[Ohio-talk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Promoting the Coin

[Dr. Smith]

To all of you technology types, can we do this?

JW

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schroeder, Fredric (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)" 
<FSchroeder at nfb.org>
To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:23 AM
Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] Promoting the Coin


> Subject: Promoting the Coin
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> We are exactly two months into sales of the Louis Braille commemorative 
> silver dollar, and we have sold nearly 160,000 coins as a result of our 
> efforts.
> However, we must continue to keep the momentum high if we are to sell all 
> 400,000 coins by the end of the year.
>
> I am writing to all of you today to ask each affiliate to place a link on 
> its website which will direct visitors to the mint to purchase a Braille 
> coin.
> You are encouraged to place a link to
> www.braille.org
>  as well, but our primary focus at this time is bolstering sales of the 
> coin itself.
>
> Below is a link to the mint's press image library. There you will find 
> photos of the coin that you can use to add depth to your affiliate's site. 
> I have
> also included sample text that you can add to describe the link and the 
> reason for it.
>
> Image Library:
> http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?action=Photo
>
> Link to purchase coins:
> http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&identifier=4000
>
> Sample text: There are 293 different ways to make change FOR a dollar.
> Do you know ONE way YOU can make change WITH a dollar?
>
> Purchase a Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar and $10 will be 
> donated to
>
> the National Federation of the Blind to help stop the Braille literacy 
> crisis in America.
>
> Make change with a dollar and change what it means to be blind.
>
>
> Thank you for all of your help in making this campaign a success.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Fred Schroeder
>
>
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