[vendtalk] vendtalk Digest, Vol 97, Issue 2

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>   1. Snack Packs for Opportunity (Kevan Worley)
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> From: "Kevan Worley" <kevanworley at blindmerchants.org>
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> Subject: [vendtalk] Snack Packs for Opportunity
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> Snack Packs for Opportunity
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> Building Opportunities for Others through the Donation of Snacks
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> Each year more than 3,000 blind Americans gather for a week-long convention
> of the National Federation of the Blind.  This year, we will convene at the
> Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas on Saturday, June 30 - Thursday, July
> 5 2012.  It is significant that we choose to gather around the time of
> Independence Day.  Blind people come to the NFB convention to seek
> independence and empowerment.  They come to develop strategies for success,
> to learn from our successful blind role model colleagues and to plan
> concerted action in order to overcome the long-held myths and
> misconceptions
> that many in our society believe about blindness and blind people.  Blind
> people face a 70% unemployment rate and still they find ways to attend the
> NFB convention.  We who earn our living as Blind Merchants have developed a
> program called Snack Packs for Opportunity to help provide snacks for those
> attending the week-long convention and fund the worthwhile projects of the
> National Association of Blind Merchants.
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> Here's How It Works: Blind Merchants ourselves and many of our
> partners/suppliers donate cases of snack items.  Our members then bag them
> up in grab-bag fashion with 20 snack items to a pack.  We sell these Snack
> Packs in the convention's exhibit hall for only $5.00.  The $5.00 Snack
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> is a great deal particularly for the many hundreds of blind conventioneers
> attending the conference on a very limited budget.  It is a grab-bag of
> variety; salty or sweet at an unbelievable low price because all of the
> items which retail for $.50 to a $1.50 are donated by our members and our
> supporting suppliers.  Snack Packs for Opportunity is the principle
> fundraiser for the National Association of Blind Merchants.
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> WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!  Please make a commitment to donate by having cases
> contributed. For delivery options, contact Kevan Worley. All arrangements
> should be finalized prior to June 21st 2012.  In order to raise $6,000.00
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> need to sell 1,200 Snack Packs. This means we need a total of 24,000
> individual snack items to make Snack Packs for Opportunity really work. Our
> members will contribute much, but we are respectfully asking that you
> consider a substantial tax deductible donation of snack items to this very
> worthwhile project. Pack an extra suitcase of snacks, or VISTAR has made it
> even easier than that: Please see the attached form for authorization.
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> We will be happy to gratefully acknowledge substantial contributions to
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> project at the annual business meeting of the National Association of Blind
> Merchants.  Should your company require some time on the agenda to reach
> blind business managers please contact us immediately. Thank you for your
> support of the National Association of Blind Merchants and the National
> Federation of the Blind.
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> Yours in partnership with appreciation and thanks,
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> Kevan Worley
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> Executive Director
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> National Association of Blind Merchants
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