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Archive for March, 2011

2011 SEAAD Regional Basketball Tournament

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

bb2 (Mobile).JPG The 2011 SEAAD Regional Basketball Tournament was held from March 3rd to the 5th, 2011 in Orlando Florida. Gracias VRS, one of our sister companies, was there to witness the 65th Annual Men’s and 21st Annual Women’s Regional Basketball Tournament. During the event, Gracias VRS Deaf Representatives had the opportunity to engage with the participants at the event.

Gracias VRS believes that the Deaf Community should have the right to choose which piece of equipment they prefer to make a Video Relay call which is why we say “Your Equipment, Our Service”. During the tournament our Deaf Reps showed each person that came to our booth how to download and install the App that best suited their mobile device so that they were able to make VRS calls and point-to-point calls anywhere they go. Now more than ever, Gracias VRS is always with you!

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You can get more information on using Gracias VRS services on your mobile device here.

 

Deaf Spotlight: Lance Collin Allred

Saturday, March 5th, 2011

Lance Allred holding basketball

Lance Collin Allred was born February 2, 1981. Allred was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, but he spent his very early years growing up on an isolated compound in Montana. He is nearly 7 feet tall and his listed weight is 255 pounds. He is the first Deaf American basketball player in NBA history. He is also the author of Longshot: The Adventures of a Deaf Fundamentalist Mormon Kid and His Journey to the NBA, his memoir/autobiography published by Harper Collins. The book was critically acclaimed and featured in several sports publications.

He competed in the 2002 World Deaf Basketball Championship in Athens, Greece, leading Team USA to a second place finish.

On 2009 Allred signed contracts to play in Italy and on 2010 he came back to the USA to play with the Idaho Stampede. Presently, Allred is writting 2 books. The first one is about a 14th Century Historical Novel and the second one is a Victorian satire.

As we can see Allred not only excelled in basketball but also has a personal interest in book writting and publishing. GraciasVRS will like to recognize Allred for all his accomplishments and for being a model for the Deaf Community.

The information used for this article was excerpted from WIKIPEDIA.

 

Orlando: Deaf Basketball March Madness

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

Press Release

Gracias VRS – Video Event Announcement

Video Translation as follows:
Welcome to Gracias VRS News!
March is basketball madness month and it starts with a very important event for the deaf:
the 2011 Southeast Athletic Association for the Deaf Basketball Tournament.

Different teams will compete for the first place. Frequently people think basketball competition only for men but that’s not true – we women also play basketball and we’re very skilled.

Both men a women team will be there for the competition and the event will happen March 3rd to 5th at the Orlando Sports Center in Florida

Gracias VRS will be there at a booth on Friday March 4th 8:00am 5:00pm and Saturday March 5th 2011 from 8:00am to 7:00pm
Come and visit us there for surprises and fun. Also please visit our website www.graciasvrs.com and click on the spotlight section to learn more about deaf basketball. And remember that Gracias VRS is always with you!!