[Ohio-Talk] Model Restoration Project

[Patricia McPherson]

Todd,
Two checks are being mailed today, one for me and one from another greater Akron member.

Pat McPherson



> On Jun 19, 2021, at 1:06 PM, Todd Elzey via Ohio-Talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Fellow Federationists:
> 
> Today is a major day for the OSSB Model Restoration Project. At its June
> meeting this morning the NFB of Ohio Springfield Chapter voted to donate
> $1500 to the OSSB Model Restoration Project.  Yes, you read that number
> correctly - the Springfield Chapter is donating $1500 to the project.
> 
> Once received, this donation will take us up over the $2500 mark in
> donations, leaving us a mere $500 away from our goal of $3000.  We can do
> this. Every donation counts and every donation will be matched by the NFB
> of Ohio if received by July 1, 2021.  Let's meet our $3000 goal so that the
> NFB of Ohio can donate a total of $6000 to OSSB to restore its valuable
> historical and educational models.
> 
> We have received many big and small donations to get us to this point. We
> need just 50 people to each donate $10 over the next eleven days to blow us
> past that $3000 goal. I've already donated multiple times to the project,
> but I am right now pledging another $10 to the project so it will just take
> 49 more of you to donate a mere $10 to get us over the $3000 mark. $10 is
> less than it costs to go out to lunch once, it is about what it costs to go
> to one movie, and it is less than it costs to buy many conveniences we
> spend money on daily. But now that $10 you might spend at somewhere like
> Starbucks can go towards helping restore historical and educational models
> that will help blind children for decades to come to learn about the world
> in which they live. To me, that's one of the best uses of $10 I can think
> of!  So dig deep in the piggy bank for those quarters you've been saving
> and find that extra $10 so we don't let the kids of OSSB down.
> 
> Send your donation today. Checks can be mailed to NFB of Ohio, Todd Elzey
> Treasurer, 3779 Waterbury Dr, Dayton, OH  45439.  If you are sending in a
> check do it right away so it doesn't miss the July 1 deadline because of
> mail delays. But even better, you can donate electronically via PayPal or
> Zelle. You can send PayPal or Zelle donations to treasurer at nfbohio.org
> 
> Thank you to the Springfield Chapter for stepping up to the plate in a big
> way to support this project. Thank you to everyone else who has donated to
> the project so far. And thank you to everyone who is going to donate over
> the next 11 days to make sure we reach our goal of $3000.
> 
> Let's go build the National Federation of the Blind by helping the children
> of OSSB learn more about the world in which they live by helping OSSB
> restore their historical tactile models.
> 
> Todd Elzey, Treasurer
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> 315-879-1746
> toddelzey at gmail.com
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