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Templates and Press Releases

Started by Whisker, February 24, 2010, 04:02:32 PM

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Whisker

Here is a short (135 word) press release designed for local newspaper/radio stations.  Release 2 weeks before local event. 

"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

Revolutionary War Veterans Association To Host Local Appleseed Riflemen Clinic

CITY, STATE, COUNTY
MONTH, DAY, YEAR

The Revolutionary War Veterans Association (RWVA) will be hosting a weekend Appleseed marksmanship clinic on DATE at LOCATION.

An Appleseed event is designed to take ordinary rifle owners and turn them into Riflemen: people capable of hitting 20" targets from 500 meters with surplus equipment and open sights. 

Participants will also hear the little-known stories of April 19th, 1775 to reconnect with the mindset of the founding generation of Americans. 

Beginners and experts alike will find useful information in this family-friendly event. 

$70 for the weekend, $45 per day.  Women, persons under 21 and active duty military attend free. 

For more information or to preregister, visit www.Appleseedinfo.org. 

Contact:
NAME
APPLESEED POSITION
EMAIL
ADDRESS
PHONE #

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If you send some of these out, make sure to post what you have done here so we don't overlap!

What brings together men liberated from local and national limitations is also what keeps them apart. What pushes for greater rationality is also what nourishes the irrationality of hierarchical exploitation and repression.  What creates society's abstract power also creates its concrete unfreedom.

AFTERMATH

#1
Press Release for Hinckley dates, sent to Red Rock radio, http://redrockonair.com/  out of Pine City, MN.
08-04-10

KBEK, http://www.kbek.com/ out of Mora, MN.
08-04-10
"We intend to produce men who are able to light a fire for Liberty in men's minds, and make them the finest rifle marksmanship Instructors on the planet." - Son of Martha

"Tyrants rise and fall, but tyranny lasts forever." -Me

[What kind of megalomaniac quotes himself?]

AFTERMATH

Hey Kyle,

How about whipping out a new 'updated' version of this PR?
"We intend to produce men who are able to light a fire for Liberty in men's minds, and make them the finest rifle marksmanship Instructors on the planet." - Son of Martha

"Tyrants rise and fall, but tyranny lasts forever." -Me

[What kind of megalomaniac quotes himself?]