[Nfbsatx] Join the Race for Independence and Win Funds for Your Affiliate

[Peter Donahue]

Hello everyone,

        One thing we could do at our next meeting is register members to 
participate in the NFB's Race for Independence. I can bring the laptop which 
has a wireless connection so we can register folks before, or following the 
meeting. This is a wonderful way for us to help Texas meet its goal of 
registering more members and increasing the number of chances to win 
additional funds to support its programs.

    I would also suggest that any funds raised from the Red Robin or other 
fundraising activities conducted this spring be put to supporting our 
Imagination Fund and registering the chapter as a Race for Independence 
participant. Mary and I are all ready registered and will be raising funds 
to support the Imagination Fund.

 Assisting the Foundation for Fighting Blindness is okay, but those 
organizations get support hand-over-fist. Mary and I would rather have seen 
the recent contribution to this foundation be used to help our members 
attend the 2010 national convention, support our own Imagination Fund, or 
donated to the state affiliate to support the NFBT State Scholarship Program 
instead. Mr. President I believe that a full-scale discussion of fundraising 
activities and how these funds will be used is in order for our March 
meeting. For those who don't know information about the NFB's Race for 
Independence and the March contest appears below:

National Federation of the Blind's Race for Independence, Imagination Fund 
Chairman Parnell Diggs today urged affiliates to sign up as many of their 
members as possible by March 31.  For every ten members of each of the 
Federation's fifty-two affiliates that sign up to be Imaginators and 
participate in the Race for Independence by the end of March, the affiliate 
will be entered in a drawing to receive $250.  The Race for Independence is 
designed to raise funds for the National Federation of the Blind Imagination 
Fund, which supports the education, technology, and research projects of the 
NFB Jernigan Institute, as well as programs conducted by the fifty-two 
affiliates and over seven hundred local chapters of the Federation.  For 
more on this exciting competition visit:
http://www.raceforindependence.org


Peter Donahue

"Will you come and awake our lost land from its slumber
      And her fetters we'll break, links that long are encumbered.
      And the air will resound with hosannas to greet you
      On the shore will be found gallant Irishmen to greet you."
Will You Come to the Bower
Traditional Irish Folk Song