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April 26, 2010 - The Trip Began! Our planning began in 2004 when we wrote each governor seeking the best of each state. You can view their responses HERE. We came to realize, however, that we needed a lot more help to effectively see the Best of the USA and spread the word about organ donation. Thus the Best Places In The USA community was born! We'll visit the places you suggest, eat the food you think is best, and hopefully you can guide us to a great place to live. Join the community HERE. Have a question for us? Try us at info@BestPlacesIntheUSA.com. You can also follow our blog or Twitter and Facebook by clicking the icons on the bottom left. There's also an icon to check out our blogs. Enjoy! In The News * 05/09/2011 - The Streator Times-Press does a nice story when we visit. * 04/30/2011 - Our old home town Lincoln Courier puts out a print-only story we haven't found or read yet. * 04/29/2011 - NBC Chicago reported on our visit to the International Museum of Surgical Science with IL Secretary of State Jesse White. Still waiting for video. * 04/27/2011 - The Peoria Journal Star, which I delivered as a kid, does a nice story. * 04/27/2011 - Organ Donation Plays in Peoria as WMBD CBS does a nice story. No video on the web yet. * 04/19/2011 - The Nebraska Medical Center posts a story they put together about the trip. * 04/18/2011 - We visit The Morning Blend and try not to mess up on live TV discussing how to register as an organ/tissue/cornea donor. * 04/15/2011 - The Omaha World-Herald also visits with us during our tour of Nebraska Medical's Tranplant Center. * 04/14/2011 - A neat reporter at FOX KPTM also puts together a story during our tour of Nebraska Medical's Tranplant Center. * 04/14/2011 - ABC KETV puts together a story during our tour of Nebraska Medical's Tranplant Center. * 04/12/2011 - CBS 12 in Wichita reports on Kansas day to sign up while we're at Planet Sub. Still awaiting online video. * 04/11/2011 - The Wichita Eagle lets people know where we're signing people up in Kansas. * 04/01/2011 - Channel 4, St. Louis reports on an event to open up Donate Life Month at the Science Center. Still awaiting online video. * 03/29/2011 - KFSM 5 News reports the story from the Fort Smith library on Arkansas' contest date. * 03/25/2011 - The Times Record in Fort Smith, AR does a nice report on our visit to register organ/tissue donors. * 03/25/2011 - To our surprise, the Times Record also does an excellent editorial about organ donation. * 03/22/2011 - FOX 25, Oklahoma City does a nice story from the Donate Life office. * 03/18/2011 - Transplant Sperakers International(TSI) puts a nice story in their newsletter. * 03/15/2011 - Action 7 ABC in Albuquerque picked up the story on New Mexico's day. Still waiting for it to be posted on the web. * 02/15/2011 - This story came out in two papers as we left. It's by one of our favorite reporters as she registered donors with us at the car wash! * 02/14/2011 - CBS 9 does a nice job covering the Valentine's Day challenge in Louisiana. * 02/11/2011 - Early, early morning we spent some time with great food and other donor families and recipients in Baton Rouge live on ABC 2's "2une in". * 02/10/2011 - NBC 33 gets everyone ready to register with a nice lead up story. * 02/9/2011 - Before we even step foot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the Advocate already has a nice story up. * 02/8/2011 - Biloxi, MS ABC 13 tells the story on the day of Mississippi's contest. The text is here. * 02/7/2011 - FOX 40 also tapes some video. The text is here. * 02/7/2011 - We were able to go in the ABC 16 studio for a taping. We will post the story when it's online . * 02/7/2011 - NBC 3 in Jackson starts us off on Monday morning with a good story. * 02/4/2011 - CBS 3 is the first Jackson, MS station to cover the contest, but we couldn't find the story online. * 02/4/2011 - The Clarion-Ledger does a great job on a story in Mississippi. * 01/25/2011 - ABC 33 is wonderful enough to cover us again when we're at UAB Hospital. No video that we found on the web, just the story. * 01/25/2011 - Alabama pulls a media hat trick when The Birmingham News does a nice newspaper story with a shortened version on the web. * 01/25/2011 - A wonderful reporter from Fox 6 Birmingham covers our visit to UAB in a great piece. * 01/22/2011 - One of our favorites so far, ABC 33 Birmingham, lets people know about the contest in a nice story. * 01/05/2011 - A newspaper from the Atlanta suburbs puts out a new story. * 12/22/2010 - NBC 6 Wilmington, NC puts together a nice pre-Christmas piece. * 11/25/2010 - A great reporter from ABC 6/FOX 28 visits us on Thanksgiving Day for a holiday story. The little guy is Griffin, our nephew. * 11/23/2010 - CBS 13 Huntington, WV does a nice story. * 11/10/2010 - Fox 5 Washington DC invites us on their Morning Show. * 09/20/2010 - The Bangor Daily News has our Press Release online. * 09/07/2010 - We do a radio update with the Jamie London Morning Show at WSPL 1250 AM . * 09/06/2010 - NBC 10 (Rhode Island) drops by a mini-golf event at Mulligans Island where the owner gave a free round of mini-golf to anyone signing up as an organ donor. Nice! * 08/30/2010 - The Connecticut Post does a nice story to spread the word online with the print edition coming out tomorrow. * 08/29/2010 - FOX CT does a story and links to the contest online. * 08/13/2010 - We make the front page of the Morris Sun Tribune and Hancock Record. * 08/05/2010 - CBS 3 in Madison dropped by for this presentation at the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. * 08/02/2010 - Minnesota's StarTribune puts out a new article on our 100th day. * 07/30/2010 - A brief article on Minnesota's KSTP. * 07/27/2010 - The story makes a celeb gossip page? * 07/26/2010 - NBC KFYR 5, Bismarck does a GREAT job on the story and video. * 07/26/2010 - CBS KXMB 12, Bismarck does an equally GREAT job on the story and video. * 07/19/2010 - LifeSource puts out a story. * 07/17/2010 - FOX KEVN out of Rapid City, SD does a nice story. * 07/13/2010 - CBS 5 out of Cheyenne, WY does a nice story and a giant picture. * 07/13/2010 - NBC out of Casper, WY helps spread the word 4 minutes into their 10pm broadcast. * 07/06/2010 - KSL TV (NBC) Utah reports the story. * 07/06/2010 - ABC4 Salt lake City runs the story. * 06/28/2010 - The Idaho Dept of Transportation hosts a press conference. Here's is the story and some clips. * 06/16/2010 - I have a few friends who never left academia that would be so proud NPR picked the story (albeit an automated website). * 06/15/2010 - The Oregonian runs a story on Oregon's challenge date. * 05/16/2010 - CBS Reno reports on the May 17th Nevada challenge. * 05/11/2010 - FOX Phoenix covers the May 11th Arizona challenge. * 03/24/2010 - Morton Times-News puts up a new story. * 03/23/2010 - momlogic puts us on the front page with a new interview. * 03/20/2010 - The CarmiTimes posts the story. * 03/19/2010 - We join the Morning Show with Jaimie London at WSPL AM 1250. * 03/18/2010 - Rockford Register Star picks up the story. * 03/18/2010 - MSNBC picks up the story on a busy day. * 03/18/2010 - STLToday.com picks up the story. * 03/17/2010 - Logan County Shopper spreads the story across our home county. (print only) * 03/16/2010 - AOL throws the previous story on the front web page. * 03/11/2010 - AOL News does a nice story. * 03/09/2010 - The Huffington Post publishes the story. * 03/08/2010 - The State Journal-Register puts it online. * 03/06/2010 - Lincoln Courier article on trip (print only). * 02/17/2010 - Culvers Corporate provides some meals for the road. |
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