Shop at The Merc in February and Benefit Audio-Reader
By Meredith Johanning 

We are excited to announce that Audio-Reader has been selected as The Merc's Change Recipient during the month of February. Each month The Merc selects one local non-profit to be a Change Recipient and shoppers have the opportunity to donate their pocket change or "round up" for these various organizations.  

 

So make plans to shop at The Merc throughout February to make a difference for Audio-Reader! Visit The Merc website for more information.  

 

There are three ways to contribute to Audio-Reader at The Merc during the month of February:

• Round up: Round the amount of your order up to the next dollar and the difference will be donated to Audio-Reader.
• Change Jars: Drop your spare change into the jars at the cash registers.
• Bag Refunds: Bring your own bag and the 5 cent bag refund will be donated to Audio-Reader.

We are looking for several volunteers who can stand at Audio-Reader's display table at The Merc throughout the month of February. We want to talk with shoppers at The Merc to let them know about Audio-Reader and answer any questions they might have. If you are interested in helping with this please sign up for a shift HERE. 

Liz Chan -  A retiree, Liz's last position was as a Social Worker in Florida. She also volunteers at Citizens Memorial Hospital. She loves reading, sewing, knitting, jogging, walking, and swimming. She joins us as a Wednesday live reader in Springfield.

Patricia Dahl - Patricia is an associate professor at Washburn University. She facilitates a book club at a local prison. She is an avid reader and book collector. She is awaiting her first assignment at Audio-Reader.

Sara Maypole - Sara currently volunteers at Lawrence Public Library, she is a retired Priest in the Episcopal Church. She is starting as a reader for our Special Requests program.

Lindsey Sanders - Lindsey works at the Toy Store in Lawrence. She enjoys reading, running, playing the clarinet and cooking. Lindsey is starting as a reader for our Special Request program.

Theatre Lawrence

Holmes and Watson

Sunday January 27, 2019, 2:30 pm

 

For tickets to any of these events contact the theater box office.

 

If you are involved in theater and want to bring Audio Description to your performance, contact Lori at [email protected] for information about our audio description services.

Audio-Reader volunteers are DOERS! A cadre of people who, possessing a strong sense of empathy, care a lot about others, maintain an unique, beautiful and renewing Sensory Garden, cheerfully answer the telephone, substitute for each other on short notice, bring delicious biscotti and other goodies to appreciative staff, contribute new books, buy subscriptions, supply tissues and lozenges, re-cover tatty common room chairs, encourage and support one another, audio-decribe for theatre productions, find unique ways to raise funds: For Your Ears Only, and supply manpower for this enterprise, buy commemorative bricks that line fragrant walkways throughout the Sensory Garden, and eagerly extol Audio-Reader's mission to others. So many of our former staff show impressive loyalty when they volunteer at Audio-Reader events long after departure from employment.

Led and supported by an incredibly loyal, efficient and inventive staff (do you know that Audio-Reader currently has all of THREE full-time staff members?), 450 volunteers refuse to allow this valuable reading service to disappear. Constantly encouraged by heartfelt appreciative comments from many of our 6000 listeners throughout Kansas and western Missouri, all of us unite in support of this extraordinary and vital window to their world. We are industrious, we are resilient, we are determined and dedicated, and we are undeterred!