[Nfb-hi] Louis Braille birthday celebration in Hawaii

[Charlene Ota]

Hi, Everyone, just wanted to send out a quick report about the Louis Braille
birthday celebration that was held on Sunday afternoon at the Borders
bokstore in Windward Mall.  First, a big thank-you to those who
participated, Nani, Fife, Ann Lemke and her friend Mel, Debbie Gabe, Ronna
and Gerry shared materials but couldn't be there in person, and.  We were
positioned in a very good location in the store, given a table and chairs
plus a couple of rows of charis for visitors, and announcements over the PA
system periodically during the whole time we were there. Lots of shoppers
came to ask about braille, look at the books and other materials displayed,
and get their names written on the new alphabet cards. The store manager was
very interested and supportive and I think we have established a very good
rapport with him and can look forward to him and his store being a part of
the celebration when the coin comes out at the end of March. He put the
press release up on the Borders website and really made an effort to
publicize the event as well.
 
I think this was a good trial run and it laid ground work for at least one
location for an event when the braille coin is issued.  If you have ideas or
suggestions and, of course, if you're interested in helping Ann plan the
event for the release of the coin, please be in touch with her as well. If
any of you would like, I think it would be great to have other small events
similar to last Sunday to help get information out to people and tell them
about braille. There are new alphabet cards that were designed for this
project and I can get more of them if any of you need them as well.
 
Aloha,
Charlene