[Mi-abs] Terry Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Literacy

[dmgina]

this is so exciting.
I am pleased that Terry is willing to help.
I am willing to volunteer help here in Billings teaching Braille.

--Dar
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Every saint has a past
every sinner has a future

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Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 11:12 AM
Subject: [Mi-abs] 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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