<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br><br>Trudy L Pickrel<div>President MD Parents Blind Children</div><div>Owner TLC by the Lake poodles</div></div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> David Andrews <<a href="mailto:dandrews@visi.com">dandrews@visi.com</a>><br><b>Date:</b> February 28, 2012 7:58:04 PM EST<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[Nfbnet-master-list] Fwd: American Action Fund Makes Free Braille Books Available Online</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
<br>
<blockquote type="cite" class="cite" cite="">From: "Freeh, Jessica"
<<a href="mailto:JFreeh@nfb.org">JFreeh@nfb.org</a>><br>
Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:29:40 -0800<br>
Subject: American Action Fund Makes Free Braille Books Available
Online<br>
Thread-Topic: American Action Fund Makes Free Braille Books Available
Online<br>
Thread-Index: Acz2LbW8wu3q1EyqQEOnU5Zu3+4Qig==<br>
To: Undisclosed recipients:;<br><br>
<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br>
</b><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica" size="5"> <br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"><b>CONTACT:<br>
</b></font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Chris Danielsen<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">(410) 659-9314, extension
2330<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">
<a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org">cdanielsen@nfb.org</a><br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><div align="center"><h1><b>American Action Fund Makes Free Braille
Books Available Online</b></h1><br><br>
</div>
<font face="Garamond"> <br><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"><b>Baltimore, Maryland (February
28, 2012):</b> The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
(AAF) is making its free Braille books for blind children available
online as downloadable BRF files. Since 1997, the AAF has provided
popular and award-winning children’s books, including titles from popular
series, to blind children throughout the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1
ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />United
States as well as to libraries and other organizations that serve blind
children. The books have been and will continue to be distributed
by mail, but now readers and libraries will also be able to download them
from <a href="http://www.actionfund.org/actionfund/default.asp">the
American Action Fund Web site. </a>The BRF files are ready to be used on
Braille notetakers and other Braille-aware devices.<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> <br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Barbara Loos, president of the
American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, said: “The American
Action Fund is pleased to make our free Braille books for blind children
available on the Internet. Technology is making Braille more widely
available than ever before, and we are proud to become part of this
exciting trend.”<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> <br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">Dr. Marc Maurer, AAF executive
director, said: “Braille literacy is one of the highest predictors of
success in later life for blind students, so we want to do everything in
our power to ensure that blind children have free and easy access to
Braille books. This initiative will set blind children on a path to
achievement and independencenot to mention giving them the simple joy of
reading a good book.”<br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> <br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> <br>
</font><font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><div align="center"><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica">###<br>
</font></div>
<font face="Garamond"><br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Helvetica"> <br>
</font> </blockquote>
</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Nfbnet-master-list mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org">Nfbnet-master-list@nfbnet.org</a></span></div></blockquote></body></html>