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2009 Gala
Volunteer JoAnn Garofalo Receives 2009 Nance Community Service Award
TRRS Technical Committee Receives Triangle Access Award
General Assembly Recognizes Ben Eason and TRRS's 25th Anniversary

2009 TRRS Gala at The Renaissance

Here are some photos from our very successful 2009 fundraising Gala at The Renaissance at North Hills in Raleigh on September 24, 2009. Thanks to volunteer reader Chris Seward for the photography.

Barbour and Hinton
Steve Barbour and Danny Hinton provide musical entertainment

Steve Murphy and Jaimee Dean-Murphy peruse the Silent Auction items

Allen Radford's talk on what the Reading Service means to him
amuses our host for the evening, Mark Roberts

Saturn Winner
Elwood Black from the Cary Lions Club wins the Saturn-for-a-Weekend raffle

Live Auction Winner
Board Member Josh Whitaker wins the bid for the power shovel toy

Balloon Ride Explained
Former Board President Brian Hoyle explains what the winning bidder
will experience in his hot air balloon ride

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Volunteer Receives Nance Award

JoAnn Garofalo Receives Award
JoAnn Garofalo (center) receives a 2009 Nance Community Service Award from the Durham-Orange County Medical Society on December 9th for her nearly six-year dedication to reading USA Today and other publications for TRRS

Technical Committee Receives Access Award

Technical Committee Receives Award
In July 2009, the TRRS Technical Committee received a Triangle Access Award for its work in making podcasts of selected broadcasts available via the TRRS website

General Assembly Resolution Honoring Ben Eason and Recognizing TRRS' 25th Anniversary - Monday, June 11, 2007

The Legislative Honor - from left to right: Bob Southerland, Ace Ornt, Linda Ornt, Steve Eason, Caroline Funkhouser, Shirley Eason, Pam Cloud and Dr. Ed Funkhouser. This is how the group appeared before going into the House chamber for the reading of the resolution.

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