[Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

Wed Mar 20 18:45:26 UTC 2013

Hi, There are some times when we just have to choose our battles
carefully. Since we have been educated, now we can respond to friends
and family that may ask us about this charity. It may be a better idea
to use our energies promoting the organizations we know about and are
really assisting others. Have a great day!
Cheryl Fields

On 3/20/13, Barbara Pierce <bbpierce at pobox.com> wrote:
> Through the years the NFB has tried repeatedly to get Heritage  for the
> Blind out of business. They are legal, and they only make claims that in
> some small way they can defend. Cheryl's experience is exactly what is
> happening all over the country every day. The disgusting thing is that I
> seem to remember that one or two of the principals of the organization are
> blind themselves. They clearly are blind people who are being very
> handsomely benefited by the charity. The most recent time we tried to shut
> them down was within the past couple of years. Charlie Brown concluded that
> they really are untouchable because of their care to stay within the law.
> The only possible way to attack them would be to buy time to attach them.
> Then we would be open to the accusation of picking on a blindness charity.
> It is a no-win situation.
>
> Barbara
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
> Fischer
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 3:57 PM
> To: 'NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program
>
> I'm assuming you're speaking about Heritage for the Blind. I've been
> hearing
> their radio ads out of Michigan for about 15 years. They started on
> Cleveland and Akron Ohio stations at least ten years ago. I've heard that
> they have been collecting money in New York State for decades prior to
> that.
>
>
> I've called their toll free number for donating a car or boat or whatever
> three or four times over the years. I asked them what they do for blind
> people. The first time, they said they provide brochures in Braille. I
> asked
> what brochures they had to offer. They said they don't provide a list of
> their brochures and they wouldn't read even a small portion of the list to
> me. They said if I wanted a brochure on a certain topic, I should ask, and
> then they would check to see if they have one on that topic.
>
> Another time I called they did not mention brochures, but said they help
> blind people sometimes, if requested. I finally dragged an example out of
> the man I was talking to. He said that a man had lost his glasses. They
> paid
> either for some new frames or the prescription lens. For some reason, they
> couldn't pay for both parts of the glasses. I asked if they could help me
> by
> buying me a new white cane as mine is old and bent and I really have no
> money for a new one. He said, "No. That's not something we do."
>
> The last time I called, they said they were a referral service. If someone
> calls them for help, they put "blind services" and your zip code onto an
> internet search engine and tell you what is available to help you. I told
> him my zip code and he told me the name and phone number of the Cleveland
> Sight Center.
>
> About a year ago, I called the Akron radio station where I heard the ad for
> Heritage for the Blind and reported that their ad was false advertisement
> because they claimed to help the blind and visually impaired. I recounted
> what I've written above and encouraged them to call themselves posing as a
> person who is blind and needs help. The Heritage for the Blind ads
> disappeared for about a month from that radio station, but then came back
> with a new ad that does not claim to help the blind, though it still
> implies
> it. It just says "Heritage for the Blind reminds you to be kind." Call...
> This revised ad appears now in Cleveland, too.
>
> I'm sure they're getting plenty of money from donated cars and boats, etc.
> using blind people to do so. I've often wondered why the NFB doesn't do
> anything about this.
>
> Cheryl
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ohio-talk [mailto:ohio-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Marianne
> Denning
> Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 2:46 PM
> To: NFB of Ohio Announcement and Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program
>
> 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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>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>> (513) 607-6053
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