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Volunteers needed for 1st annual Plymouth Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day

PLYMOUTH, MA…

The Plymouth Turkey Trot, a 4.77 mile run that starts at the Plymouth waterfront, is looking for volunteers to help the first-year race, which takes place on Thursday, November 22 at 7:30am.

“Plymouth has more Thanksgiving road races than any town in the country. That not only creates a friendly competition to attract runners, it makes it a bit of a challenge to get volunteers to help run these races,” said Dubin, spokesperson for the Plymouth Turkey Trot. “Besides being a new race, the Plymouth Turkey Trot is the first race of the day on Thanksgiving. Most of the volunteers will probably be done in time to see the opening kickoff at the Plymouth North/South game.”

Volunteers are needed for race planning, fundraising and race day activities ranging from registration, water stations, security and more. If interested, send an e-mail to sdubin@prworkzone.com with “Volunteer” in the subject line.

The Plymouth Turkey Trot starts at Memorial Park on the Waterfront at Plymouth Rock at 7:30am. The 4.77 mile course offers scenic views of the Plymouth’s picturesque oceanfront, and passes several historical sites including Plymouth Rock, Burial Hill and The Mayflower. The cost to register is $20 before November 1. Prizes will be awarded to men’s and women’s winners in several age groups.

For complete information, on the Plymouth Turkey Trot, visit www.plymouthturkeytrot.com.

“Volunteers are really the backbone of any race of this nature, but particularly a first year race” said Dubin. “We’ve had a very strong core of volunteers participate in the other Thanksgiving Day race we run, the Thanksgiving Day Pilgrim 5k Run and Walk, and we’re sure that enthusiasm will carry over to the Plymouth Turkey Trot.”

The third annual Thanksgiving Day Pilgrim 5k Run and Walk kicks off from the Village Racquet and Fitness Center, at Pine Hills, 30 Gold Drive, Plymouth at 9:30 a.m. rain or shine on Thanksgiving morning. The course includes the oldest road in America, Old Sandwich Road. This race site was the original trail used by Pilgrims and Native Americans in the 1600’s as they traveled from Plymouth to Sandwich, Mass. Cost is $20 online until November 1.

All participants will receive a custom finishers’ medal.  T-Shirts, designed by professional graphic artists, will be given to all 1,000 runners.

For complete information visit http://thanksgivingdaypilgrim5k.yolasite.com.

If you are interested in volunteering for either or both the Plymouth Turkey Trot or the Thanksgiving Day Turkey 5k, please contact Steve Dubin at 781-582-1061 or sdubin@prworkzone.com.

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Old Colony Elder Services Advises Elders About Fall Prevention

Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director

Saturday, September 22nd was “National Falls Prevention Awareness Day” which is observed annually on the first day of Fall. Old Colony Elder Services (OCES), the Brockton based regional elder services agency serving seniors, individuals with disabilities and caregivers, shares specific information about fall prevention.

“National Falls Prevention Awareness Day” increases public awareness of how to prevent and reduce falls in elders. This year’s theme, Standing Together to Prevent Falls, sought to unite professionals, older adults, caregivers, and family members to play a part in raising awareness and preventing falls in the older adult population.

Diana DiGiorgi, Executive Director of OCES explained, “According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in 2008, there were more than 20,000 older adults who died from injuries related to unintended falls. Falls are not normally a part of aging and are preventable, yet far too many elders are admitted into hospitals and nursing homes each year due to falls.”

According to the National Council on Aging:
-Falls are NOT a natural or normal part of aging.
-Anyone can fall. Staying home and limiting activities does not prevent falls.
-It’s never too late to regain muscle strength and start (a physician approved) exercise program, which will help you increase strength and develop better balance.
-Walkers and canes are helpful aids as long as they have been properly fitted.
-Vision loss can increase the risk of falls. Be sure to have your eyes examined annually.
-Elders should also have their medications reviewed periodically.
-Elders should consult with a health professional and have a fall risk assessment done.
“Reducing the number of trip hazards in the home and adopting a physician-approved exercise regimen to strengthen muscles and improve balance are two key ways that elders can reduce the incidence of falls. We need to stand together as a community and raise awareness of preventive measures that can keep elders safe in Massachusetts,” noted DiGiorgi.

