[Oabs] ATTN Fundraisers. The Maurers are awesome!

[Deborah Kendrick]

Kaiti, 
I'm sure I suggested NBP to you before, but very glad you have called now.  
If Diane Croft or Joann Sullivan is the person to whom you have been
directed, let them know that I am connected to your group.  
I love them both and they might give you abreak.  
They have already dealt with Ohio NFB, by the way, as they have been selling
our Louis Braille coins, designed by Paul and Bernie Dressell, for many
years!
I'm so excited these bookmarks are finally going to happen!
Peace,
Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Oabs [mailto:oabs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti Shelton via
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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 12:51 PM
To: Ohio Association of Blind Students list
Subject: [Oabs] ATTN Fundraisers. The Maurers are awesome!

Hi, all,

I have an update on Fundraising.  I took on responsibility for calling the
national office to see what they would suggest for getting braille bookmarks
done in September, since all our options were turning up duds.  I left a
message yesterday afternoon, and Pat Maurer returned my call this morning.
She said that we should try National Braille Press, which I believe someone
on the committee was assigned to call, but nothing came out of it.  She was
really helpful, and sent me an entire list of braille production companies.

On a hunch, I tried calling NBP to see what they would say.  I don't know if
they were never actually called before or what happened, but I found it very
easy to get what we need.  I have an email address now for a woman who can
give us a quote once she sees our design.  She can print as well as braille
the bookmarks, so everything would be professionally handled by National
Braille Press.  I wasn't sure how many we'd want per batch, so I said we'd
most likely buy them 250 or
500 at a time, and she said any amount between those two numbers is doable.
She wanted to know if we would be using a 9.5 by 3 inch bookmark.  I thought
that was what our measurements were, but someone can correct me if I'm
wrong.

Anyhow, I have her email address, so once we get a template (which I think
Tim Pennington has), we can email it to her and get a quote.

Second tries are a charm.  Either that, or mentioning that I was calling on
Pat Maurer's suggestion did the trick.

--
Kaiti Shelton
University of Dayton 2016.
Music Therapy, Psychology, Philosophy
President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Sigma Alpha Iota-Delta Sigma

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