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April is OT Month

Sample Public Service Announcements
[PSAs] for Commercial Radio

How to Use These Public Service Announcements:
Each day, radio stations have time slots of varying lengths which they need to fill. Send these PSAs to the local radio stations, and ask that they be run throughout the month as time permits. Send them to the public service director of each commercial radio station in your area.

Public Service Announcement

Date: March 15, 2006
Start: April 1, 2006
Stop: April 30, 2006

CONTACT:

[NAME], Media Liaison
[PHONE NUMBER]
[E-MAIL ADDRESS]

Re: April is Occupational Therapy Month

[45 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. EACH YEAR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY HELPS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LEARN OR REGAIN SKILLS THAT HELP THEM LEAD INDEPENDENT, PURPOSEFUL LIVES.

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM OR INJURY THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM LEARNING, WORKING, SOCIALIZING, DRIVING, EATING, OR JUST DOING THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHO HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH HEALTH CONDITIONS AFFECTING THEIR DAILY LIVES.

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH WILL BE CELEBRATED HERE IN [YOUR CITY] AT [EVENT DETAILS IF IT IS A PUBLIC EVENT, INCLUDING LOCATION, DATE, AND TIME]. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU OR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY, CONTACT [PROVIDE LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE], OR VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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[30 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. EACH YEAR OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY HELPS MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OF ALL AGES LEARN OR REGAIN SKILLS THAT HELP THEM LEAD INDEPENDENT, PURPOSEFUL LIVES.

IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE HAS A HEALTH PROBLEM OR INJURY THAT PREVENTS YOU FROM LEARNING, WORKING, SOCIALIZING, DRIVING, EATING, OR JUST DOING THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO, OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP. THERE ARE MORE THAN 100,000 OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PRACTITIONERS THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHO HELP PEOPLE DEAL WITH CONDITIONS AFFECTING THEIR DAILY LIVES.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP, CONTACT [PROVIDE LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION HERE] OR VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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[10 seconds]

APRIL IS NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY MONTH. FOR INFORMATION ON HOW OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY CAN HELP YOU, VISIT THE AMERICAN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION WEB SITE, WWW.AOTA.ORG.

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