About NCOA
The National Council on Aging is a nonprofit service and advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC. NCOA is a national voice for millions of older adults—especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged—and the community organizations that serve them. It brings together nonprofit organizations, businesses, and government to develop creative solutions that improve the lives of all older adults. NCOA works with thousands of organizations across the country to help seniors find jobs and benefits, improve their health, live independently, and remain active in their communities. For more information, please visit: www.ncoa.org.

About OCES
Incorporated in 1974, Old Colony Elder Services is a private, non-profit corporation designated as one of 27 Aging Services Access Points (ASAPs) in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. OCES offers a number of programs to serve elders, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers such as Family Caregiver Support; Adult Family Care; Supportive Housing; Nutrition; Money Management; Protective Services and Home Care.

OCES serves elders, individuals with disabilities, their families and caregivers in 23 communities in Southeastern Massachusetts: Abington, Avon, Bridgewater, Brockton, Carver, Duxbury, East Bridgewater, Easton, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Kingston, Lakeville, Marshfield, Middleboro, Pembroke, Plymouth, Plympton, Rockland, Stoughton, Wareham, West Bridgewater and Whitman.

The organization’s mission is to provide services that support the dignity and independence of elders by helping them maximize their quality of life; live safely and in good health; and, prevent unnecessary or premature institutionalization. For more information call (508) 584-1561 or visit the website at www.oldcolonyelderservices.org.

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Emerson Bearing Boston Specializes in Bearings for Extreme Applications

Failed bearing
Got a dirty environment? Emerson Bearing Boston provides the bearings necessary for operation in extreme applications.

Catering to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operations) markets around the globe, Emerson Bearing Boston provides bearings that operate in unique performance conditions such as dirty and biohazardous environments; extremely hot/cold temperatures and environments where chemicals, radiation, speed/velocity and size play a major role.

“A dry dirty environment is typically an environment that generates some kind of dust. A wet dirty environment often involves water or a chemical that emulsifies with the oil (bearing lubricant), which causes the bearing to fail. To give you an example, worn seals on linear bearings that are used in a dirty environment will enable contamination. Even with the best design, lubrication and installation, bearing failure will occur if the operating environment is not taken into consideration,” explained Steve Katz, the company’s president.

Katz outlines the primary environmental influences below:

-Dust and dirt, which can aggressively contaminate a bearing. Great care should be given to use proper sealing techniques.

-Aggressive media or water. Once again, sealing is primary. The use of specialty type seals is recommended such as Pump Mechanical or Labyrinth style seals that do not score the shaft.

-External heat. The ambient operating temperature mandates many choices in Radial Internal Clearance, high temperature lubricants, intermittent or continuous running and others, which affect bearing life.

-Current passage or electrolytic corrosion. If current is allowed to flow through the rolling elements, sparks can create pitting or fluting on the bearing surfaces. This should be corrected by creating a bypass circuit for the current or through the use of insulation on or within the bearing. This should be an inherent design consideration in applications such as Wind Turbines and all power generating equipment.

Katz continued, “Our team of bearing experts can advise customers on the right solution for bearings running in extreme applications.”

For more information and to view the company’s vast online product catalog, visit their website at www.emersonbearing.com.

The Emerson Bearing Difference

In a proud tradition, the same families that started the company in 1957 keep Emerson Bearing rolling by specializing in bearings for OEM and MRO markets throughout the world. Emerson Bearing’s highly knowledgeable staff, operating from their 23,000 square foot facility, provides bearings ranging in size from 3mm to tunnel-boring 15-foot-diameter giants.

Emerson Bearing provides solutions to a variety of industries including: aggregate, concrete, mining, machine tools, electric motor repair, marine, material handling, metal processing, packaging, food processing, paper converting, printing, wind/power generation, recreation, heavy construction, robotics, automation, transportation, wood products, wastewater treatment, pump, compressor and oil field.

Emerson Bearing offers customers a one-stop shopping experience. With an online product catalog with over 3 million bearings; a vast inventory of bearings; worldwide sourcing; a fixed price program; a knowledgeable staff dedicated to delivering; same day shipping and 24/7 service, Emerson Bearing has become the leading provider of bearings to OEM and MRO markets in the U.S. They are the sister company of Action Bearing and maintain headquarters at 201 Brighton Ave. Boston, MA. For more information, contact 617-782-1400 or toll free, 800-225-4587, email info@emersonbearing.com or visit www.emersonbearing.com.

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New service offers insurance insights for parents of children with autism.

