[il-talk] Braille Proclamation

[Edwin Rodriguez]

alright! Nice going!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Araceli Avina" <shortattit7 at aim.com>
To: <il-talk at nfbnet.org>; <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 10:54 PM
Subject: [il-talk] Braille Proclamation


> Hi All,
> I am writing to let you know about another braille proclamation that has 
> been signed by the Mayor of Hanover Park.  When I called Mayor Rodney F. 
> Craig of the Village of Hanover Park and explained to him what the NFB was 
> doing to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille and to promote 
> Braille Literacy, he was eager to help with this effort.  I sent him the 
> proclamation by email that very day and he said he would present it to me 
> at the Village meeting on Thursday March 19.  The meeting was at 7:30 pm. 
> I attended the meeting and Mayor Craig read it out loud before presenting 
> it to me.  Then there were pictures taken of me receiving the Braille 
> Literacy Proclamation.  I am keeping in contact with him to find out how I 
> can obtain a copy of those pictures to put in the Braille Examiner.  I 
> just wanted to write about this because it impressed me to know that I did 
> something important to help out the Braille Literacy crisis.  When he 
> presented the proclamation to me, it felt like I was receiving some kind 
> of award.  I suppose that in a sense, this could be defined as one.  So to 
> all those who obtained Braille Literacy Proclamations, you not only 
> received a Proclamation signed by someone important in your town or 
> neighborhood, you received an award.  It made an impression on me 
> receiving this, so I wanted to share this with all of you.  I can't wait 
> to give Kelly Doty the Proclamation when I see her next time.  I also 
> wanted to share with you all that after I received the Proclamation, and I 
> was shaking hands with 6  of the board members of the Village of Hanover 
> Park, they were all extremely grateful that the NFB has brought the 
> Braille Literacy crisis to their attention
> So, thank you all for reading this and letting me share my experience with 
> you.  I apologize it took me some time to write about this.  I still hope 
> it was worth reading through.
>
> Araceli Avina, Secretary
> Illinois Association of Blind Students
> ISVI Advisory Council Member
>
>
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