[Ohio-talk] Fw: The 2010 Race for Independence--Register Now!

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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: Parnell Diggs 
To: jwsmithnfb at verizon.net 
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010 8:39 AM
Subject: The 2010 Race for Independence--Register Now!


             
            Greetings, 

            With a new year, I'm pleased to announce that it's time to reengage our fundraising efforts for the Imagination Fund!  Many of you have made the Imagination Fund the success it is by participating in the March for Independence.  Well now we aren't just marching for independence-we're racing for it!  

            Like the Imagination Fund campaigns of the past, proceeds from the Race for Independence will provide equal funding for the education, technology, and research projects of the NFB Jernigan Institute, as well as programs conducted by the fifty-two affiliates, twenty-eight divisions, and over seven hundred local chapters of the NFB.

            One of the primary initiatives of the NFB Jernigan Institute is improving access to technology for the blind.  With the Race for Independence, we focus our efforts on bringing public attention to the need for full and equal access for blind Americans to modern technology, in everything from home appliances to automobiles.  During 2010, we will be showing the world just how easy it is to create nonvisual interfaces by developing an interface that can be installed in a car.  Needless to say, this is not a race in the traditional sense.  We are not content with merely traveling by foot--our imagination is putting us in the driver's seat as we speed toward our goal of first-class citizenship at an ever-increasing pace!

            If you want to get your hands on this innovative technology, I encourage all of you who have yet to register for this year's event to do so now.  You can sign up to be an Imaginator and help build the Imagination Fund, by visiting www.raceforindependence.org or calling (410) 659-9314, extension 2371.

            Thank you all for your dedication to our movement.  I look forward to racing with each and every one of you toward a brighter future!

            Yours in the race,



            Parnell Diggs
            Imagination Fund Chairman

            P.S. Those attending our Washington Seminar next week should come to the Jupiter Room anytime from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM on Monday, February 1, to check out some of this exciting new technology!

              
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