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

Tue Nov 17 21:59:27 UTC 2020

Thanks for the information. I just filled out the form to get a couple for us.
Bill Deatherage

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> On Nov 17, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Pamela Dominguez via NFB-Seniors <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> I had requested one a while ago, but have they started sending them out yet? I don't remember when they usually start sending them.  Pam.
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> -----Original Message----- From: Robert Leslie Newman via NFB-Seniors
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 3:35 PM
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> Subject: [NFB-Seniors] Braille Calendars - follow this link to get one - Learn about who provides them!
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> Hi You All
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> Here is the link to request a 2021 Braille Calendar.
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> https://actionfund.org/resources/braille-calendars
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> This is through the - American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
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> 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.
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> Read their history:
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> History
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> 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
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> 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
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> to be provided to all without regard to race, sex, creed, or national
> origin.
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> However, because of newly arising connotations associated with the term
> "brotherhood," in 1990, the board of directors decided to initiate action to
> adopt
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> 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
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> of American Brotherhood for the Blind.
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> 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
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> same time preserving the traditional service values envisioned by the
> organization's founders.
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> 100TH ANNIVERSARY
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> A young girl uses a Perkins Brailler at the Action Fund carnival celebration
> at the NFB National Convention.
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> 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.
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> 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
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> 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
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> has had a collaborative relationship with the National Federation of the
> Blind since 1940, thus the location for the celebration was a fitting
> tribute
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> to our partnership with the organized blind movement.
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> Listen to remarks from Barbara Loos, president of the Action Fund, and Dr.
> Marc Maurer, executive director emeritas.
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> TIMELINE
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> 1919
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> The American Brotherhood for the Blind is founded.
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> 1961
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> The American Brotherhood for the Blind funds the print/Braille storybook
> project led by Jean Dyon Norris.
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> 1962
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> The Twin VisionR title for print/Braille books is adopted.
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> 1964
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> The American Brotherhood for the Blind begins producing Braille calendars. A
> lending library for children and young adult books officially opens with
> forty-five
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> titles and fifteen volunteer Braille transcribers. This library, later named
> the Kenneth Jernigan Library for Blind Children and Adults, was dedicated
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> to the reading pleasure and education of blind children and young adults.
> The books in the library were Brailled by volunteers, who contributed
> countless
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> 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
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> solely by mail. Library books were distributed to subscribers free of
> charge. After more than fifty years of service, the Kenneth Jernigan Library
> closed
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> 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
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> books are being given to blind people to keep. The books are available
> through
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> Share Braille
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> as long as they last.
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> 1965
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> The weekly "Hot-Line for Deaf-Blind" is produced.
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> 1981
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> The Action Fund helps to launch Future Reflections, a magazine published
> quarterly for parents and educators of blind children.
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> 1990
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> The International Braille and Technology Center for the Blind (IBTC) is
> established.
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> 1997
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> The Free Braille Books for Blind Children program is established.
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> 1998
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> The Action Fund begins partnering with the National Organization of Parents
> of Blind Children to establish an annual Braille Book Fair where blind
> children
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> and adults can get donated Braille books.
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> 2000
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> The Action Fund establishes the annual Kenneth Jernigan Scholarship in honor
> of a previous executive director and major influence on the lives of blind
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> people in the twentieth century.
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> 2007
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> Efforts are undertaken to connect volunteer lawyers with blind people
> needing assistance.
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> 2017
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> A program to explore and promote tactile art is established.
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> 2018
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> The Action Fund begins administering
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> Share Braille, a
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> 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
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> books in the library collection away through Share Braille.
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> 2019
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> The Action Fund celebrates its 100th year of service. The
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> Action Fund also receives the Library of Congress's Literacy Award: American
> Prize for its service to promote Braille literacy.
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