WORCESTER, MA…

For most parents, preparing your child to go back to school means a trip to the mall for school supplies, a new outfit or two and maybe some new shoes. For parents of children with autism, back to school means all that plus deciphering what programs and assistance is available for their child through the school and what’s available through insurance. A new service offered by Behavioral Concepts, Inc. (BCI), a company of behavioral clinicians specializing in the treatment of children with autism, is helping parents in Central Massachusetts solve that riddle.

“When the school year begins, many parents utilize the programs available through the school but are unaware that home support and services are available through their private health insurance,” said BCI Founder and Director Dr. Jeff Robinson. “We provide home and community services that meet the individual needs of the child and their family. In short, BCI helps students and their families navigate the system.”

Based in Worcester, Mass and with offices Mansfield and West Boylston, Mass., BCI provides much needed services to children with autism and their parents. The process begins with an assessment by qualified and certified behavior analyst. Once an assessment has been made, BCI clinicians develop a treatment plan that remediates behavioral challenges and teaches new skills and replacement behaviors.

Said Robinson, “Since we have experience collaborating with public schools and providing health insurance based services, we can tailor a program for children with autism that fits the child’s unique needs and family’s schedule—while optimizing the full benefits offered by both the schools and the health care provider.”

BCI instructional programs are delivered using discrete trial, task analysis, and systematic prompting procedures implemented by ABA therapists who have successfully completed pre-service training, on-site, and quarterly evaluations by their clinical supervisors. Instruction is provided in: Activities of daily living, functional and augmentative communication, functional academics (children over the age of 7) / academics (under the age of 7), social and play skills, leisure skills, toileting, and food tolerance.

BCI accepts Harvard-Pilgrim, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Behavioral Health, Tufts, Aetna and coverage from other major health care providers.

For complete information, visit http://bciaba.org or to arrange a consultation with a BCI clinician, please call (508) 363-0200

About Behavioral Concepts, Inc. (BCI)

Founded in 2002, BCI provides educational, behavioral, consultative and assessment services to children with autism and their families. These services are based on the principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) and are tailored to the unique needs of the individuals BHC works with. It’s BCI’s goal to maximize student potential, increase independence and enhance our clients’ quality of live within their home, school and community.

BCI’s main treatment center is located at 170 Goddard Memorial Drive, in Worcester, Massachusetts. BCI operates its BASICS services at 100 Hartwell Street in West Boylston, Mass. The BASICS program is a sub-contract arrangement between Behavioral Concepts, Inc. and the Central Massachusetts Special Education Collaborative. BASICS provides services to children aged 7-22 with autism and maladaptive behaviors. BCI’s Corporate Offices are located in Mansfield, Mass.

For complete information, visit http://bciaba.org or to arrange a consultation with a BCI clinician, please call (508) 363-0200

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South Coast Improvement Company Raises $5K in First Annual Tri-Town Four Families Cancer Benefit

Cancer is one of those devastating diseases that we all seem too powerless to do anything about, yet it touches all of our lives in some way. Everyone has a family member, friend or someone they know with this terrible disease. The VP of a Marion, MA based design, construction and management company decided that maybe he could help some of the families in his community.

As Tom Quinlan President of South Coast Improvement Company recalled, “One morning my brother Henry, who is our VP and also the Head Football Coach at Old Rochester High School, told me he personally knew of four families in the Tri-Town area that had a member currently undergoing treatment for cancer. Henry wanted to do something to help out in some small way. That was the genesis of the Tri-Town Four Families Cancer Benefit – my brother wanted to help.”

From there Michelle Holmen, Head Administrator at the South Coast Improvement Company organized the event. Jerry Garcia, General Manager of The Kittansett Club in Marion was contacted to host the benefit for the families and immediately jumped on board and offered up the facility at no charge. Holmen got the word out through word of mouth and print advertising. The Old Rochester Bulldog High School Football Community rallied behind it and vendors of South Coast Improvement Company also stepped up to the plate to support the company’s efforts.

The Tri-Town Four Families Cancer Benefit was held last Thursday night at The Kittansett Club and was a huge success. There was live music by Rebecca Correia from Rochester and Jason Kelley from Dartmouth, great food and a roomful of people looking to help. The benefit raised more than $5,000, all of which helps support four families touched by cancer in the community. South Coast Improvement Company covered the cost of the event.

