Cary TysonWestbrook, ME, United States
May 13, 2016
Thank you. We can’t say it enough – thank you. Thank you for signing the petition, sharing it, tweeting & retweeting, posting on Facebook. Thank you. As hopefully you’ve seen by now, we made the photo happen. Together. If by some chance you haven’t seen it, I’m linking it below. This has been such a rewarding experience. We’ve brought such well-deserved attention to the Arkansas School for the Deaf. The meeting of the matched pair of the band & students from the school was the #1 story on Reddit & the top trending story on Facebook yesterday. Crazy! It got picked up by the AP, NY Daily News, ABC, Yahoo and so much more I can’t even keep up. All bringing much deserved attention to the school which is such a strong asset to our city & our state. I’m hesitant to start naming people for special ‘thanks’ for fear of leaving someone out, but I must mention Stacey Tatera, PR Director at ASD, Jana DeGeorge, Director of Marketing at Verizon Arena, the folks from 102.9 KARN for putting me in touch with Jana, as well as my old high school friends Brad Dawson & Jack Yerton who really helped in the initial stages of kicking this off. The Democrat Gazette posted an article a month or so ago & that helped a lot as well. Thank you. I’ve had a few people ask me ways they can continue to support the school. If you’re an Arkansan, consider purchasing a specialty license plate supporting ASD. Info can be found at http://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/offices/motorVehicle/Pages/specialityPlateDetails.aspx?show=103 Or support the school booster club by buying merchandise. That can be found at http://www.asdboosterclub.com/ . If you’re interested in a bit of backstory on this process, you can read a blog entry I wrote on it at http://rockefellerinstitute.org/blog/Def-Leppard One more thing, the day before the show I was asked to wear an old Def Leppard biker jacket & tribute t-shirt honoring longtime Little Rock music scene personality & tragic murder victim TC Edwards. It was my honor to do so. You can read more about this senseless death by Googling "TC Edwards". There’s a documentary in the works about TC’s life, give it a ‘like’ at https://www.facebook.com/TC-and-MeA-Little-Rock-umentary-232335585712/?fref=ts . Again, thank you.
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