Additional media inquiries:
RFB&D News Desk 1-800-803-7201, press 6
media e-mail inquiries

NONPROFIT RECEIVES $45,000 GRANT FROM AHMANSON FOUNDATION

Support for Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic-LA's Adopt-a-District Program

Los Angeles, California, August 25, 2006 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -
Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic-Los Angeles (RFB&D-LA) is proud to announce that they have received a $45,000 grant from the Ahmanson Foundation to support their Adopt-a-District Program. This program is a new educational outreach initiative designed to introduce five new school districts to audio textbooks for students with learning disabilities. The Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD) has been "adopted" by the grant, and five schools within the district will receive RFB&D-LA's services.

This grant will be used to underwrite the fees for RFB&D Institutional Memberships for two years for each of the five schools, provide custom recording of required digital textbooks, purchase specialized CD players with headsets, provide instructional training, and open house events.

The Ahmanson Foundation serves Los Angeles County by funding cultural projects in the arts and humanities, education at all levels, health care, programs related to homelessness and underserved populations as well as a wide range of human services.

RFB&D-LA serves approximately 2,900 students with print disabilities in Los Angeles and Ventura counties. With more than 109,000 titles in their national library in Princeton, New Jersey, RFB&D is the number one producer in the world of audio textbooks for people who can't effectively read standard print. For more information, call Melissa MacRae, Development Director, at (323) 664-5525 x105 and visit www.rfbd.org/LA.

# # #

Media Contact Only: Diane Kelber, Communications Director,
323-664-5525 x104; diane@rfbdla.org