Demand Continues to Grow for the Young & Witty Ben Franklin – TV, Radio, & Personal Appearances Highlight February
Philadelphia, PA – February
12, 2013 –
The demand continues to grow for the
young and witty Ben Franklin (as portrayed by actor and entrepreneur Rob
DeVitis), with a number of personal appearances as well as radio and television
appearances happening in the month of February.
On
Monday, January 28th, the
young and witty Ben Franklin “kicked off” the second month of 2013, as he
was featured on KYW Newsradio 1060
(the top-rated all-news station in the nation’s fourth-largest media market)
throughout the day on “Positively Philadelphia.” The interview can be heard online at http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2013/01/27/positively-philadelphia-ben-franklin-full-of-surprises/#listen-live.
The young and witty
Ben Franklin
also was a featured guest at a private corporate event in Center City
Philadelphia on Thursday, January 31st attended by over 200
employees of a global document management company.
On
Monday, February 4th, the
young and witty Ben Franklin was the featured guest on the local television
broadcast, “30 Minutes,” hosted by
Rick Anthony on Radnor (PA) Studio 21.
The full interview can be viewed online at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLCEYWjeBYc&feature=share&list=PL9C03AEA6CC2664D4.
On
Wednesday, February 6th, the
young and witty Ben Franklin spoke to over 60 attendees at the Villanova
Entrepreneurs Network on the campus of Villanova University.
Coming
up on February 23rd, the young and witty
Ben Franklin will be a featured guest and speaker for over 300 children who
participate in The Salvation Army’s Kids Council. The children will be hearing speakers and
answering questions to earn an “emblem” for American History, patriotism and
community knowledge. The event will be
held at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
(located at 4200 Wissahickon Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129)
The young and witty
Ben Franklin has
earned accolades for his appearances at a number of high-profile public and
private events over the past 12 months. He
is a Preferred Vendor of the Philadelphia
Convention & Visitors Bureau, which
enables him to provide additional resources to conventions, groups, and
meetings planning to hold events in the Philadelphia area.
The young and witty
Ben Franklin
also offers “A Walk with Ben,”
available by advanced reservation for group tours. “A
Walk with Ben” is a new walking tour with the young and witty Ben Franklin along with the best tour guides in
Philadelphia, throughout the historic Old City Philadelphia district. It’s the
only tour in Philadelphia where you can be accompanied by the young and witty Ben Franklin.
As
portrayed by DeVitis, the young and
witty Ben Franklin is not a
staid and stuffy historical figure dusted off for bored schoolchildren to pass
along the way, more than the face on a $100 bill, Franklin is an engaging and thoughtful figure who was not only a
statesman but an inventor, a musician, a writer, a printer, founder of the post
office and the library. Franklin was a multi-talented sensation of Philadelphia
The young and witty
Ben Franklin
can be found online, at http://www.BenFranklinToday.com, where he can be
invited (for a modest fee) to attend your special events, either in the City of
Philadelphia, or in areas surrounding William Penn’s Green Country Towne. The
young and witty Ben Franklin can speak to any and all groups on topics
including American history, Philadelphia history, and the life that earned him
the title “The First American.”
For
additional information about the young
and witty Ben Franklin, including rates and availability, visit http://www.BenFranklinToday.com.
The young and witty Ben Franklin is also on Facebook
at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ben-Franklin-Today.
Media Contact: Jim
DeLorenzo, 215-266-5943, jim@jhdenterprises.com