[NFB-Seniors] Braille Calendars - follow this link to get one - Learn about who provides them!

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Hi You All

 

 

Here is the link to request a 2021 Braille Calendar. 

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This is through the - American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults

 

If you do not know of this source, you need to learn who they are, and what
they have! Many Federationist have and are instrumental in the workings of
this organization.

 

Read their history:

 

History

The American Brotherhood for the Blind was established in 1919 by a member
of the Theosophical Society to give help to the blind. The new organization

took its name from the Society's belief in the universal brotherhood of all
mankind. The American Brotherhood held fast to this belief: its services
were

to be provided to all without regard to race, sex, creed, or national
origin.

However, because of newly arising connotations associated with the term
"brotherhood," in 1990, the board of directors decided to initiate action to
adopt

a new name-The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults-as its
federally registered operating name, or trademark, while still retaining the
trademark

of American Brotherhood for the Blind.

Now, as the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, we operate
under a name which reflects modern language and cultural notions while at
the

same time preserving the traditional service values envisioned by the
organization's founders.

100TH ANNIVERSARY

A young girl uses a Perkins Brailler at the Action Fund carnival celebration
at the NFB National Convention.

In July of 2019, the Action Fund celebrated its 100th anniversary at the
annual convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Las Vegas,
Nevada.

This was the largest gathering in the world of blind people. In order to
honor this historic occasion, the Action Fund held a carnival celebration
where

there were Braille games, music, popcorn, prizes, face painting, and free
copies of an innovative Twin VisionR book Pedro and the Octopus. The Action
Fund

has had a collaborative relationship with the National Federation of the
Blind since 1940, thus the location for the celebration was a fitting
tribute

to our partnership with the organized blind movement.

Listen to remarks from Barbara Loos, president of the Action Fund, and Dr.
Marc Maurer, executive director emeritas.

TIMELINE

1919

The American Brotherhood for the Blind is founded.

1961

The American Brotherhood for the Blind funds the print/Braille storybook
project led by Jean Dyon Norris.

1962

The Twin VisionR title for print/Braille books is adopted.

1964

The American Brotherhood for the Blind begins producing Braille calendars. A
lending library for children and young adult books officially opens with
forty-five

titles and fifteen volunteer Braille transcribers. This library, later named
the Kenneth Jernigan Library for Blind Children and Adults, was dedicated

to the reading pleasure and education of blind children and young adults.
The books in the library were Brailled by volunteers, who contributed
countless

hours of time and effort to bring the total collection of the library to
more than 14,000 Braille books. Books were selected and then distributed to
patrons

solely by mail. Library books were distributed to subscribers free of
charge. After more than fifty years of service, the Kenneth Jernigan Library
closed

its doors in Tarzana, California March 1, 2018, and the remaining collection
was sent to the Action Fund's office in Baltimore, Maryland, from which the

books are being given to blind people to keep. The books are available
through 

Share Braille

as long as they last. 

1965

The weekly "Hot-Line for Deaf-Blind" is produced.

1981

The Action Fund helps to launch Future Reflections, a magazine published
quarterly for parents and educators of blind children.

1990

The International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind (IBTC) is
established.

1997

The Free Braille Books for Blind Children program is established.

1998

The Action Fund begins partnering with the National Organization of Parents
of Blind Children to establish an annual Braille Book Fair where blind
children

and adults can get donated Braille books.

2000

The Action Fund establishes the annual Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship in honor
of a previous executive director and major influence on the lives of blind

people in the twentieth century.

2007

Efforts are undertaken to connect volunteer lawyers with blind people
needing assistance.

2017

A program to explore and promote tactile art is established.

2018

The Action Fund begins administering 

Share Braille, a

free crowd-sourced community for recycling hard copy Braille books. The
Action Fund also closes its Kenneth Jernigan Library in this year and begins
giving

books in the library collection away through Share Braille.

2019

The Action Fund celebrates its 100th year of service. The 

Action Fund also receives the Library of Congress's Literacy Award: American
Prize for its service to promote Braille literacy.

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