COUNTRY BOYS Outreach Grants

The Independent Television Service has awarded 12 public television stations with grants in support of outreach for COUNTRY BOYS.

The COUNTRY BOYS Community Engagement Campaign is excited to work with stations across the country to promote awareness of the campaign and support outreach initiatives focusing on mentorship, boys and adolescent development, and substance abuse prevention in both rural and urban areas.

Station activities will be conducted with partner organizations in the areas of programming, youth development, community screenings, and panel discussions occurring in advance and post COUNTRY BOYS broadcast in January 2006.

The COUNTRY BOYS station grantees are:

• West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Charleston, WV
• Blue Ridge Public Television, Roanoke, VA
• Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN
• WFWA, Fort Wayne, IN
• WCMU, Mt Pleasant, MI
• KET, Lexington, KY
• WNIN, Evansville, IN
• KTOO, Juneau, AK
• WQPT, Moline, IL
• WSKG, Binghamton, NY
• KBDI, Denver, CO
• WTTW, Chicago, IL

For more information concerning the COUNTRY BOYS station grants or the COUNTRY BOYS Community Engagement Campaign, contact Locsi Ferra, National Outreach Coordinator at locsi_ferra@itvs.org.