[nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50, 000 in 2009

[lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com]

Hi all,
I read the story of Doctor Bolotin.  He was a great man and he literally 
worked himself to death - something he wouldn't have had to do if there was 
an NFB back then to help him!

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:59 PM
Subject: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2009


>
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris Danielsen
>
> Director of Public Relations
>
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>
> National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2009
>
> Baltimore, Maryland (January 7, 2009): The National Federation of the 
> Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for the 
> 2009 Dr. Jacob
> Bolotin Award Program.  Each year the National Federation of the Blind 
> presents cash awards to individuals and organizations that have made 
> outstanding
> contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into 
> society on a basis of equality.
>
> Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a blind physician who lived and practiced in Chicago 
> in the early twentieth century.  He was widely known and respected in 
> Chicago
> and throughout the Midwest during his career, which spanned the period 
> from 1912 until his untimely death at the age of thirty-six in 1924.  He 
> was particularly
> recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and lungs.  Bolotin 
> used his many public speaking engagements to advocate for the employment 
> of the
> blind and their full integration into society.
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: 
> "Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a pioneer who overcame low expectations and 
> discrimination
> to become a renowned member of the medical profession without the benefit 
> of the support services and civil rights protections available to blind 
> people
> today.  He was also a fierce advocate for greater opportunity for the 
> blind in his time, and doubtless would have been a leader in the organized 
> blind
> movement had he lived to see it come into being.  The Jacob Bolotin Award 
> Program celebrates his pioneering spirit by recognizing and supporting 
> outstanding
> programs, technologies, and individual efforts that promote independence 
> and opportunity for blind Americans."
>
> Recipients of the 2009 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards will be determined by the 
> Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of the National Federation of the Blind. 
> Online
> applications are due by April 15, 2009.  Individuals or organizations are 
> encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or others.  The award 
> recipients
> will be announced at the 2009 National Federation of the Blind Convention 
> in Detroit.  A total of $50,000 will be distributed to the award 
> recipients.
>
> The Jacob Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of Dr. 
> Bolotin's nephew and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman.   In addition to 
> establishing
> the Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow the awards, the late Mrs. 
> Pearlman also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story.   The book 
> has
> been published by Blue Point Books and can be ordered directly from the 
> publisher at
> www.bluepointbooks.com
> .  Proceeds from book sales will also benefit the award program.  For more 
> information or to fill out the online application, please visit
> www.nfb.org.
>
> ###
>
> About the National Federation of the Blind
>
> With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is the 
> largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in 
> the United
> States.  The NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, 
> education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence and 
> self-confidence.
> It is the leading force in the blindness field today and the voice of the 
> nation's blind.  In January 2004 the NFB opened the National Federation of 
> the
> Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and training center in the 
> United States for the blind led by the blind.  Please visit our Web site:
> www.nfb.org.
>
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