As Connecticut’s talking newsstand for the blind and print-challenged, it is the mission of CRIS Radio to provide the highest quality, electronic reading service in the state.
CRIS helps enhance the quality of life of its listeners by providing access to the same printed news and information that their family, friends, classmates, and colleagues enjoy.
It is our current goal to … Continue Reading ››
New Social Enterprise Accelerator Helps Area Nonprofits Earn Income to Serve the Community
CRIS Radio one of ten selected
Nonprofit agencies in the Greater Hartford region are facing a perfect storm: reduced government funding, increased demand for services and an uncertain economic forecast. Many organizations … Continue Reading ››
CRIS RADIO RECEIVES FUNDING FROM C&S Wholesale Grocers
On February 2, 2019, CRIS Radio received funding from the C&S Wholesale Grocers Foundation for $750.
This grant helps CRIS Radio continue its mission of providing audio access to print information for people who are blind or unable to read due to a medical condition or treatment, … Continue Reading ››
Journal Inquirer, January 26, 2019
Diane Weaver Dunne, a former journalist, has been executive director of the nonprofit CRIS Radio for nine years.
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Save the date: April 27, 2019
We will be back in the Bond Ballroom with celebrity dancers, Eight to the Bar and more fun than humans should be allowed.
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Left: Laura Boogaert presents all things CRIS. Right: Laura Boogaert and Alan Gunzburg pose.
Laura Boogaert, CRIS' Enterprise Engagement Coordinator, traveled to Greenwich to introduce the Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities to all-things-CRIS. It was Laura's first presentation for CRIS, and she nailed it.
From left From left, Diane Weaver Dunne, , Harry Shuh, ; Bill Waseleski, ; Roger Pelletier, , Paul A. Young, Louise Demars, V. Evertt Lyons, and Dr. Vicky Biondi.
Hartford Courant, December 29, 2018
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Despite their difficulties with reading, people … Continue Reading ››
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