“I have to give a heartfelt thanks to Michelle Holmen in our office as without her efforts, this never would have happened. Also Kristen Kaminski, John Allessandrini, Dan Talbot, Ethan Sherman and John LaChapelle (employees at South Coast Improvement) who all helped. Sarah Murphy (sister to Tom and Henry) was also a big help in getting this off the ground. Of course, without Henry to spurn us to action, nothing happens. It just feels good to get together with people in a community that cares and to raise funds for a good cause,” says Tom Quinlan.

According to Henry Quinlan, “My community is important to my family. While I know I can’t do much to alleviate the pain that cancer causes, I can do something. We were able to raise awareness as well as some money. Based on the outpouring of support this year, we plan on making the Tri-Town Four Families Cancer Benefit an annual event.”

To make a donation to Tri-Town Four Families Cancer Benefit, visit the website at http://tri-townsfourfamilies.com. Check donations may be made out to “Bulldog Community” and mailed to the attention of Michelle Holmen at South Coast Improvement Company, 208 Wareham Road, Marion, MA 02738.

About South Coast Improvement Company

South Coast Improvement Company offers an extensive range of design, construction and construction management services regionally in the Northeast and across the U.S. With decades of experience, the company is renowned for high quality, efficiency and high standards of compliance, which sets them apart from their competitors. They are engaged in projects across sectors that include healthcare, institutional, commercial, hospitality and planned communities/residential. The company offers pre-construction analysis, construction management, general contracting, design/build services, capital improvement, building envelope improvements and interior renovations.

South Coast Improvement maintains memberships and professional affiliations with the Assisted Living Facility Association, the American Society of Interior Designers, the International Facility Managers Association, the Community Associations Institute, as well as International Real Estate Managers and the Greater New Bedford Chamber of Commerce. South Coast Improvement is headquartered at 208 Wareham Road in Marion, MA 02738.

For more information, contact (508) 748-6545; email Information@southcoastimprovement.com or visit the website at www.southcoastimprovement.com

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Kathy Parker, CPA, Partner at Rodman & Rodman Named to Invest In Girls Inc. Board of Directors

Kathy Parker, CPA, MST
Kathy Parker, CPA, MST, Partner at Rodman & Rodman, P.C., an independent accounting and tax firm with offices in Newton and Braintree, has recently been named to the Board of Directors for Invest In Girls, Inc. of Boston.

Ms. Parker has been employed with Rodman & Rodman P.C. for more than 13 years and has risen through the ranks from accountant to senior accountant to Partner. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a Master’s degree in Taxation. In addition to assisting clients with their tax and financial needs, Ms. Parker is a Certified Advanced ProAdvisor for QuickBooks as well as an integral part of Rodman & Rodman’s Green Team, which focuses on projects that promote renewable and sustainable energy.

“Invest In Girls empowers young women by providing them with essential finance and investing knowledge while also mentoring them. In this way, IIG better prepares girls for future leadership roles while also enlightening them about their own financial security. I’m very pleased to have the opportunity to serve as a Board member for this organization,” noted Ms. Parker.

About Invest In Girls, Inc.

Invest In Girls provides young women with a strong financial knowledge base, successful female mentors, and exposure to financial services, equipping them with the skills and confidence they need to become independent and influential women. Invest In Girls provides group financial education workshops, e-mentoring and financial industry exposure to young women. Invest In Girls is based in Boston.

For more information, contact Kathy Parker at Rodman & Rodman (617) 939-8569 or visit the Invest In Girls website at investgirls.org.

About Rodman & Rodman P.C.

Founded in 1961 and listed in the Boston Business Journal’s “Top 50 Firms”, Rodman & Rodman, P.C. provides accounting, tax and business services to small and medium-sized companies. With a focus on strategic planning, Rodman & Rodman goes beyond traditional accounting services and takes a proactive approach when serving clients to increase, preserve and sustain clients’ financial net worth. The Rodman & Rodman Green Team is a specialized green energy and clean technology accounting and tax services practice within Rodman & Rodman, P.C. that serves “green” clients throughout the U.S. The company is Green Business Certified and in 2010 and 2011 was named one of the “Best Accounting Firms to Work For” in Accounting Today.

From business valuations, taxation, audits, fraud detection and prevention services and succession planning to a variety of accounting IT services including software selection, implementation and training, the team at Rodman & Rodman serves as comprehensive advisors to clients. For individual clients, the company offers personal advisory services such as planning for real estate transactions, obtaining financing, estate planning and retirement planning as well as planning for college education.

