[Nfbk] FW: National Federation of the Blind Announces Oregon StateWill 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 <mailto: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 <http://www.braille.org./>  or
www.usmint.gov <http://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
<http://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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