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 The North Country Center for Independence receives funding from:  The NYS Office of Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, Resource Center for Independent Living, United Way of the Adirondack Region, Clinton County Office for the Aging, Concepts of Independent Choices, New York State Medicaid, Plattsburgh City School District / 21st Century Learning Centers, the Northeast Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center, Stewarts Shops, Mountain Lake PBS, Northeast Public Radio, as well as civic organizations and individual donors throughout the North Country.© 2009, North Country Center Updated: 7 / 15 / 10 |
 People who can't read newspapers and magazines due to visual impairment or other disability may qualify to use a Radio Reading Service receiver, a specially-tuned radio that plays broadcasts of audio readings of newspapers, magazines, and other copywrited publicaions. The nation-wide InTouch Network broadcasts readings 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Local volunteers for the Radio Reading Serivce read the Press-Republican and other local publications, which are brodcast locally in the mornings and evenings, Monday through Saturday. If you need a receiver or want to be a volunteer reader, e-mail Alan Bechard, Program Coordinator, or call him at 518-563-9058 Voice & TTY.The North East Radio Reading Service is a partnership of the North Country Center for Independence, Mountain Lake PBS, Northeast Public Radio, and the Clinton-Essex-Franklin Library System, with additional financial support from the Lions Clubs in Beekmantown, Chazy, Plattsburgh and Peru, the Plattsburgh Elks Club, Fraternal Lodge #144 F&AM, and the United Way of Clinton and Essex Counties.   Audio file of Radio Reading Service brochureMountain Lake PBS ... Plattsburgh's public television station, providing space and technical assistance to the Radio Reading Service. Northeast Public Radio ... Albany-based public radio station, providing transmitter and technical assistance to the Radio Reading Service. [Home] |
