[Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille

[Cheryl Fischer]

Barnes and Noble in the Cleveland Ohio area was also a site for a Louis
Braille Birthday celebration.  Barb of the Lake County chapter, Suzanne
and her daughter Danielle of the Cleveland chapter, and Jerry, Cheryl,
and Brooke of the Cuyahoga chapter  manned a table with Braille games, a
Louis Braille print/Braille book, Braille alphabet cards and Myth
Busters about Braille pamphlets.  We also had a DVD playing about the
Campaign to increase Braille literacy. 

Mainly people with kids came by and we wrote names in Braille for them
on a Perkins and with a slate and stylus. We gave them colorful Louis
Braille pins and cookies made by Melina and Shawn using M and Ms on them
to create Braille letters.  

The employees at Barnes and Noble made announcements  about us being
there throughout the four hours we were there.  They were awfully nice,
willing to help in any way.   

A fun event- Thumbs up to Annette Anderson who organized everything!

Cheryl

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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:59 PM
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Now that's what I'm talking about!

Great job keep the reports coming.

JW

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> 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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