[Nfbc-info] Pledge to sell coins!

[Serena Olsen]

90% of America's blind children need us!!

I just pledged to sell twenty Louis Braille commemorative coins by November 1st!

We all know what a severe deficiency there is in Braille literacy in
our country and that we don't always have the support of VI teachers,
Rehabilitation Specialists, and even sometimes parents.  If the blind
of this nation are to receive the indespensable tool of braille, it is
up to us!  Just think what $8 million will do nationwide for braille
literacy!!

But this $8 million is not going to fall out of the sky...we must sell
all 400,000 coins to reach that toatal and the clock is ticking.  Any
coins left unsold at the end of the year will be melted down and those
precious funds will melt away with them!

I have personally purchased 3 coins: one as a gift for my
coin-collecting father, a nice one to keep for myself, and a third to
carry with me at all times to show to anyone and everyone who will
look at it and listen to the stark reality of braille literacy in our
nation today.

But I know I can do more, so this morning, I contacted Ann-Marie Laney
at the National Center (call 410-659-9314 x 2219) and agreed to sell
one box (twenty coins) by November 1st.

Are you and your chapters up to the challenge?  Imagine the change we
can make with 400,000 silver dollars!!  Let's get this done!!

Regards,
-- 
Serena Olsen, MAIPS
Braille Institute, volunteer
National Federation of the Blind, representative

LESS THAN 10% OF BLIND CHILDREN ARE TAUGHT BRAILLE.
70% OF WORKING-AGE BLIND ADULTS ARE UNEMPLOYED.
FULLY-EMPLOYED BLIND PEOPLE ARE OVERWHELMINGLY BRAILLE LITERATE!

MAKE CHANGE WITH A DOLLAR!
There is a braille literacy crisis in America and you can be a part of
the solution!  Sales of the 2009 commemorative Louis Braille coin will
raise $8 million to benefit braille literacy programs nationwide!
Learn more at: www.braille.org