[Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

Tue Mar 19 18:46:08 UTC 2013

I went there after your response.  It doesn't sound like they really do
anything much.  They seem to be a referral agency so why do they need all
that money?  AFB, NFB, and other national organizations don't advertise
because it is very expensive.  I think they undo much of the hard work done
by NFB to change what it means to be blind.  Sorry, just venting.

On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Kaiti Shelton <kaiti.shelton at gmail.com>wrote:

> Marianne,
>
> I have heard those commercials once or twice too.  I looked the
> organization
> up and according to what I found on a company profile they're a non-profit
> company who provides individual and family services to visually impaired
> people/families coping with finding out about a member's visual impairment.
> It sounds like it's aimed more towards adults who start losing vision later
> in life, but their services sound like they're legitimate.  I'm not sure if
> this is the same web page you found for them as a few showed up in google
> for me, but this is the one that looks pretty normal.
>
> http://www.hftb.org/
>
> Although they look okay based on this, I'm wondering why they have
> advertisements in Cincinnati.  The company profile I found said they're
> based out of Brooklyn NY, so unless they're a nationwide non-profit I don't
> quite understand why they'd take car donations in Cincinnati.  However it
> says the company has been around since 95 and they do offer a link to
> nationwide resources on the particular site I linked to in this email, so
> maybe they are a reliable source.
>
> Kaiti Shelton
> University of Dayton---2016
> Music Therapy Major, Psychology Minor, Clarinet
> Secretary, Ohio Association of Blind Students (OABS)-NFB
> Member of Alpha Phi Omega-Alpha Gamma Xi Chapter
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Marianne
> Denning
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 1:51 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program
>
> Has anyone heard the advertisement for vehicle donations for "Heritage for
> the Blind??  I have recently heard them in the Cincinnati area and I am
> worried it is a scam.  I went to the website and could not find anything
> telling me what this organization does.  I know this is off topic but I am
> always concerned about things like this.
>
> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Cheryl Fields
> <cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Hi, this is a really great idea and should be profitable. Is it
> > possible for someone to develop a email flyer for us print and forward
> > to our friends and family.
> >
> > Blessings,
> > Cheryl Fields
> >
> > On 3/19/13, Eric Duffy <eduffy at deltav.org> wrote:
> > > I am posting in part a message from Joanne Wilson in our national
> office.
> > > Please do what you can to help.
> > >
> > > The National Federation of the Blind has launched a vehicle donation
> > > program. The vehicle donation program allows us to accept car
> > > donations anywhere in the United States. Our national office and our
> > > affiliates
> > have
> > > been turning car donations away because we have not had an effective
> > > program for managing these donations and turning them into cash for
> > > the organization. We have now solved this problem and we need your
> > > help to
> > take
> > > advantage of this opportunity.
> > >
> > > After extensive research, the Federation has made an agreement with
> > > Vehicles for Charity to process our car donations. Besides cars, we
> > > also accept vans, RVs, motorcycles, dirt bikes, boats, trucks, and
> > > tractors.  However, it
> > is
> > > up to us to capture the donors by promoting the fact that we can
> > > accept vehicle donations and finding creative ways to get the word out.
> > > Please Spread the word that the NFB is now accepting vehicle donations.
> > > Encourage members to send all referrals to the page on our website
> > > www.nfb.org/vehicledonations or to our toll free vehicle donation
> > > number 855-659-9314.
> > >
> > > It is important that we all do what we can to help spread the word
> > > about this new program.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > Eric
> > >
> > >
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Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
(513) 607-6053