<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT">Media Release</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT">For Immediate Release</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT">Contact: JT Buck
330-212-6709</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:ArialMT"> </span></p>

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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:21.0pt;
font-family:ArialMT">New Vision UCC to host musical to benefit Homeless
Veterans</span></p>

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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:ArialMT"><i>'John and Jen' shows the cost of war at home</i></span></p>

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mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:18.0pt;
font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"><i> </i></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT">(May 25</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:ArialMT">^th</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT">, 2011-Canton, Ohio-FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE)<span style="color:#500051"></span></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT"> <span style="color:#500051"></span></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">New
Vision United Church of Christ will host a concert staging of <i>john & jen</i></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">, a contemporary musical by
Broadway composer Andrew Lippa (<i>The Addams Family, You’re a Good Man Charlie
Brown)</i></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> on
Friday, May 27^th at 7:30 PM</span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:#500051"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
show will be used to attract recognition and funding for Valor Home, a new
homeless shelter specifically designed for veterans, set to break ground in
Akron this month.  </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:#500051"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Admission
is by freewill offering.   The goal is to raise at least $1,500 to help
with the construction of Valor Home.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"><i>john
and jen</i></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> takes
a look at the complexities of relationships between brothers and sisters,
parents and children set against the background of a changing America between
1950 and 1990.  You’ll experience an intimate look inside all of the
realities of family from the joys of love and companionship to challenges of
sibling rivalry, substance abuse, political divide and the effects of war at
home. <i>john and jen</i></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">
will take you on a journey through bravery, rivalry, hurt, loss and finally
healing.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">The
show is directed by JT Buck, with Walsh student Tara Shooks as Jen and Johnny
Luoma as John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Musical Director is
Deborah “Ingy” Ingersoll.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;
color:#500051"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">Valor
Home will provide transitional housing for homeless veterans in Summit County,
Ohio and is scheduled to open its doors in early 2012. The Department of
Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that around 1000 veterans experience
homelessness in a calendar year.  In June of 2010, Family & Community
Services, Inc. submitted a proposal to the VA for funding to build and operate
a new facility in Akron. The City of Akron donated the land for the project.
The City wants to help develop a “veterans corridor” along South Waterloo Rd.
This corridor will consist of the VA outpatient Clinic, The Summit County
Veterans Service Commission, and Valor Home. This area is becoming a one-stop
shop for any veteran in need.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
ArialMT"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"> </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman"><b>Ticket
and Performance Information</b></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:
ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">“John
and Jen” will be presented Friday May 27^th at 7:30PM in the
sanctuary of New Vision UCC,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  
</span>which is located at 3129 Market Avenue North, Canton.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>Admission is based on a free will
donation given the night of the show.</span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;
font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

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text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">  </span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:ArialMT;color:#500051"></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Times-Roman">For
more information on this performance and others please visit <a href="http://www.firstgracearts.org/"><span style="color:#0006CF">www.firstgracearts.org</span></a></span></p>