[Nfbmo] Heritage for the Blind
James Moynihan
jamesmmoynihan at gmail.com
Thu May 3 15:12:56 UTC 2012
Thanks for the information.
Jim Moynihan
----- Original Message -----
From: <DanFlasar at aol.com>
To: <nfbmo at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbmo] Heritage for the Blind
> Jim and Gene,
> I opened up a thread on this list last year and did some
> investigation. Heritage for the Blind is a scam, along with a long list
> of other
> charitable-sounding groups like Cars for Veterans, Cars, Cars for Kids
> and a lot,
> lot more. There was a pending case in NYC regarding a fringe religious
> group that was/is behind a lot of these fraudulent campaigns. When I did
> a
> google search on the tax status of the group behind Heritage for the
> blind,
> I found that they had arrangements with junkyards all over the state to
> collect the cash for the donated vehicles. They may be tax-exempt but
> all
> they did was file the paperwork to get the status. As I understand it,
> it
> can only be lifted if challenged.
> I really think that the national NFB should take a position on this
> out-in-the-open fraud.
> The Heritage for the Blind notes that their primary activity is a
> website directing blind people to nationwide services. Not only are the
> services listed far from comprehensive, the website is inaccessible, it
> crashes
> easily and the contact us link goes nowhere.
>
> Dan
>
>
>
> In a message dated 5/2/2012 1:16:38 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> escoulter at centurytel.net writes:
>
> Jim,
> Debbie Wunder and I both looked into it. It is basically a scam. It
> appears
> that that the same people run two web sites “Cars for Cancer and
> Heritage
> for the Blind. They do say on their web site that they produce brochures
> about blind children and related stuff but as far as real programs I don’t
> know of any. If memory serves me correctly when Debbye called them the
> operator could not tell her what the group does specifically either.
> Someone may wish contact the BBB or the Attorney General to see if
> anything
> can be done.
>
> From: James Moynihan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012 10:49 AM
> To: NFB of Missouri Mailing List
> Subject: [Nfbmo] Heritage for the Blind
>
> Fellow Federationists
>
> Day after day I hear advertisements for Heritage for the Blind which asks
> Americans to donate cars, vans and boats. Is this a scam? If so, what
> can
> we do about it? I don't believe that Heritage for the Blind is good for
> the
> image of the blind.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Jim Moynihan
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