[nabs-l] Pennies for Pages

[Sean Whalen]

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 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