[Ohio-talk] Vehicle donation Program

Marianne Denning marianne at denningweb.com
Wed Mar 20 19:52:40 UTC 2013


I totally agree and thank everyone for their response.  I will definitely
promote the NFB car donation program!

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 2:45 PM, Cheryl Fields
<cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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