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June 12, 2006

KLRU, Local Organizations Join Together
to Prescreen of Childhood Cancer Documentary

WHAT:

A private screening for families and healthcare professionals of excerpts of the upcoming PBS documentary A Lion in the House.  The film offers an unprecedented look at the cancer journeys of five young people and their families over a six-year period. A Lion in the House airs on KLRU June 21 & 22.

WHO:

• The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
• Children’s Hospital of Austin
• KLRU

WHEN:      

Tuesday, June 13 at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE:

Carver Museum, 1165 Angelina Street

NOTE:

Attendance at the prescreening is by invitation only. However, working media is invited to attend.

ABOUT the Prescreening: 

In association with the documentaryA Lion in the House, airing on PBS in June, KLRU has convened a group of community partners to raise awareness about childhood cancer and the resources available in Central Texas.  The prescreening is one outgrowth of this collaboration. Other initiatives include: a local documentary on AUSTIN NOW, a statewide conference of professionals and a local telephone support line when the documentary airs June 21 and 22. Partial funding is provided by the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.

KLRU:

For more than 40 years, KLRU-TV — Austin PBS — has enriched the lives of Central Texas viewers through quality television programming community services and public events. KLRU’s mission is to serve as catalyst for positive community change, to provide lifelong learning and to bring diverse elements of our community together. For more information about KLRU, visit klru.org.

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