[Nfbmo] Heritage For the Blind

DanFlasar at aol.com DanFlasar at aol.com
Sat Sep 10 23:07:07 UTC 2011


Hi Debbie,
 
Okay - I'll get it to you.
Dan
 
 
In a message dated 9/10/2011 9:12:24 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
debbiewunder at centurytel.net writes:

Hi Dan, this  is Debbie that asked you to mail the flyer.

Thanks
----- Original  Message ----- 
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To:  <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 10:21  PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Heritage For the Blind


>  Gene,
>   It's from ValuPack - an envelope I get every week or  so  stuffed with
> coupons for restaurants, carpet cleaners,  dry-cleaners and so  on.  This 
> is
> the first time  I've ever seen one of their flyers.  It  doesn't really 
say
>  much other than their phone #, the come-on to donate your  car, a 
website  
> URL
> and that they help prevent blindness by urging people to  make  an 
> appointment
> w/ an eye  doctor.
>   But I've got it and can send it on. I can also  scan it and  attach it 
if
> anyone wants it.
>  Dan
>
>
> In a message dated 9/9/2011 9:29:51 P.M. Central  Daylight Time,
> debbiewunder at centurytel.net writes:
>
> Dan  can you  get a flyer and mail it to me?
> ----- Original Message  ----- 
> From:  <DanFlasar at aol.com>
> To:  <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday,  September 09, 2011 4:01  PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Heritage For the   Blind
>
>
>> 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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