, Hanna Lewis, Jack Murphy, Anita
Simpson, George Thomas, Jim Wood, and Connie Wright. Our thanks and
congratulations to each of these volunteers for their years of service to
Taping.
ENDOWMENT FUND--As you consider those serious decisions of life, whether as
planned giving or estate planning, we hope you will consider the Taping For
The Blind Endowment Fund. This fund is run through the Greater Houston
Community Foundation, and it offers you an opportunity to give a lasting
gift for the benefit of Taping. We want this fund to grow to the point
that it will generate a significant portion of the operating needs of
Taping, and we hope you will give this your honest consideration when
meeting with your financial planner or legal adviser.

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