Rodman & Rodman, P.C. offices are located at 3 Newton Executive Park in Newton and 25 Braintree Hill Office Park in Braintree, MA. For more information, email info@rodmancpa.com, visit their website at www.rodmancpa.com or contact (617) 965-5959.

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Navigating a lakefront property made easy…New improved website reduces Web search of lakefront property from 3-5 hours to 15 seconds.

MANSFIELD, MA…

When Scott Freerksen started Lakefront Living Realty, LLC, the primary purpose was to save prospective buyers of lakefront property time and energy by providing them with a team of lake experts who also happened to be realtors. Lakefront Living’s new iteration of their website, www.lakefrontliving.com, follows the same thought process,  dramatically reducing research time for prospective buyers and sellers by putting specific lakefront property information at the user’s fingertips within seconds.

“We only sell properties that are directly on lakes—not homes that are down the street or within walking distance but right on the water. So by the very nature of our business model, we save people a lot of time and hassle,” said Freerksen, who started Lakefront Living Realty, LLC back in 2003. “By taking the feedback received from both buyers and sellers, we’ve been able to create a website that creates greater time savings, empowering people to conduct research of any lakefront home in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island and have all the pertinent information within seconds.”

Adds Freerksen, “To put that into perspective, many of our clients told us their searches for a particular property could take anywhere from three to five hours. The new website has taken that down to 15 seconds.”

Major changes to www.lakefrontliving.com include:

  • Addresses for lake properties shown on all inquiries
  • A mapping feature showing the location of each lake home
  • Pull-down menu items with easy access to most used links
  • Scrolling “Featured Listings” for each state
  • Jump from state to state with one click (MA, RI, NH)
  • New quick search icons for popular functions
  • Latest Blog posts on each home page
  • Improved overall navigation

Each lakefront property includes detailed information on the body of water it abuts, such as things like activities (e.g. boating, swimming, fishing), lake size, depth, water quality and more.  The website also provides access to Premier Lakefront Property Specialty Agents who possess specific knowledge about purchasing or selling a home on the lake in question.

“We’re happy to work with anybody who has an interest in purchasing or selling a lakefront home, but the entire process goes much smoother with clients who have done some research coming in,” said Freerksen. “This version of our site makes it easier for people to do the research needed before starting their search or to do some follow up research once they have started.”

For more information on Lakefront Living Realty’s services, you can visit their website at www.lakefrontliving.com. Additionally, Scott Freerksen regularly holds seminars on the keys to buying and selling lakefront property. Please visit the company website or call 508-377-7167 for the date and time of the next seminar.

About Lakefront Living Realty, LLC

Based in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Lakefront Living Realty, LLC is a full service real estate brokerage specializing solely on the purchase and sale of pond and lakefront property in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Owner Scott “The Lake Guy” Freerksen, a Real Estate Broker and Realtor, founded Lakefrontliving.com in 2003 as way to support his real estate practice and to bring to potential buyers and sellers a website that features direct lakefront homes. All the “riverfront”, “oceanfront”, “across the street”, “within walking distance” homes are taken out of the site.

Lakefront Living Realty has one mission: To passionately unite Buyers and Sellers of lakefront property. For complete information, please visit www.lakefrontliving.com or call Scott at 508-377-7167.

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No hang ups about recycling and returning money to the community. Lapels of Littleton, CO recycles hangers and contributes to worthy causes.

Lapels Dry Cleaning
: Lapels Dry Cleaning of Littleton, CO owners Dave and Karen Wood (center in white shirts), donated $300 to local food pantries last year by selling steel hangers for scrap metal. The Woods are pictured here at their grand opening in 2010.

LITTLETON, CO…

Lapels Dry Cleaning of Littleton, CO is helping to raise the bar on environmentally friendly practices within the dry cleaning industry through their program for recycling hangers.  Used steel hangers are collected from customers and reused or sold as scrap metal and those proceeds are then donated to worthy community groups.

By giving where it matters most — education and fighting hunger — Lapels redefines what it means to be green, focusing on sustainability, which is one of the main goals of green practices. Last year Lapels of Littleton received over three thousand pounds of hangers.  These efforts resulted in donations in excess of $300.

