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EP Global Communications, Inc.'s Joseph M. Valenzano, Jr., Honored with Man of the Year Award

JOHNSTOWN, Pa., March 14 PRNewswire-FirstCall — EP Global Communications, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: EPGL), the parent company of Exceptional Parent (EP) magazine, is pleased to announce today that its CEO and President, Joseph M. Valenzano, Jr., will be honored with the 2008 Man of the Year Award presented by the Arc of East Middlesex, located just outside of Boston. The award presentation will take place in November of this year in Boston at the Arc of East Middlesex's signature event, the Richard Tucker Memorial Dinner and Auction. Founded in 1954, the Arc of East Middlesex (EMARC) is a nonprofit organization, which assists children and adults with developmental disabilities and their families.

Mr. Valenzano was selected in recognition of the outstanding information, support, and resources he provides to parents of children with disabilities and the public awareness he raises through Exceptional Parent. Jo Ann Simons, Executive Director of the Arc of East Middlesex, said regarding Mr. Valenzano's selection as their Man of the Year, "Joe is the perfect choice because the mission and values he espouses through Exceptional Parent are in perfect harmony with the mission and values of the Arc of East Middlesex: to value and empower individuals with disabilities and their families." When hearing of the award, Mr. Valenzano commented, "There are far many others more deserving than I, but I am humbled by the recognition."

Mr. Valenzano is the first to say that the last 15 years, after he took the reins at Exceptional Parent (EP) magazine, are the most fulfilling of his life. For Joe Valenzano, EP was a prospect where his love of disability-related causes and, more importantly, the people behind them could take flight and soar. When Joe arrived at EP, the magazine had a solid reputation as being a trusted periodical for families caring for children with special needs. Joe had a vision and took it to the next level. EP magazine now is endorsed by a professional medical society and is considered a peer-reviewed journal offering Category I CME credit for physicians inside its monthly pages. And its reach goes beyond physicians to therapists and teachers and caregivers of both children and adults.

Also, noteworthy was Joe's inauguration in 2002 of the Disability Awareness Night (DAN). Through this community outreach program, which partners with professional sports teams from all over the country, Joe is fighting for recognition of both the challenges that people with disabilities and the individuals that support them encounter and the vast contributions that they can, and do, make as valued members of American society. The Night of Military Distinction, a special annual DAN event that recognizes military heroes who have returned from the theaters of war with a battle-acquired disability, highlights another area of outreach Joe has championed. Joe recognizes the unique struggles of military families, both those who have a service member who has returned home from war newly disabled or who have a child with a disability.

With this group in mind, EP instituted a special monthly insert in the print magazine that covers topics and offers resources unique to military families who have a member who is challenged with a disability. This insert is but one aspect of EP's Exceptional Family Transitional Training (EFTT) program, a U.S. Army Cooperative Agreement. EP's purpose in launching the EFTT program was to increase unit readiness and decrease the stress affecting Army servicemen and servicewomen and their families by providing information, resources, and support for people with disabilities and special needs and all those who participate in their care and development. In addition to the monthly magazine insert, this program offers military families and professionals online education programs, many for Continuing Medical Education (CME) credit. Joe was instrumental in the design and implementation of the EFTT program since its inception in 2006 and has carefully guided the program. The importance of this program is recognized by many of Joe's military colleagues and contacts. Annette Conway, the wife of the current Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James Conway, commented that Joe is "a man of passion and drive. We are lucky to have found him and his desire to help our families." Isabel Hodge a Marine Corps veteran who currently works as a content analyst for the Department of Defense's Military Community and Family Policy Program Support Group said, "Another well deserved award! Joe is the man of every year! Semper Fi!"

Mr. Valenzano's many professional colleagues in the field of disabilities had much to say about his being named Man of the Year. R. Sandlin Lowe, III, MD, a neuropsychopharmacologist and Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Department of Physiology and Neuroscience of the New York University School of Medicine, commented, "They could not have picked a better man for this award ... Well deserved for all [Joe's] hard work but, more importantly, [for his] empathy and compassion."

The Arc of East Middlesex is a well-respected organization, which has received three consecutive certifications of Two Years with Distinction, the highest rating given by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Retardation.

About EP Global Communications, Inc.

EP Global Communications, parent company of Exceptional Parent (EP) magazine is a 37-year-old, award-winning publishing and communications company which provides practical advice and emotional support to families and professionals caring for the needs of children and adults with disabilities.

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Contact: Jan Hollingsworth, Managing Editor

Phone: 814-361-3860 x291

Email: jhollingsworth@eparent.com

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