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27th CRIS Radio Golf Classic: Sept 18

four men postioned around and on a golf cart. One is standing on the top of the cart with his hands on his hips, another wearing a cap is standing in front of the golf cart with folded arms, and two are on either side of the cart with only one foot on it and the other foot in the air

This is the 27th year that CRIS will be raising money by gathering old friends and new for an afternoon of the ancient game.

Your participation allows CRIS to offer its service at no cost to people living in the community who are blind or unable to read due to learning, physical, intellectual, and emotional disabilities.

When: Wednesday,  Sept 18, 2024
Registration:  9:30 - 11:00 AM
Shotgun start: 11:00 AM
Where:  Tunxis Country Club

For more information, to become a sponsor or to register to play, please click HERE.

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Bright Spot: Non-profit is helping kids improve their literacy from home (WFSB)

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(WFSB) – A local non-profit is helping kids improve their literacy from home.

For 8 years now CRIS Radio (Connecticut Radio Information System) began to expand their services to students around the state.

“Teachers came to us and said ‘Hey we have special needs kids that are not able to access classroom material. Can you do custom recordings?' So, we started doing that,” explains Diane Weaver Dunne, Executive Director of CRIS Radio.  CONTINUE READING