[Ohio-talk] Fw: Meet the Blind Month

Tue Aug 10 22:01:21 UTC 2010

This is exciting so read on.

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"
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From: Zakhnini, Karen 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 12:22 PM
Subject: Meet the Blind Month

Dear Colleagues,

I hope that you are all doing well.  I am writing to tell you about what we are planning for Meet the Blind Month.  We are rolling out a pilot program called Who's Whozit.  This program is targeted at school-aged children and the idea is to teach them about blindness and dispel any misconceptions about blindness at an early age.  I have attached the MTBM campaign guide for this year, which explains the program in more detail.  Please note that this doesn't mean that you can not do any Meet the Blind Month activities you normally do-this is a pilot program and you are not required to do it.  If you or someone in your affiliate wants to take on this project, that would be fantastic. 

In addition, there is information about a give-by-text program we are going to be starting that will benefit the Imagination Fund.  As you know, the fund benefits the Jernigan Institute, as well as our state affiliates.  We'd like your help in getting the word out about this new program.  If you talk to local groups, please ask them to send a text.  If you can get an announcement at high school sporting events, or college or professional sporting events (maybe on the jumbo-tron), that would be fabulous.  Please note that while we have the information for the texting, we do not yet have the program completely set up, so we have not yet begun the program.  I did want you to have the information so that when it is ready, we will be ready.

If you have any questions about any of this please let me know.  We will have the literature order form for MTBM ready to go on nfb.org later this week.  Thank you so much!

Sincerely,
Karen C. Zakhnini
Manager of Corporate Outreach, Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

Phone: (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297
Fax: (410) 659-5129

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