John Callahan as goalie in Syracuse, N.Y in 1920'sKnow how precious the sound of your mother's voice is? Or your father's? Or how how one person in a family can tell a story in a special way that you want to hear over and over again?
Project StoryKeeper is seeking an army of 100,000 volunteers to collect the audio biographies of elderly Americans before those voices are silent. The mission of Project StoryKeeper is to preserve an American heritage found in the life stories of all Americans. The volunteers, who will be trained in interviewing techniques will concentrate their interviewing in elder facilities. The stories will then be posted on the internet for family and friends to enjoy, preserve and add to for generations to come.
The founder of the Project StoryKeeper experienced first hand how the loss of family members was also a loss of their personal part of family history. The volunteers will be trained to use a special "audio biography kit" to "capture who these people are, the voice, the wit, the personality ... so anyone can get to know them as a person."
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