[Nfbf-l] NFB Congratulates Dwight. Number 8 in the nation!

[Dan Hicks]

Congratulations Dwight!

Orange you glad you broke the top ten!

Dan

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Not to dare is to lose oneself.” 
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> Dwight D. Sayer
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> From: JFreeh at nfb.org
 >>To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
 >>Sent: 6/25/2011 12:37:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
 >>Subj: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind
Congratulates Blind
 >>Driver Experience Participants
 >>
 >>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 >>
 >>Chris Danielsen
 >>
 >>Director of Public Relations
 >>
 >>National Federation of the Blind
 >>
 >>(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
 >>
 >>(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
 >>
 >>cdanielsen at nfb.org
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>CONTACT:
 >>
 >>
 >>National Federation of the Blind Congratulates
 >>Blind Driver Experience Participants
 >>
 >> The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the
 >>
 >>Baltimore, Maryland (June 24, 2011):oldest and largest nationwide
organization
 >>of blind people,today congratulated the thirty people who won the honor
of
 >>participating in the Blind Driver Experience.  On Tuesday, July 5, from
1–6:00
 >>p.m., as part of the NFB National Convention in Orlando, the winners will
get
 >>the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride in the Blind Driver Challenge™
car
 >>equipped with nonvisual technology (the same car that was driven on the
famed
 >>Daytona International Speedway on January 29, 2011).
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>The participants of the Blind Driver Experience will be driven in the
official
 >>Blind Driver Challenge™ vehicle by Mark Riccobono, executive director of
the
 NFB
 >>Jernigan Institute, and the first blind person to drive a street vehicle
in
 >>public.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>The Blind Driver Experience is an initiative of the NFB Imagination Fund,
which
 >>supports the education, technology, and research projects of the NFB
Jernigan
 >>Institute, as well as programs conducted by the fifty-two affiliates and
over
 >>seven-hundred local chapters of the Federation.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
“We
 >>greatly appreciate the hard work of our Blind Driver Experience
participants, as
 >>well as our other Imagination Fund contributors.  With their help, we are
able
 >>to create innovative research, training, education, and technology
programs that
 >>improve the lives of the blind and move us closer to our ultimate goal of
full
 >>integration into society on a basis of equality.”
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>Parnell Diggs, chairman of the Imagination Fund, said: “We congratulate
our
 >>Blind Driver Experience participants, and thank them for a job well
done.  It is
 >>vital that we raise the funds we need to operate the programs of the
National
 >>Federation of the Blind.  Those who registered to be Imaginators and
raised at
 >>least $1,000 by June 15 have our gratitude."
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>The top ten individuals in overall dollars raised as of June 15 were
 >>automatically selected to participate in the Blind Driver Experience. 
The
 >>remaining twenty spots were drawn at random from the pool of individuals
who
 >>raised at least $1,000 for the Imagination Fund by June 15, and who plan
to be
 >>in attendance at the convention.  Each individual winner is invited to
bring
 >>three guests, and if for some reason a winner cannot participate, the
ride is
 >>transferable.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>The Blind Driver Experience winners are listed below:
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>Top Ten
 >>	1. John Paré (MD)
 >>	2. Mary Ellen Jernigan (MD)
 >>	3. Parnell Diggs (SC)
 >>	4. Jack & Pat Munson (CA)
 >>	5. Patti Gregory-Chang (IL)
 >>	6. Ann-Marie Laney (MD)
 >>	7. Joe Ruffalo (NJ)
 >>	8. Dwight Sayer (FL)
 >>	9. Lindsay Adair (TX)
 >>	10. Scott LaBarre (CO)
 >>Eleven through thirty were drawn and announced Wednesday evening on
 ThruOurEyes
 >>with Joe Ruffalo.
 >>
 >>
 >>	1. Ever Lee Hairston (CA)
 >>	2. C. Edwin Vaughan (CA)
 >>	3. Denise Avant (IL)
 >>	4. Gary & Debbie Wunder (MO)
 >>	5. Kim Diggs (SC)
 >>	6. William Jacobs (MD)
 >>	7. Debra Canty (SC)
 >>	8. Dan Burke (MT)
 >>	9. Carl & Mindy Jacobsen (NY)
 >>	10. Patricia Maurer (MD)
 >>	11. Barbara Pierce (OH)
 >>	12. Kathleen Byrd (NM)
 >>	13. Anthony Cobb (MD)
 >>	14. Garrick Scott (GA)
 >>	15. Dr. & Mrs. Capps (SC)
 >>	16. Mark Riccobono (MD)
 >>	17. Ed Morman (MD)
 >>	18. Julaine Arient-Rollman (SD)
 >>	19. Kayleigh Joiner (TX)
 >>	20. Kimberly Flores (TX)
 >>
 >>
 >>For more information about the Blind Driver Experience, please visit
 >>www.blinddriverchallenge.org.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>###
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>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.
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >>
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