KURTIS PRODUCTIONS NEWS PROGRAM ON ILLEGAL GAMBLING AIRS ON CNBC CABLE TV DECEMBER 16TH – OUTREACH/SCOTT DAMIANI FEATUREDD

December 7, 2009, Downers Grove, IL – Scott Damiani, Executive Director of Outreach and its award-winning Speaker’s Bureau, will be featured on an investigative news special on illegal gambling produced by Bill Kurtis Productions which will air on Cable TV Network CNBC beginning December 16th at 9 PM (Central Time) and repeated on December 18th at 9 PM and 12 AM, December 19th at 7 PM, and December 20th at 10 PM. 

Dan Kolen, a producer with Kurtis Productions, a Chicago based production company, contacted The Outreach Foundation and Scott Damiani for expert insights into the epidemic of problem and compulsive gambling for this ground-breaking, investigative news feature on illegal gambling and its consequences. Dan thanked Scott with a letter after his work with them, 

“Dear Scott: Thanks you for your interview and taking the time to come downtown and work with us. Everyone was really happy with how it went. You’ve been a huge help! I’ll send you a copy of the show." 

Best, Dan Kolen, associate producer, Kurtis Productions. 

The Outreach Foundation staff and volunteers continue to be one of the top sources for expert and factual information for news media outlets about problem and compulsive gambling, and education and training programs addressing these issues, especially Outreach programs targeting the rapidly increasing problems involving teens and young adults.

The mission of The Outreach Foundation is to increase public awareness about problem and compulsive gambling through its Speakers Bureau and education and awareness programs, such as its unique, innovative high school and college program for students and faculty; to offer an outreach to communities throughout the State of Illinois; and to provide vital assistance directly, such as low or no cost counseling and 'pressure relief' services, to those addicted and their families, to help them both recover. The Outreach Foundation also aids those seeking help to find other professional assistance and is an approved site for the State of Illinois' Self-Exclusion Program. The Outreach Foundation is funded by the Illinois Department of Human Services and the generous contributions of private donors. The Outreach Foundation does not take a stand for or against gambling.

For more information contact: Bob Olsen, Director of Administrative Services.