[nfbwatlk] Fundraising and Braille Literacy Campaign

[Kaye Kipp]

Hmmm.  There was no attachment with this one either.

Kaye
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Fundraising and Braille Literacy Campaign


> HMMM! The attchment didn't take! I'll try it when not on my Braille Sense 
> Plus.
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com>
> To: nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org
> Date: Tuesday, Jan 6, 2009 20:14:02
> Subject: [nfbwatlk] Fundraising and Braille Literacy Campaign
>
>>
>>
>> Fellow Federationists:
>>
>> I have attached a document from http://www.braille.org (NFB's braille 
>> literacy campaign website) which describes ways to raise money for the 
>> campaign including sales of the Louis Braille Coin. I urge all to 
>> register at http://www.braille.org so that you can receive updates on the 
>> campaign as it develops.
>>
>> I also urge those who have not already done so to register as a "marcher" 
>> or "virtual marcher" at http://www.marchforindependence.org to raise 
>> money for the Imagination Fund. Raising money this way is quite easy. Ask 
>> Jacob Struiksma!
>>
>> >From time to time, say every week or so, I will send out a message to 
>> >this list containing one of the fundraising suggestions from the 
>> >attached document. Most of these are applicable to any fundraising 
>> >effort.
>>
>> Here's the suggestion for this message: "Offer to do something that your 
>> friends and family have been nagging you to do anyway and attach a price 
>> to it. For example, quit smoking on the condition that your friends 
>> donate to the campaign, or get your friends to pay a certain amount for 
>> every day you don't smoke for up to thirty days.  This could apply to 
>> exercising, not eating sugar, shaving off a beard, etc."
>>
>> Mike Freeman" President
>> National Federation of the Blind of Washington
>>
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