I hope you are all enjoying reading the latest issue of Outreach. We put together another outstanding issue with the submission of great articles by both bpi specialists and families and those affected by this injury. I welcome your thoughts and ideas about potential articles. We are always on the lookout for stories and photos that feature our community. You can email me directly at nancy@ubpn.org with your thoughts.

We continue to receive great feedback about our 'Straight Talk' panels and we will feature these in each issue. If you have ideas about future panels or topics we might feature, please let me know.

It has been some time since I have been able to come to you with a new President's Corner. As most of you know, our website experienced some difficulties and was down for almost 2 months last year. After that we were unable to make any changes until very recently. I do hope to come to you more frequently than once a year with this Corner.

We are making changes to the website on almost a daily basis so check back frequently to see what is new.

UBPN Camp 2007 is fast approaching. We will have Registration information in the Spring issue of Outreach and will put information on the website at the same time. For now, mark your calendars for Labor Day Weekend, 2007 and plan to come to the Seattle area, where our camp is close by in Auburn, Washington at Camp Berachah. We hope many of you will be able to join us. If you cannot attend, we will be sharing ways you can join us in spirit with another great project similar to our Hands Across America from last camp. So stay tuned!

Best wishes,

Nancy Birk, President
UBPN, Inc.