Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp. (NAPC) recently welcomed a group of new publishers who completed an August training program at the corporate headquarters, in Naples,Florida. The NAPC training staff spent several days with entrepreneurs from Contra Costa, California; Huntsville, Alabama; Middlesex, Massachusetts; Morris County, New Jersey; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; North Dallas, Texas; Lansing, Michigan; and the Hawaiian Islands. Company CEO Sharon Bruckman launched the first edition of Natural Awakenings in 1994 and began franchising it in 1999. The company currently publishes 78 Natural Awakenings magazines throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, with a collective readership exceeding 3 million. According to Sharon Bruckman, NAPC expects to be publishing 88 magazines by the end of the first quarter of 2011. For a list of where Natural Awakenings is publishing or to learn more about franchising opportunities, visit www.NaturalAwakeningsMag.com.