[blindkid] Free World Book Encyclopedia articles - The Rose Projectfrom Seedlings

[Deborah Kent Stein]

Thank you!  I'll post a notice in Future Reflections.

Debbie Stein
Future Reflections
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Vicky Opie/Seedlings Braille" <seedlink3 at ameritech.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: [blindkid] Free World Book Encyclopedia articles - The Rose 
Projectfrom Seedlings


> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Therese Vick
>
>
> June 27, 2011
>
> Seedlings Braille Books for Children’s Rose Project
> Free Encyclopedia Articles in Braille
>
> We are very pleased to announce that Seedlings' Rose Project received a 
> grant
> from Delta Kappa Gamma which will allow us to continue to provide
> Free World Book Encyclopedia articles in braille to blind children grades 
> 1-12.
>
> Students from across the United States contact Seedlings via the web, by
> telephone or email and provide the subject(s) or topic(s) of interest for 
> which
> they would like information. A staff member produces the articles and 
> sends
> them to the student’s home or school, via UPS, free-of-charge within five
> business days.
>
>
> Every year we have requests from new students and/or students that have 
> recently
> been diagnosed as visually impaired. The Rose Project allows us to 
> continue to
> fill a need in their lives so they can continue to grow and learn and 
> become
> independent and successful individuals.
>
>
> Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a non-profit, tax-exempt 
> organization
> based in Livonia dedicated to increasing the opportunity for literacy by
> providing high quality children’s literature in braille. For more 
> information on
> the Rose Project, or to request an article, please visit
> http://www.seedlings.org/rose.php or contact us at (800) 777-8552.
>
>
> Seedlings Braille Books for Children
> 14151 Farmington Rd.
> Livonia, MI 48154
> www.seedlings.org
>
>
> # # #
>
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> 734-427-8552 x307
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