[Ohio-talk] For the NFB of Toledo, Ohio

Tue Jun 2 16:17:21 UTC 2009

Thank you very much. This will be very helpful
Eric Burghardt
President
National Federation of the Blind of Greater Toledo

Phone: 419-494-2644
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Everett Gavel" <e.gavel at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List" <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 4:43 AM
Subject: [Ohio-talk] For the NFB of Toledo, Ohio

> Hello All,
>
> Below are some resources for the Toledo Chapter
>
> I read this just this morning, from the June '09 issue of the Braille
> Monitor, Monitor Miniatures section:
> "New Chapter:
> On April 18, 2009, the NFB of Greater Toledo was established. The
> officers of the new chapter are president, Eric Burghardt; vice president,
> Colleen Roth; secretary, Ann Pacelli; treasurer, Marilee Medlen; and board
> member, Hannah Furney. The Ohio affiliate is delighted to have a chapter
> again in Toledo, and we are expecting great things from this energetic
> group."
>
>
> Congratulations!  "Good work," all who were involved.
>
> Maybe some of the resources I've gathered for your area, below, can help 
> you
> now.
>
>
> Strive On!
> Everett
> "The Accessible Entrepreneur"
> aka - the Resource Junkie!  ;-)
>
>
>
> Below you will find the following resources, with direct page links to the
> listings and contact information.  All listed resources will be within a
> 50-mile radius of downtown Toledo, Ohio.
>
> Below You Will find Links to:
> 87 Veteran Organizations
> 17 Community Centers
> 200+ Libraries
> 200+ Colleges & Universities
> Hundreds of K-12 Schools
> 38 Mass Transit Options
> 100+ Taxi Services
> 80+ Radio Stations
> 20 Television Stations
> 100+ Newspapers
>
> ** All are listed in mileage from the centerpoint of downtown Toledo.  So 
> if
> you see one that says, for instance, 0.5 or 3.8, itmeans it's a half-mile 
> or
> 3.8 miles from the center of Toledo.  All listings list the closest
> resources first, so all of those resources directly in the city of Toledo,
> will be listed first and on that first page of 20 listings (if there are
> more than 20).
>
>
> Veteran Organizations
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing 1 to 20 of 87
> (These first 20 are all within 12 miles or so of Downtown Toledo)
> ** You could send info on your chapter to these organizations to let them
> know you exist, and of future events.
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8104741&stp=y&desc=Veteran+Organizati
> ons&offset=0&FBoffset=1&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Community Centers
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing 1 to 17 of 17
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> ** You could send flyers to these centers to let them know of upcoming
> events, especially youth events.  But they might also offer senior groups
> which you could share info about the seniors division of the NFB, too.
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=95766202&stp=y&desc=Community+Centers&offset=0&FBoffset=1&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Libraries
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing 1 to 210 of 210
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> ** You could send info on your chapter, events, and NFB divisions or
> whatever, to these libraries to let them know you exist, and of future
> events.  Many of them will put your literature on "information tables" 
> most
> libraries have.
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8104727&stp=y&desc=Libraries&offset=0&FBoffset=0&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Colleges & Universities
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing 1 to 208 of 208
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> ** You could send info on your chapter, events, and NFB divisions or
> whatever, to these colleges & universities.  At the least you can become a
> resource for them to goto if they have unanswered questions about 
> blindness,
> access tech, etc.
> You need to let them know you exist, and of future events, especially 
> events
> for students and youth.
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8715068&stp=y&desc=All+Colleges+and+U
> niversities&offset=0&FBoffset=12&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> K-12 Schools
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing - Hundreds and hundreds of schools
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> ** You could send info on your chapter, events, and NFB divisions or
> whatever, to these colleges & universities.  At the least you can become a
> resource for them to goto if they have unanswered questions about 
> blindness,
> access tech, etc.  You need to let them know you exist, and of future
> events, especially events for students and youth.
> ** This page link is to a link with two specific page links on it.  One 
> for
> Elementary schools,a nd one for High Schools.  On those pages, you will 
> find
> a link titled, "Distance."  Click on that and it will give you up to 210
> listings of schools in that category, all within a 50-mile radius of
> downtown Toledo.
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/ypBrowse.py?ycat=8112334&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4
>
>
> Mass Transit Options
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing: 38 options, something like 6 in Toledo, and some of which are up 
> in
> Detroit (smile)
> (All are within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8014797&stp=y&desc=Mass+Transit&offset=0&FBoffset=6&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
> Taxi Services
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing: 1 - 100+ (5 or 6 in Toledo, others around the region)
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8014796&stp=y&desc=Taxi+Services&offset=0&FBoffset=2&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Radio
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing: 80+ stations
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8105102&stp=y&desc=Radio&offset=0&FBoffset=0&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Television
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing: 1 - 20 of 20 stations
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8105100&stp=y&desc=Television&offset=0&FBoffset=22&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
> Newspapers
> Yahoo! Yellow Pages
> Location:   Beyond Toledo OH
> Showing: 1 - 100+ (5 or so in Toledo, others around the region)
> (All within a 50-mile radius of Downtown Toledo)
> The direct page-link is:
> http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?&city=Toledo&state=OH&uzip=43620&msa=8400&slt=41.66391&sln=-83.555122&cs=4&stx=8105103&stp=y&desc=Newspapers&offset=0&FBoffset=1&sp=1&doprox=1&sorttype=distance
>
>
>
>
>
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