[Mn-at-large] Tomorrow Or Today Give to the Max Day! (includes tip for screen reader users)

[David Andrews]

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>From: Steve Jacobson via Nfbmn-news <nfbmn-news at nfbnet.org>
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>In addition to the useful information provided 
>by Jennifer, please note that you can give today 
>while their servers are less busy and your 
>donation will be held until tomorrow.  In fact, 
>any donation on or after November 1 will be held 
>until tomorrow according to their website. Best 
>regards, Steve Jacobson -----Original 
>Message----- From: Nfbmn-news 
>[mailto:nfbmn-news-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
>Of Jennifer Dunnam via Nfbmn-news Sent: 
>Wednesday, November 11, 2015 1:31 PM To: 
>nfbmn-news <nfbmn-news at nfbnet.org> Subject: 
>[Nfbmn-news] Tomorrow Give to the Max Day! 
>(includes tip for screen reader users) Dear 
>Minnesota Federationists and Friends, Tomorrow, 
>Thursday, November 12, 2015, is Give to the Max 
>Day—a day to inspire unprrecedented levels of 
>charitable giving in the state of Minnesota, 
>concentrated in one day.  It runs until 11:59 PM 
>on the 12th. Just as we have done in previous 
>years, both NFB of Minnesota and BLIND Inc. will 
>be participating.  Every dollar given to either 
>NFB of MN or BLIND Inc. will help all of us by 
>improving opportunities and making life better 
>for blind people in Minnesota and everywhere. 
>Please support the important work of the 
>National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota 
>bhttps://givemn.org/organization/National-Federation-Of-The-Blind-Of-Minnesota 
>and/or BLIND Incorporated 
>https://www.givemn.org/organization/Blindness-Learning-In-New-Dimensions 
>during Give to the Max Day, and share the 
>opportunity with your contacts on email, 
>word-of-mouth, twitter, Facebook, etc.! (Please 
>include the hashtag #gtmd15 in your tweets and 
>Facebook posts). Donations can be scheduled 
>ahead of time, so there's no need to wait! 
>Please read below for more information, and 
>encourage those you know to support us. Note to 
>screen reader users: This site works best, 
>particularly for JAWS, if you go into Forms Mode 
>and use the tab key to move between the fields, 
>pressing "enter" when you get to the "Donate" 
>button or equivalent. Since there are many (like 
>me) who do not use forms mode by default, we 
>thought this worth mentioning to save you some 
>frustration. Here are some extra reasons to give 
>on (or before) November 12th: 1.      You could 
>win a Golden Ticket and turn a donation of $10 
>into $2,010! Golden Tickets are drawn each hour 
>for 24 hours and $2,000 is added to a random 
>donor's donation. 2.      You'll help us compete 
>for "the most dollars raised" and prize grants 
>of $5,000, $7,500, $10,000 or even $15,000! 
>3.    You could win the Grand Golden Ticket, 
>that's $20,000 added to your donation. The name 
>of one lucky donor will be drawn at 11:59 p.m. 
>and $20,000 will be added to their donation. The 
>more times you give throughout November 13, the 
>more chances to win $20,000 for us! National 
>Federation of the Blind of Minnesota The NFB of 
>Minnesota knows that blindness is not the 
>characteristic that defines you or your future. 
>Every day we raise the expectations of blind 
>people, because low expectations create 
>obstacles between blind people and our dreams. 
>You can have the life you want; blindness is not 
>what holds you back.  We provide public 
>education about blindness, support services to 
>the newly blinded, scholarships, publications 
>about blindness, advocacy services, access to 
>newspapers in audio formats, assistive 
>technology information, as well as information 
>about local adjustment to blindness training and 
>job Opportunities for Blind people in Minnesota. 
>BLIND, Inc. Blindness: Learning In New 
>Dimensions (BLIND) Incorporated is our 
>internationally recognized 
>adjustment-to-blindness training center working 
>with blind people of all ages to help them 
>achieve the skills and confidence they need to 
>live full and productive lives. There are 
>programs for adults of working age, teenagers, 
>younger children, senior citizens, and English 
>language learners. Make A Mobile Donation! 
>Making a donation from your PC works just 
>fine.  However, if you'd like to make a donation 
>from your mobile device, that's also quick and 
>clean on GiveMN.org. You don’t even need an 
>account. Simply enter your name, address and 
>credit card information, then click 
>“donate.” There are, however, two great 
>reasons to log into your account while using the 
>mobile site: 1)      Your donation is recorded 
>so that you can track your charitable giving 
>2)      You don’t have to re-enter your credit card information




         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org