The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association had record attendance at its November convention in Chicago, and the Stuttering Foundation was there to spread the word about stuttering to the nearly 15,000 attendees.
 
The Foundation sold books, DVDs, and brochures below cost and gave away nearly $11,000 in free materials to speech-language pathologists to use with their clients.
 
Thousands of copies of the new DVD, 7 Tips for Talking with the Child Who Stutters, were given out free during the three-day conference.
 
A top seller this year was the T-shirt that says, “Stuttering is OK because what I say is worth repeating.” 
 
“We ran out the first day and had to have more T-shirts shipped in,” said Celia Gruss, who helped organize the booth. 
 
Gruss, along with other boothers, sold the shirts they were wearing right off their backs.
 
More copies of The School-Age Child Who Stutters: Working Effectively with Attitudes and Emotions had to be restocked as well.
 
The Windy City certainly lived up to its name. But that didn’t stop numerous volunteers from helping in the booth.
 
A big thank you to our volunteers: Tony Buhr, Vivian Sisskin, Joe Donaher, Vika Tumanova, Patrice Carothers, Rita Thurman, Sheryl Gottwald, Kia Johnson, Lisa Scott, Kristin Chmela, Elaine Kelman,  Sharon Millard, Diane and Raphael Constantino, Lynne Shields, Kathy Scaler-Scott, Ellen Kelly, Hatun Zengin, Steffi Schopick, Zoi Gkalitsiou, Sarah Vogel, DaHye Choi, Robin Jones, Megann McGill, Kim Krieger, Thom Lightfoot, Judy Kuster, Sue Woods, Glenn Weybright, Geoff Coalson, Susan Cochrane, Celia Gruss, Jane Fraser, and Scot Squires.
 
From the 2014 Winter Newsletter