[Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

Tue Mar 19 22:21:15 UTC 2013

Marianne and all, 
I can't seem to find them right now, but I know that I had some emails
explaining that these people are very, very questionable.  The gist that I
recall is that they have set up nonprofit status,but have done no
discernible good -- except for themselves.  It seems to me that it is just
one couple, but I may be mixing it up with another shady.  
I think the best line any of us could take if asked about such nefarious
efforts by friends and colleagues is something along the lines that we don't
know anything about group A, B, or C, and if people want to give their money
or goods or talent to help the blind, there's one organization that we know
for sure will put those resources to work for blind people.  
If I unearth the messages I had from some time ago that include more factual
data on this outfit, I'll send them on.
Deborah

-----Original Message-----
From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Kaiti
Shelton
Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:25 PM
To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

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
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