[blindkid] Terry Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Literacy

[Andy & Sally Thomas]

Terry Bradshaw is an interesting choice.  Does anyone know the back story on 
this?  Does he have any previous personal interest in blindness issues?

Sally Thomas
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Subject: [blindkid] Terry Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for 
Braille Literacy


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> Chris Danielsen
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> Public Relations Specialist
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> National Federation of the Blind
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> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
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> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
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> <mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> Terry Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Literacy
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> Baltimore, Maryland (November 3, 2008): The National Federation of
> the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for Braille literacy,
> announced today that Terry Bradshaw, Hall of Fame NFL quarterback and
> current football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday, will serve as
> a National Ambassador for Braille literacy.  As an ambassador, Terry
> will help advance the NFB's Braille Readers are Leaders campaign, a
> national initiative to promote the importance of reading and writing
> Braille for blind children and adults.  The Braille Readers are
> Leaders campaign kicked off in July of 2008 with the unveiling of the
> design of a commemorative coin to be minted in 2009 in recognition of
> the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille
> (1809-1852), the inventor of the reading and writing code for the
> blind that bears his name.
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> Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind,
> said: "The National Federation of the Blind is pleased to have Terry
> Bradshaw as part of this historic initiative to bring Braille
> literacy to all of the blind children and adults in America who need
> it.  As one of the most popular personalities in America, Terry
> Bradshaw's impact as a national spokesperson for Braille literacy
> will surely be huge.  There can be no doubt that the ability to read
> and write Braille competently and efficiently is the key to
> education, employment, and success for the blind.  Despite the
> undisputed value of Braille, however, only about 10 percent of blind
> children in the United States are currently learning it.  Society
> would never accept a 10 percent literacy rate among sighted children;
> it should not accept such an outrageously low literacy rate among the
> blind.  The Braille Readers are Leaders campaign, with the support of
> influential Americans like Terry Bradshaw, will reverse the downward
> trend in Braille literacy and ensure that equal opportunities in
> education and employment are available to all of the nation's blind."
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> Terry Bradshaw said: "I am honored and pleased to serve as a National
> Ambassador for the Braille Readers are Leaders campaign.  I strongly
> believe in the importance of literacy for everyone, and I am excited
> to help make a difference in the lives of blind children and adults
> throughout the country."
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> For more information about the Braille Readers Are Leaders campaign
> and the Louis Braille commemorative coin, please visit
> <http://www.braille.org/>www.braille.org.
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