Jan. 9th Save the Date!

From our friends at Stop Predatory Gambling:

The national news program 60 Minutes has been working hard for a long time on a segment about predatory gambling in America with a specific focus on electronic gambling machines. The segment is tentatively scheduled to air Sunday evening, January 9th. We are organizing “60 Minutes parties” across America for that night to help intensify the national spotlight on this major issue. We are organizing at least 100 parties across the country and they can be as big or as small as you’d like. We are asking you to invite your family, neighbors and friends to your home, your church or any other location you prefer that has a television and a few seats about 30 minutes before the show begins in your time zone.

If you are willing to make a difference by hosting a party or co-hosting a party at another location, please let us know by email or phone. We will provide: a sample invite (click here for the text of sample invite) and a draft press release the week before the air date to send to the CBS affiliate in your region, as well as any other media you think should have it. If CBS changes the broadcast date, we will notify you a.s.a.p. and we will move the parties to the new date.

As you know, predatory gambling is a major issue that has received very little scrutiny by the national media up to this point. 60 Minutes has boldly taken it on. The more we can encourage people to watch it, the more of a difference it will make toward getting our country in the right direction.

Thank you!

Best,

Les Bernal
Executive Director
SPG Foundation