Winding Down...

Hello FPRA Treasure Coast!

Winding Down...
As summertime winds down, my term as President winds down as well. Your President-Elect, Bryan Beaty, will officially be sworn in as President on August 10 at the State FPRA Annual Conference in Boca Raton. A local Chapter Installation Ceremony will take place in September. I hope you will make plans to join us at the Installation Ceremony (when the date and location is finalized, I'll let you know!) to welcome your 2009-10 FPRA Treasure Coast Board of Directors. I can say that this has been a wonderful experience for me and I look forward to working closely with Bryan and the rest of the Board next year to continue the good things we have started this year.

Annual Conference is Only Two Weeks Away!

2009 FPRA Annual Conference!
PR on F.I.R.E.
Foundation, Innovation, Reputation, Education

Join us for 3-days of “hot” professional development topics ranging from new media to green marketing and beyond. This year’s conference will offer attendees the tools, tactics and strategies needed for success. Put yourself in the F.I.R.E! Check out the State's NEW website at www.fpra.org for detailed information about the agenda, registration information and a video presentation about the conference!

http://www.fpra.org/Professional_Development/Annual_Conference_Video.aspx

FPRE Education Foundation Silent and Live Auction Items Still Needed!
Adrienne Moore, APR, CPRC is still looking for items for the FPRE Foundation Auction. She recently acquired a $1,000 Universal Studios package as well as JetBlue airline tickets! If you have an idea for an auction item, please contact Adrienne at adrienne.moore7@gmail.com.

Member News
Congratulations to Earle Kirkbride, an FPRA Treasure Coast Member from Indian River County. Earle recently published a book titled Letters Home. The book is based on the letters his late wife, Norma Jean Cone, wrote to her mother, sister and brother while she was the first American woman on the team inventorying the assets of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo right after the Japanese surrender in 1945.

Through Letters Home, the reader gets a personal view of what life was like for a young American woman who was a civilian employee with General Douglas MacArthur’s occupying force of 200,000 G.I’s. At the same time that her team was finding paper bags of diamonds in the vaults, she was learning a little about Japanese culture, sightseeing, attending dances, and developing a deep friendship, which ended tragically. Some of these activities are documented in the book with photos she took.

Letters Home is available online from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Local book stores can also order it from the publisher iuniverse. Earle also donated an autographed copy for the FPRA Education Foundation fundraiser at the Annual Conference! Congratulations!

Have a great week!
Linette