[Nfbk] FW: National Federation of the Blind Announces Oregon State Will Use Braille Coin in Coin Toss

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Subject: National Federation of the Blind Announces Oregon State Will Use
Braille Coin in Coin Toss


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Director of Public Relations

National Federation of the Blind

(410) 659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281 (Cell)

cdanielsen at nfb.org

National Federation of the Blind Announces
Oregon State Will Use Braille Coin in Coin Toss
Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar
 Will Be Used in Coin Toss at Beavers Game


Corvallis, Oregon (December 2, 2009): The National Federation of the Blind,
the nation's leading advocate for Braille, is pleased to announce that
Oregon State University will use a 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver
Dollar in the coin toss at its football game on Thursday, December 3.  The
renowned Oregon State Beavers, who are currently ranked at number 13 in the
Associated Press Poll, will travel to Eugene for the annual Civil War with
the University of Oregon Ducks.  For the first time in the 113-year history
of the Civil War, the game will decide the PAC-10 championship and the
winner will go on to play in the Rose Bowl.Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the
National Federation of the Blind, said: "We are pleased that Oregon State
University is recognizing the critical importance of Braille literacy for
the blind in a fun and exciting way by including the Louis Braille
Bicentennial Silver Dollar in the prestigious Civil War football game on
December 3.  There can be no doubt that the ability to read and write
Braille competently and efficiently is the key to education, employment, and
success for the blind; yet only one in ten blind children in the United
States are currently learning it.  We are asking Oregon State fans and all
other Americans to help us in ensuring literacy, education, productivity,
and success for every blind American by purchasing a 2009 Louis Braille
Bicentennial Silver Dollar today."



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.



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 www.braille.org or 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.  For more information about
the National Federation of the Blind and the Braille Readers are Leaders
campaign, visit www.braille.org.





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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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