[Cabs] Pennies for Pages!

[Arielle Silverman]

Read on to find out how you can participate in a fund-raiser to help
both NABS and CABS!

Greetings to all members and friends of NABS,

I am writing to announce and solicit your participation in an exciting
fundraising effort that the National Association of Blind Students is
currently undertaking. The fundraiser is our second annual Pennies for
Pages, and is being run in conjunction with the NFB’s Braille Readers
are Leaders contest. We believe that this fundraiser has a lot of
potential. However, in order to realize this potential, we need help
from all of you!

The idea is this. Students, or anybody else who is interested in
helping to raise money for Braille literacy and our national and state
student divisions, can sign up to participate in the Braille Readers
are Leaders program and then solicit donations from friends, family,
or anybody really, for Braille pages read throughout the duration of
the contest. Of course, donations of fixed sums are also gratefully
accepted.

If you are already participating in either the K-12 or Adult Braille
Readers are Leaders contests, you can simply register with NABS as a
reader and find people to sponsor you for each page you read. To
register as a reader with NABS, please fill out the online form at:
www.nabslink.org/pennies_for_pages/pennies_form.php
Or contact Sean Whalen at smwhalenpsp at gmail.com or 608 332-4147.

If you are not yet signed up for the contest, no worries! The reading
contest runs from November 1, 2010 through January 4, 2011, and
registration for Braille Readers are Leaders is open now, and will
remain open throughout the duration of the contest. To register for
either the K-12 or Adult Braille Readers are Leaders Contests, please
go to www.nfb.org/bral. And, remember, once you have registered for
the contest, sign up with NABS to participate in our Pennies for Pages
fundraising effort!

If, rather than registering as a reader, you would like to support
NABS’ efforts by sponsoring a reader, or making a fixed donation,
please either register as a sponsor at:
www.nabslink.org/pennies_for_pages/pennies_form.php
or contact Sean Whalen at smwhalenpsp at gmail.com or 608 332-4147.

Donations can be accepted in cash or as checks made out to the
National Association of Blind Students and can be given to our
Treasurer, Nijat Worley, either in person at Washington Seminar or
sent, via postal mail, to:

Nijat Worley
2905 East College Ave, Unit 106
Boulder, CO 80303

If you wish to participate or have any questions at all about the
plan, please contact Sean Whalen at either 608-332-4147 or
smwhalenpsp at gmail.com. I will be compiling the list of participants
and would be happy to answer any questions which anybody might have.

Any money we raise through Pennies for Pages will be shared, in equal
portions, between NABS, the National Association to Promote the Use of
Braille, and the state student divisions (or affiliates) in which the
readers reside.

NABS looks forward to working together to raise money for, and promote
awareness of, Braille literacy!

Sincerely,

Sean Whalen


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Arielle Silverman
President, National Association of Blind Students
Phone:  602-502-2255
Email:
nabs.president at gmail.com
Website:
www.nabslink.org