[BlindTlk] Source for Obtaining and Donating Hard Copy Braille Books

[Ellen Ringlein]

Hi Ericka,

The next time you are looking for a home for a hardcopy Braille book, consider putting it up on ShareBraille.org.

This is a resource NFB manages for the swopping of Braille books.

Cordially,

Ellen

-----Original Message-----
From: BlindTlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via BlindTlk
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2021 9:42 AM
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Cc: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop

Hey this is a wonderful resource I have not heard of. Thank you! I wish I had known when I had braille books I needed to find a new home for. I ended up posting on one of the division let’s service and did get rid of them but this would’ve been nice as it would have gone to someone anywhere.

Ericka Nelson

> On Jul 19, 2021, at 11:17 PM, Heather Field via BlindTlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> You could join the group called Sight exchange on  the groups io platform.
> That is a group where people offer useful things, such as braille books or equipment, to other blind people.
> You could stipulate that you only wanted to give it to someone in Canada. 
> Just go to the groups.io website and do a search for sight exchange. It should come up for you to apply to join.
> 
> Also, have you tried calling the CNIB and asking if they have any suggestions?
> Just sharing a couple of thoughts. It would be great if you could get your laptop to someone who could use it.
> 
> Warmly,
> Heather Field
> 
> 
> 
> From: Madison Martin via BlindTlk
> Sent: Monday, 19 July 2021 2:56 PM
> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List'
> Cc: madisonmartin463 at gmail.com
> Subject: [BlindTlk] donating a laptop
> 
> Hi all,
> Don't know if anyone can help me, but I'm going to ask anyway. My old 
> laptop is just collecting dust on my desk, but it's still a perfectly 
> good machine for someone who doesn't care about having the latest and 
> gratest in terms of computers. Now I know there's Computers for the 
> Blind in Texas, but as I live in Canada I worry about what it would 
> cost to ship it to them. Does anyone know of anywhere closer where I 
> could donate my laptop too? I'm not interested in selling it because I 
> don't know how much  I'd get for it, plus I know that there are many 
> people especially visually impaired people who can't afford a 
> brand-new computer so if I could donate it to somewhere so that it 
> could go to someone who really needs/wants a good machine then I'd love to do that. Hope someone can help me!!! Thanks
> Madison    
> 
> 
> 
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