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Dear StoryCorps Alumni, Spring has sprung and so has StoryCorps' campaign to Save the Mobile Tour. You may have already received a letter from Dave Isay explaining that between now and June 30, 2009, we need to raise $100,000 to keep our Mobile Tour rolling to communities throughout the United States.
 Help us keep the StoryCorps Mobile Tour rolling from the biggest cities to the smallest towns by supporting StoryCorps today! Warmly,
Christa Orth  Love Not Lost: Remembering Chuck Tod Roulette stepped into the Lower Manhattan StoryBooth last October to record stories about his late partner, Chuck Allen III. Chuck, who was a New Haven, Connecticut, senator for a number of years, passed away in February 2008.
 Tod Roulette in New York, New York Tod and Chuck were together for eight years and shared their lives in New York City for the last five and a half years of Chuck's life. Through Chuck's illness and 15 surgeries, they both stayed active in their communities, volunteering for their church and promoting high-quality education for youth in Harlem. Tod said, "The StoryCorps interview brought up memories that I had forgotten." He remembered that one of the things that first drew them together was how they both researched and valued their family histories: each had traced his ancestry back hundreds of years.
 Chuck and Tod share a cupcake
StoryCorps Alaska v. The Volcano StoryCorps Alaska Facilitators faced a big challenge in March when Mount Redoubt erupted. But neither distance nor volcano eruptions could keep StoryCorps Alaska from making precious recordings. Faciliator Doreen Simmons recounts her harrowing journey to Bethel, Alaska, for the Cama-i Dance Festival on the StoryCorps Blog. StoryCorps Alaska wraps up this month, having recorded more than 650 interviews all over the state. We recorded stories in big cities like Juneau and small villages like Acutan, an island village of 300. You can read more about StoryCorps' visit to Alaksa on our StoryCorps Blog. You can also post comments and stories of your own StoryCorps experience! 
View from a seaplane en route to Acutan, Alaska Listen to Stories
Alumni Talk Back! We thank the many StoryCorps Alums who have been writing in to share their StoryCorps experiences! Here are a few of the heartfelt notes we have received recently:
Steven Pennoyer and his daughter,
My daughter and I participated in the StoryCorps interview session recently. The StoryCorps Facilitator was excellent and it was a very memorable experience for both my daughter and I. You have organized a very worthwhile event and I would think that StoryCorps will become a resource much visited by historians and social analysts.
Linda Heacock and Ted Heck
She went back to teach a third year of trainings last September, and within three and a half weeks she had to come home because she'd been diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma, which is usually only found in Central Africa. So it's very likely that this work, which has meant so very much to her (and vicariously to all of us who love her) is what caused her to get sick. I know that she would not change a thing though, if she could go back and do it again, and I don't think any of us would want her to. In any case, now I am really aware of what a gift this 38-minute interview is for us. It was truly amazing for me to be able to listen to it again the other day, and to hear her voice as it was before she got sick. I can't tell you how grateful I am, and I know that this will be something my family will always treasure. Major funding is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. StoryCorps is also made possible by generous support from the Annenberg Foundation, Atlantic Philanthropies, Ford Foundation, and the Kaplen Foundation.
StoryCorps' podcasts are supported by the Fetzer Institute as part of its Campaign for Love and Forgiveness. StoryCorps is a project of Sound Portraits Productions in partnership with NPR and the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
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