[Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille

[Dr. Smith]

Now that's what I'm talking about!

Great job keep the reports coming.

JW

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Subject: [Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille


> Greetings from the Miami Valley Chapter,
>
> On Sunday the 4th from 1 to 5pm the Miami Valley Chapter of the
> National Federation of the Blind held two book fairs in honor of Louis
> Braille's 200th anniversary.
>
> One was held at the Barns and Nobles in Miamisburg across the Dayton
> Mall, and was facilitated by Vincent Fugate and Richard Payne.
>
> There we had two Braille Writers where the kids could type their
> name in Braille, or one of us could do that for them.  We also had Kernel
> Books, a Slate and Stylus, a PAC Mate Omni BX, Braille Scrabble, Uno and 
> Go
> Fish in Braille.  At 2pm Vincent Fugate read the "Cat in the Hat" in Grade 
> 2
> Braille for the children's story time on stage, and there was a very good
> turn out and everyone enjoyed it.
>
> Many people were very interested in the Myths about Braille, and the
> Braille Alphabet cards
>
> Susan Day provided both locations with Louis Braille information,
> Braille alphabet cards, the NFB book marks, Myths about Braille, 
> information
> about the new coin, and cookies with Louis Braille written on them.
>
> The next location was held at the Barns and Noble in Beaver Creek
> across from the Fairfield Commons Mall.  This was facilitated by Susan 
> Day,
> Ron Williamitis, Jason Perry, and Kathy Withman.
>
> There we had one Braille Writer, and a Slate and Stylus where we
> would type or write the kids name in Braille for them.  We also had a 
> label
> maker, cd with a Braille label, two books from Hadley School for the 
> Blind,
> deck of cards, and a PAC Mate Omni BX.  There was no official reading, but
> Susan Day demonstrated the Humpty Dumpy book written in Braille that had
> pictures and Braille descriptions.
>
> Kathy Withman brought her Guide Dog, Bistro, and many people had
> questions about her dog.
>
> Both locations had some good traffic, and raised funds for our
> cause.  The Miamisburg store even wants to do this again in the summer.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vince Fugate
> Board Member of the
> Miami Valley Chapter
>
>
>
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