Sample Press Release
{Print your press release on your sponsoring organization's letterhead
or include name, address, and phone number of organization at top of release}
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE --YOUR SPONSORING ORGANIZATION– HOSTS HUMANITIES MONTANA SPEAKERS
BUREAU PROGRAM “HORSES IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE: THE HUMAN/HORSE BOND
THROUGH TIME” WITH SID GUSTAFSON
[City-Date]
The --your sponsoring organization-- will host Humanities Montana Speakers Bureau program “Horses in
Contemporary Culture: The Human/Horse Bond through Time” with Sid Gustafson on --date of program--.
The program will be at --location of program-- at --time of program--. The presentation is free and open to
the public. Partial funding for the Speakers Bureau program is provided by a legislative grant from
Montana’s Cultural Trust and from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Gustafson explores how our contemporary relationship with the horse has evolved. He displays visuals of
horse cultures in the Intermountain West and elsewhere, including a special emphasis on the emergence
of Native American horsemanship in Montana. Ideas and concepts regarding our responsibilities to the
horse, and current trends in horsemanship and horse stabling pertaining to the well-being and welfare of
the horse are presented. Gustafson emphasizes the principles of appropriate horse care, outlining
contemporary trends in regard to providing the right environmental, nutritional, and behavioral needs of
horses.
Dr. Gustafson is a veterinarian and a novelist.
For more information, please call --the sponsoring organization– at --phone number--.
Contact person: --Project organizer and phone number--