[Nfb-or] Nfb-or Digest, Vol 25, Issue 8
Willard Freeman
willardf at gmail.com
Tue Nov 17 19:16:57 UTC 2009
Actually, it is being litigated.
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> 1. Oregon School for the Blind: reopen it! (Eric Calhoun)
> 2. Re: Oregon School for the Blind: reopen it! (don nepple)
> 3. National Federation of the Blind Partners with Santa to
> Promote Braille Literacy (Freeh, Jessica)
> 4. Special Christmas Offers from GW Micro Can Get you A Louis
> Braille Commemorative Coin (David Andrews)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:36 -0600
> From: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
> Subject: [Nfb-or] Oregon School for the Blind: reopen it!
> To: nfb-or at nfbnet.org
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> I could not bear to read any further. You people have got to litigate!
> Vote everyone who voted for OSB's closure out of office at the next
> election. Come on! This is no time for stallin'!
>
> Eric
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> Giving thanks is all the time.
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> November 26 is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Happy Thanksgiving
> from Eric in Los Angeles!
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:43:44 -0600
> From: don nepple <dnepple at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-or] Oregon School for the Blind: reopen it!
> To: NFB of Oregon mailing list <nfb-or at nfbnet.org>
> Message-ID: <COL106-W4FDD5E4C771ECAF844885A9A50 at phx.gbl>
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> thanks for that email i went too that school a long time a go i now live in
> boise idaho and in idaho we still have a school for the blind.people are
> going too have too fight for the school thanks agan frum idaho.
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> > From: eric at pmpmail.com
> > To: nfb-or at nfbnet.org
> > Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:04:36 -0600
> > Subject: [Nfb-or] Oregon School for the Blind: reopen it!
> >
> > I could not bear to read any further. You people have got to litigate!
> > Vote everyone who voted for OSB's closure out of office at the next
> > election. Come on! This is no time for stallin'!
> >
> > Eric
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> > Giving thanks is all the time.
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> > November 26 is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. Happy Thanksgiving
> > from Eric in Los Angeles!
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:36:34 -0600
> From: "Freeh, Jessica" <JFreeh at nfb.org> (by way of David Andrews
> <dandrews at visi.com>)
> Subject: [Nfb-or] National Federation of the Blind Partners with Santa
> to Promote Braille Literacy
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>
>
> CONTACT:
>
> Chris Danielsen
>
> Director of Public Relations
>
> National Federation of the Blind
>
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>
> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>
> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>
>
> National Federation of the Blind
> Partners with Santa to Promote Braille Literacy
>
>
>
> Baltimore, Maryland (November 16, 2009): Once
> again, Santa has enlisted the help of the elves
> at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB)
> Jernigan Institute to get Braille letters out to
> hundreds of blind boys and girls this Christmas season.
>
>
>
> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National
> Federation of the Blind, said: ?Santa approached
> the National Federation of the Blind a couple of
> years ago and asked us to be his helpers. I?m
> quite fond of the fellow and was delighted that
> we could assist him in his work. Braille
> literacy is the key to success and opportunity
> for the blind, but unfortunately too few blind
> children are learning it today. This program
> will not only be jolly good fun but will also
> serve an important educational purpose, as blind
> children will be able to practice reading Braille
> as they enjoy their letter from Saint Nicholas.?
>
>
>
> Between November 16 and December 20, parents can
> go online at www.nfb.org and fill out a Santa
> Braille Letter request form. The form can also
> be printed and faxed to (410)
> 659-6893. Beginning December 1, the Braille
> letters from Santa will start going out to boys
> and girls around the country. The Braille letter
> will also be accompanied by a print copy (for mom
> and dad to read), and parents can choose the
> contracted or uncontracted form of Braille for
> the letter. Requests for letters must include
> the writer?s name, the child?s name, birthday,
> gender, mailing address, and a telephone number
> or e-mail address in case Santa?s helpers at the
> National Federation of the Blind have questions.
>
>
>
> The Braille letters from Santa program is part of
> the National Federation of the Blind?s national
> Braille literacy campaign, the largest ever
> undertaken in United States history. Congress
> authorized the minting in 2009 of 400,000 Louis
> Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollars to mark the
> two-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis
> Braille (1809?1852) and to support the efforts of
> the National Federation of the Blind to promote
> literacy among blind Americans. This unique and
> beautiful commemorative coin is the first U.S.
> currency to feature tactile, readable Braille.
>
>
>
> A portion of the proceeds from sales of the 2009
> Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar will be
> used to support the NFB?s ?Braille Readers are
> Leaders? campaign, a national initiative created
> to double the number of blind children learning
> Braille by 2015, improve certification standards
> for teachers of Braille, and conduct innovative
> programs to support Braille literacy.
>
>
>
> The deadline for letter requests is December 20,
> to ensure that a return letter in Braille is
> received before Christmas. For more information
> about this and other programs of the National
> Federation of the Blind, please visit our Web
> site at <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org. Those
> interested in ordering a 2009 Louis Braille
> Bicentennial Silver Dollar or the new Braille
> Education Set, which features the coin in a
> collectible folder designed to highlight the life
> and legacy of Louis Braille, should visit
> <http://www.braille.org./>www.braille.org or
> <http://www.usmint.gov/>www.usmint.gov or call
> 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). The Louis Braille
> Bicentennial Silver Dollar and the Braille
> Education Set will only be available until December 11, 2009.
>
>
>
>
>
> ###
>
>
>
> 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: <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:07:06 -0600
> From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>
> Subject: [Nfb-or] Special Christmas Offers from GW Micro Can Get you A
> Louis Braille Commemorative Coin
> To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
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