[Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille

[Dr. Smith]

More good stuff.
JW

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cheryl Fischer" <c16a19f at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille


> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Dr. Smith
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:59 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Book Fair for Louis Braille
>
>
> Now that's what I'm talking about!
>
> Great job keep the reports coming.
>
> JW
>
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> Cc: "Susan Day" <tday24 at woh.rr.com>; "Jason Perry"
> <jperry46 at woh.rr.com>;
> "Ron Williamitis" <rwilliamitis at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 8:13 PM
> 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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