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Purple Communications Invites Greater Los Angeles Community to Celebrate Mr. Tayler Mayer, Finalist in 'Dream Bigger' Initiative

Posted on: Wednesday, 10 June 2009, 11:00 CDT

Dream Bigger Initiative Honors and Celebrates Stories, Culture, and Heritage of America's Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community

FULLERTON, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celebrating the stories, culture and heritage of America's Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community, Purple Communications(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq: PRPL) will honor Los Angeles resident, Mr. Tayler Mayer, technology maven and entrepreneur, as part of Purple(R)'s 2009 Dream Bigger campaign.

Community members are encouraged to join in the celebration on June 13, 2009 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel - 1500 South Raymond Avenue in Fullerton, CA. The event, which will feature former Miss Deaf America, Lauren Teruel Ridloff, as emcee of the festivities, including an onstage interview with Mr. Mayer, as well as a question and answer session, will take place from 6:45 pm to 9:00 pm, PDT. Purple will also host onsite workshops earlier that day, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm, which include topics on local number registration and portability, as well as a product demo on its P3 Optimized Purple Netbook.

The Dream Bigger campaign recognizes trailblazers in the Deaf Community and Hard-of-Hearing Community and aims to celebrate the advances they have made. Whether it has been the breaking down of barriers or establishing new status quos, these Trailblazers have improved the overall quality-of-life for all members of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community.

Tayler Mayer, along with nine other visionaries in the in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community, have been chosen as one of this year's finalists. Each finalist was awarded a $1,000 cash prize from Purple Communications to be a paid as a donation to a non-profit organization of their choice and in their name as a way of paving the road for the next generation of trailblazers in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community.

"We are proud to honor Tayler and his commitment to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community," said Brandon Arthur, Vice President of Marketing Communications of Purple Communications. "The Dream Bigger campaign is all about recognizing community visionaries who have the tenacity to fulfill personal dreams and lead the way for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing people everywhere to pursue theirs. Purple has always focused on creating cutting-edge technology services that make communication more convenient for its customers -- enabling them to communicate their dreams and initiatives. We invite the local community to join us in celebrating Tayler's achievements and his visions that have paved the way for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community to communicate."

Mayer is a technology luminary and entrepreneur. In 2006 Mayer founded the seminal deaf blog/vlog aggregator DeafRead.com and the online video community DeafVIDEO.TV. These sites offer the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community an online home to connect with other members of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Community. Since launching DeafRead.com and DeafVIDEO.tv, Mayer has continued to focus much of his professional career on seeking new ways to apply technology to connect the deaf community online, all while achieving entrepreneurial success.

"It is truly an exciting opportunity to be recognized and I am honored to have been chosen as one of the finalists for Purple's Trailblazer of the Year," said Mayer. "The Internet is a medium that has allowed many to pursue their dreams, and it has particularly enabled the deaf community to interact in whatever language they are most comfortable with. Seeing my ideas come to fruition by empowering others is something our team is extremely proud of, and couldn't have been possible without the help of many friends and supporters. I salute Purple for the acknowledgement of this effort as a whole."

In October 2009, Purple Communications will announce the 2009 Trailblazer of the Year, one of the ten finalists, at the Dream Bigger Gala in Washington, D.C. The selected individual will be chosen by online voting at www.purple.us/dreambigger. The person selected will best represent the essence of the Dream Bigger initiative, and will receive $10,000 to be donated in their name, to their non-profit organization of choice, as well as an all-expenses-paid vacation.

To learn more about the Dream Bigger campaign, find out dates and locations for all events, view and read Trailblazer stories, and vote for the 2009 Trailblazer of the Year, visit www.purple.us/dreambigger. Also, be sure to follow the Dream Bigger campaign on Twitter - www.twitter.com/idreambigger and Facebook -http://www.facebook.com/pages/Purple-Communications/42541479161.

About Purple Communications

Purple Communications is a leading provider of onsite interpreting services, video relay and text relay services, and video remote interpreting, offering a wide array of options designed to meet the varied communication needs of its customers. The Company's vision is to enable free-flowing communication between people, inclusive of differences in abilities, languages, or locations. For more information on the Company or its services, visit www.purple.us or contact Purple Communications directly by voice at 415-408-2300, by Internet relay by visiting www.i711.com or www.ip-relay.com, or by video phone by connecting to hovrs.tv.

To view this press release in video format please click here: www.purple.us/Press/Taylervideo.

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CONTACT: Purple Communications Laura Kowalcyk CJP Communications lkowalcyk@cjpcom.com 212-279-3115 x209

SOURCE Purple Communications

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