[blparent] Fw: Vote for Seedlings Books for Children to Win a Grant

Sat Sep 24 19:14:21 UTC 2011

Hi.  As blind parents, many of us read braille books to our children, and we knoe how important reading and owning books can be for kids.  Seedlings Braille Books for Children is an organization that makes braille books of all levels available at the same price as the comparable print books.  I have bought dozens of board books and beginning stories there to read with Sarah, and as a proofreader, I've volunteered my time to help to make such classic titles as "Old Yeller" and "Where the Red Fern Grows" available to more advanced readers.

Right now Art Van, a grant-making organization in Michigan, is holding an online charity challenge.  The top three charities, chosen by Internet voters between now and September 30, will be awarded $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000 grants, respectively.  You can help Seedlings make a difference.

The process is a bit cumbersome, but please follow these steps:

Go to
http://artvancharitychallenge.com/

Scroll down past the alphabetical list of charities, and click on Vote for Your Favorite Charity Today!

Click the Register button.  Fill out your first and last name, e-mail address, a password, and your Zip code.  You can register multiple e-mail addresses with the same name, such as a work address and a home address.

Once you register, a verification e-mail will be sent to the e-mail address you used.  Click on the Verify button in that e-mail, and you will be taken to a Voting page.

The charities you can vote for are listed in alphabetical order.  Scroll down till you find Seedlings Books for Children.  Check the box above the charity name, then keep scrolling down till you find the Vote! button.  Click on that, and you'll get the same screen, but it will say, "Thank you for Voting" above the Vote button.

Each day, go back to

http://artvancharitychallenge.com/

and log in with your e-mail address and password.  Then you can vote once a day from each e-mail address you registered, between now and September 30.  Please help Seedlings Braille Books for Children put more braille books in the hands of kids and their blind parents.

See more at

 seedlings.org

Thanks,
Jo Elizabeth

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist

From: Debra Bonde/Seedlings 
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2011 9:15 AM
To: Seedlings 
Subject: Your vote could mean a grant for Seedlings Braille Books!

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            We need your votes!

            We are thrilled to report that Seedlings Braille Books is in 3rd place in the Art Van Online Challenge (the top 3 charities will receive grants)!

            Please vote every day through 9/30 to help us win a $10K, $15K, or $25K grant from Art Van!

            In 2009, Seedlings was awarded a wonderful grant from the Art Van Foundation which enabled us to place hundreds of new braille books into the hands of children. Now Art Van is having an online charity challenge, and the winning charities will be awarded up to $25,000 which would allow us to do so much more!

            So, we need your help! Please go to http://artvancharitychallenge.com/, register, verify your email address, and then vote once a day through 9/30 for Seedlings Braille Books for Children! It will only take a minute and could mean so much to the blind children we serve. 

            You can even vote once a day from home AND once a day from work (put a note on your computer to remind yourself). And you can help even more by sharing this information with your friends and family! Tweet it, facebook it, email it! There are lots of amazing charities in the race and we need all the help we can get!

            Thank you in advance for your support! We'll let you know if we win!
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            Also ... Seedlings is now on YouTube!  
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            Check out Seedlings' new video on YouTube! It was made possible by some wonderful volunteers who donated many hours to the project. It's just 2 minutes long and quickly shows what we do and how people can help! Please share it with your family, friends, and co-workers! Here's the link: 

            http://youtu.be/XSAva63sQ_c 

            The video is also available on our website:

            www.seedlings.org

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            Seedlings' Contact Information 
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            website: www.seedlings.org
            phone: 800-777-8552 
            fax: 734-427-8552 
            email: info at seedlings.org 
            mail: PO Box 51924, Livonia, MI 48151-5924 
            visit: 14151 Farmington Road, Livonia, MI 48154

            Seedlings Braille Books for Children is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing high-quality low-cost braille books for children around the world!
            Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.

            (We respect your privacy and do not share our lists with anyone, but if you wish to be removed from this list, please send an email to: info at seedlings.org that says "Remove" in the subject line and includes your name and zip code in the body of the email. Thank you.) 