ASL Services Latino and Gracias VRS became co sponsors of the welcoming event for Jose Juan Barea in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico by providing interpretation services to the Deaf community of the West side of the Island. Today June 23rd, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. the Barea-Fever started when hundreds of people attended the event held at the Public Square in the middle of downtown Mayagüez. Jose Juan Barea was born and raised in this municipality of the island. The people from his hometown Mayagüez feel extremely proud of his success in the NBA, specifically by helping the Dallas Mavericks to become National Champions.

More than 30 people from the Deaf Community attended the event and were very happy to see it interpreted live. They commented that they were very happy that these  two companies were able to sponsor the interpretation service. One of the Deaf at the event commented” I am amazed that they thought about us, never before had I seen Interpreters in an event like this” another Deaf said “ I am from Cabo Rojo and I told my husband that we should attend because our Deaf friends told us that the event had interpreters present, I could not believe it but there they were, we are very happy”  Another group of Deaf people present said that  they were form Mayagüez and that they felt very  Proud for Barea because he is from their hometown.

We also had the opportunity to interview the interpreters.  Mrs Moreno, one of the interpreters said “ from the stage we could see a lot of people, the Deaf in the crowd made the I love you sign to us which made me feel good with the work we were doing”, Mr Gilberto García, Director of ASL Services Latino in the island said” the energy and the emotiveness of the people could be easily felt, the Deaf present were waiving and signing at us and at the end some of them came to say thank you”

We would like to honor and give special thanks to the Mayor of Mayagúuez, Jose Guillermo Rodríguez, for allowing that the

interpreters could be provided for the accessibility of the Deaf community of the West Side of the island and especially for those that live in Mayagüez.

The local number you receive from Gracias VRS can be “ported” to another VRS provider. In addition, you can “port” a local number from another VRS provider to Gracias VRS. Porting numbers means that the default provider for that telephone number will change and the new VRS provider will be responsible for VRS calls to and from that telephone number, including emergency calls. When you are considering porting a number to Gracias VRS, please contact our customer service department and we will assist you.

Great News! ASL Services & GraciasVRS will be at DeafNation Miami on February 5 at Fair Expo Center – Fuchs Pavilion in Miami, Florida.

Stop by our booth and enter to win prizes and receive your FREE Deaf Visor Driving Card.

Our team provides excellent services with a caring attitude…and we look forward to seeing you there!

Over 4,000 people attended the MATA event on November 5th and 6th held in Ontario, California. Attendees came to the Gracias VRS and ASL Services booths to learn more about our companies. Everyone was impressed with the multilingual services and the quality of our interpreters.

Gracias VRS hosted the game show “So You Think You Know Your VRI/VRS”, powered by Sergio Peña. Sergio is one of our premiere multilingual staff and administrative support personnel with ASL Services Inc, which manages Gracias VRS.

The audience loved the game show. With prizes for everyone ( even fun consolation prizes), it was huge success. Congratulations to our big raffle winner! He went home with a very cool FLIP video recorder in hand. Nice!

We will announce the winner of our email raffle on December 1st. If you registered with us, at our booth, be sure to check our website. Who knows, it could be YOU!

You can see pictures from the event on the Gracias VRS Facebook Page.

Event Date: 11/17/2010
Location: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Sponsored by: ASL Services Lationo, Gracias VRS, OPPI

Event Purpose:
Offer our services- VRS, VRI, Field Interpreting, Education, etc. and provide guidance to local Deaf Community. We will provide advice on where to go, who to contact when services are needed.

Last Thursday September 30th, a Professional Services Expo was held at Ponce’s Old Casino. The purpose was simple, yet noble. Speech Pathologist Ileana Freytes shared her knowledge about Deaf Culture and how they have progressed as a culture.

Aside from that, services providers who are focused on the Deaf were invited to the Expo as well to show what the have to offer in terms of tech equipment and services. We were there of course and the audience was very impressed with our excellent Interpreters, especially the professionals somehow involved with the Deaf.

“It was an interesting experience” some said as they said their goodbyes. Certainly the door keep on opening in the south of Puerto Rico.