Lapels has also provided support to many of the schools in the neighborhood as well as the Leawood and Columbine Knolls Community Associations.

Dave Wood, local owner and operator of Lapels of Littleton, noted, “Doing business in the community means a lot more to me than just making a living.  It also means making an impact. We are delighted to be in a position to both be a steward of the environment and share recycling revenues with non-profit organizations in our region.”

Lapels has pioneered its eco-friendly dry cleaning experience over the past 10 years.  Lapels is committed to using the most advanced environmental practices and technologies not only in the manner in which they clean clothes but also in the build of their Stores and Plants. Their environmentally-friendly cleaning process has no odor, breaks down naturally and is gentler on clothes, thus lengthening the life of clothes. At Lapels you can see, feel and smell the difference.

Lapels Dry Cleaning – Environmentally Friendly Cleaners

Each Lapels Dry Cleaning store offers a full slate of services, including: same-day dry cleaning; shirt service; tailoring; shoe repair; wedding gown preservation; suede and leather processing; box storage and fur storage. Lapels Dry Cleaning has stores in Arizona (Gilbert, Phoenix), California (Poway), Colorado (Littleton), Connecticut (Cromwell), Louisiana (Monroe, West Monroe), Massachusetts (Abington, Bedford, Boston, Brighton, Cambridge, Dedham, Easton, Framingham, Hanover, Marshfield, Newtonville, Norton, Walpole, Westford, Westwood and Wilmington), Missouri (Wildwood), New Jersey (Brick, Freehold and Verona), Ohio (Liberty Township), Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg), Rhode Island (Lincoln); South Carolina (Myrtle Beach, Pawleys Island); Texas (Arlington). Additional locations coming soon to Chandler, AZ, Boston, MA, Quincy, MA and Brownsville, TX.

Lapels Dry Cleaning has been ranked in Entrepreneur’s 26th Annual “Franchise 500” as well as Entrepreneur’s “Top 50 New Franchises,” identifying Lapels Dry Cleaning as one of today’s top franchise opportunities. Entrepreneur’s “Franchise 500” is the best and most comprehensive rating of franchises in the world and is based on objective, quantifiable measures of a franchise operation.

Lapels Dry Cleaning corporate offices are located at 962 Washington Street, Hanover, MA 02339.

To learn more about franchise opportunities with Lapels Dry Cleaning, call toll free (866) 695-2735 or email sales@lapelsdrycleaning.com. Additional information and up-to-date company news can also be found on the company’s Web site, www.lapelsdrycleaning.com.

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VoiceNation to Provide Stephen Colbert’s “Atonement Hotline” During Rosh Hashanah

For the fifth consecutive year, VoiceNation, the industry leader in live answering and virtual receptionist services, will be providing Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert show with an “Atonement Hotline” number.
Each year, Stephen Colbert recognizes the Jewish High Holy Days by giving his viewers an opportunity to apologize to him personally during their Ten Days of Repentance between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Colbert’s “Atonement Hotline” is 1-888-OOPSJEW, which is a working toll free number supported by VoiceNation, the leading provider of voicemail, Virtual PBX and live answering service. Callers who choose the OOPSJEW option are greeted by Stephen Colbert’s personal pre-recorded message asking them to leave their apology to him stating how they have wronged him in the previous year. Colbert then chooses a handful of messages to play on a future show.
Producers of the Colbert Report selected VoiceNation for their ability to handle high call volumes associated with TV and radio spots. VoiceNation’s proprietary technology allows the hotline to take thousands of calls and voice messages, and essentially handle 40,000 Colbert fans, within a very short time period.
About VoiceNation
VoiceNation is America’s telecommunications leader for virtual PBX, voicemail and innovative Next Generation call centers. Named a “Top Provider in Industry” by PC World, VoiceNation provides live answering service and call center solutions utilizing the latest in proprietary technology to deliver high quality call answering services at the lowest cost to their customers. In this way, VoiceNation enables business of all sizes to compete in the marketplace with 24-hour availability that adapts to any situation.
Founded in 2002, VoiceNation is a privately-held company that serves more than 40,000 customers including FEMA, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Dell, AIG and the U.S. Coast Guard. The company also provides qualified non-profit, tax-exempt charities with access to voicemail, faxmail and other specialized communication services at reduced cost through their Care2Call outreach program.
To learn more about VoiceNation, visit http://www.qualityansweringservice.com.

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