[Nfbmo] Heritage For the Blind
Dewey Bradley
dewey.bradley at kc.rr.com
Fri Sep 9 23:57:10 UTC 2011
This stuff happends more then people know.
I have a friend that worked at a telemarketing call center, they are told to
tell the callers that they were paralyzed in Iraq to get them to feel sorry
and buy stuff.
It happends all the time
----- Original Message -----
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 6:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Heritage For the Blind
> This gets more and more interesting. I looked up the words "Heritage for
> the Blind" and "Fraud" on Google and came up with stories detailing fraud
> cases in NY and NYC regarding a number of charities, including Heritage
> for
> the Blind that advertise heavily and distribute only 10% of the money
> brought in to actual services for the blind - though the article does not
> mention
> where the money went to. This from a recent copy of Newsday:
> _http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/state-eyes-possible-fraud-in-car-do
> nation-charities-1.2023948_
> (http://www.newsday.com/classifieds/cars/state-eyes-possible-fraud-in-car-donation-charities-1.2023948)
>
>
> The next article detailed how Heritage for the Blind claimed they were
> printing religious books in Braille and large print but the religious
> articles are exclusive to one particular sect - in other words, the
> chairty
> subsidizes production of accessible religious books exclusively for the
> members of that sect and no one else. If you want to contribute to that
> denomination, that's fine but it is not spelled out on the website or the
> mailers.
> _http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2008/01/religious-chari.
> html_
> (http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2008/01/religious-chari.html)
>
> These are evidently continuing investigations.
>
> Then I checked YouTube and found a *LOT* of entries for Heritage for
> the Blind. They are 1 minute snippets regarding eye disease and care
> issues.
> The clips say that they are gathered from on-line sources and available
> via the website. Which means that they grab a clip, add the Heritage
> logo,
> fade in with a cheesy public domain jingle, fade out to the clip and then
> fade the music in again. Some of the clips ask you to donate your car.
> I keep finding references to the Haredi sect, which uses HFTB as well
> as other car donation charities to fund it's activities. In other words,
> aside from the freely available internet eye information clips that they
> repurpose, the real purpose of the money is to support various activities
> of
> this Messianic church.
> Even then, only 15 cents/dolar goes to services - the vast majority
> goes to advertising and the next highest categories is for salary and
> management.
>
> Finally, I checked w/ NFBtalk.net and found that there were entries
> saying essentiatlly the same thing - that this is a scam. Bryan Schultz
> was
> a part of the thread and said as much in 2010.
>
> So, I'm tellling everyone to avoid this group, perhaps I'll see what
> the Missouri AG has to say about it.
> They are registered all over the state in large and small towns, usually
> in
> association with auto wrecking and salvage companies.
> Dan
>
>
> In a message dated 9/9/2011 4:04:09 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> DanFlasar at aol.com writes:
>
> Gene,
> I went to the website and didn't find much there either. There is a
> 'free service lookup', they distribute large print religious materials
> and
> there is supposed to be a staff to help you get through blindness but
> the
> webpage is very unstable, it gives no history of the organization, lists
> no
> board of directors - mentioning only that it is registred as a
> non-profit
>
> organization benefitting the blind. The whole 'service' seems to be
> the
> website and from the look and feel of it - they don't spend much money
> on
> it.
> Could this be fraudulent?
> And if it is, what can be done. There are a lot of places a car can be
> donated that could do more good than this limited website.
> BTW, they also note that their advertising helps to make people aware
> of the plight of the blind.
> Dan
>
>
>
> In a message dated 9/9/2011 2:56:48 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> escoulter at centurytel.net writes:
>
>
> Dan,
> We have been hearing ads for this group for last several months on local
> radio as well as XM. I checked out their web site and there, in my
> opinion,
> is not much substantial they do for blind persons. It appears to me that
> their primary function is to turn old cars into cash. When Debbie Wunder
> called the operator could not tell her much about what they did. There
> is
> another ‘organizition called Cars for Cancer which is similar.
> One claim on the site when I looked at it was that they provide
> literature
> to help blind people cope with their tragedy.
> The web site is HeritageForTheBlind.com or www.freetowing.com
> HTH
> Gene
> From: DanFlasar at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:29 PM
> To: nfbmo at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Heritage For the Blind
>
> Hi ebverybody,
> Does anhone know anyhthing about a group called the Heritage for the
> Blind? They are sending out flyers in the St. Louis area looking for
> car
> donations. I've never heard of them.
> Dan
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