[Ohio-talk] Barnes and Noble

[Colleen Roth]

Hi All,
Your plan sounds great, Vince.
Barbara, thanks for the reminder about what the Card says.
Vince, what kind of books is your Chapter selling?
Does anyone have a couple of Children's Books we can borrow?
Thanks,
Colleen Roth
 


----- Original Message -----
From: unknown <vincent2872 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Date: 2008/11/06 22:23:51
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Barnes and Noble

>
>
> Hello,
> 
> this is Vincent Fugate from the Miami Valley Chapter.  We will be
> holding an event at Barns and Nobles, and they will be doing a book sale for
> us, and a percentage of the sales will go to our chapter.
> 
> will be reading books in Braille to the kids, showing off my
> Braille writer and slates, and I will be showing games I have that have
> Braille on them.  We will also be handing out Braille Alphabet Cards.
> 
> want to thank Susan Day for her help in our area.
> 
> 
> 
> ----comOriginal Message-----
> From: ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Pierce
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:52 AM
> To: 'Ationfb of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Barnes and Noble
> 
> OK, here's the deal. NAPUB met at convention and decided to try Louis
> Braille gatherings at book stores around the state on Jan. 4. We were asked
> to pick one big one in the state and focus our efforts there. But we thought
> it would be better to do it this way. Colleen is organizing Toledo. Annette
> is working on Cleveland. Jim Tuder agreed to contact a Barns and Noble in
> Cincinnati. Susan Day, I think, is tackling Dayton. Debbie Baker is going to
> work with Dayton or Columbus if we do something there. We agreed to begin
> with Barns and Noble because that seemed the best bet in most  places, and
> we thought there might be some drag with some stores if we were already
> working with others. But we always thought that we could go try another
> store if the B&Not option did not work in an area. The point is to do
> something on Jan. 4 to celebrate Braille's birthday. We will have Braille
> cards to pass out that have the braille.org Website listed on them. Any
> activities that seem a good idea are fine. We talked about Brailling names
> for people, passing out cookies with Braille letters in M&Ms on them,
> reading a story from a Braille text to kids, maybe showing folks a Braille
> adult book or one loaded into a notetaker. Annette found that the store she
> wanted is busiest from noon to 3. We are going to try to organize several
> chapters to staff this event. How much you take on in one area should be
> determined by the number of volunteers you are sure you can get.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Barbara 
> 
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