[Nfbf-l] NFB Congratulates Dwight. Number 8 in the nation!
Dan Hicks
danjhicks at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 27 03:25:39 UTC 2011
Congratulations Dwight!
Orange you glad you broke the top ten!
Dan
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily.
Not to dare is to lose oneself.
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> Dwight
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> Dwight D. Sayer
> National President,
> The National Association of Blind Veterans
> A Division of the NFB
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> From: JFreeh at nfb.org
>>To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
>>Sent: 6/25/2011 12:37:01 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time
>>Subj: [Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind
Congratulates Blind
>>Driver Experience Participants
>>
>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>
>>Chris Danielsen
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>>Director of Public Relations
>>
>>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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>>cdanielsen at nfb.org
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>>CONTACT:
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>>National Federation of the Blind Congratulates
>>Blind Driver Experience Participants
>>
>> The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the
>>
>>Baltimore, Maryland (June 24, 2011):oldest and largest nationwide
organization
>>of blind people,today congratulated the thirty people who won the honor
of
>>participating in the Blind Driver Experience. On Tuesday, July 5, from
16:00
>>p.m., as part of the NFB National Convention in Orlando, the winners will
get
>>the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to ride in the Blind Driver Challenge
car
>>equipped with nonvisual technology (the same car that was driven on the
famed
>>Daytona International Speedway on January 29, 2011).
>>
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>>The participants of the Blind Driver Experience will be driven in the
official
>>Blind Driver Challenge vehicle by Mark Riccobono, executive director of
the
NFB
>>Jernigan Institute, and the first blind person to drive a street vehicle
in
>>public.
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>>The Blind Driver Experience is an initiative of the NFB Imagination Fund,
which
>>supports the education, technology, and research projects of the NFB
Jernigan
>>Institute, as well as programs conducted by the fifty-two affiliates and
over
>>seven-hundred local chapters of the Federation.
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>>Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said:
We
>>greatly appreciate the hard work of our Blind Driver Experience
participants, as
>>well as our other Imagination Fund contributors. With their help, we are
able
>>to create innovative research, training, education, and technology
programs that
>>improve the lives of the blind and move us closer to our ultimate goal of
full
>>integration into society on a basis of equality.
>>
>>
>>
>>Parnell Diggs, chairman of the Imagination Fund, said: We congratulate
our
>>Blind Driver Experience participants, and thank them for a job well
done. It is
>>vital that we raise the funds we need to operate the programs of the
National
>>Federation of the Blind. Those who registered to be Imaginators and
raised at
>>least $1,000 by June 15 have our gratitude."
>>
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>>The top ten individuals in overall dollars raised as of June 15 were
>>automatically selected to participate in the Blind Driver Experience.
The
>>remaining twenty spots were drawn at random from the pool of individuals
who
>>raised at least $1,000 for the Imagination Fund by June 15, and who plan
to be
>>in attendance at the convention. Each individual winner is invited to
bring
>>three guests, and if for some reason a winner cannot participate, the
ride is
>>transferable.
>>
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>>
>>
>>The Blind Driver Experience winners are listed below:
>>
>>
>>
>>Top Ten
>> 1. John Paré (MD)
>> 2. Mary Ellen Jernigan (MD)
>> 3. Parnell Diggs (SC)
>> 4. Jack & Pat Munson (CA)
>> 5. Patti Gregory-Chang (IL)
>> 6. Ann-Marie Laney (MD)
>> 7. Joe Ruffalo (NJ)
>> 8. Dwight Sayer (FL)
>> 9. Lindsay Adair (TX)
>> 10. Scott LaBarre (CO)
>>Eleven through thirty were drawn and announced Wednesday evening on
ThruOurEyes
>>with Joe Ruffalo.
>>
>>
>> 1. Ever Lee Hairston (CA)
>> 2. C. Edwin Vaughan (CA)
>> 3. Denise Avant (IL)
>> 4. Gary & Debbie Wunder (MO)
>> 5. Kim Diggs (SC)
>> 6. William Jacobs (MD)
>> 7. Debra Canty (SC)
>> 8. Dan Burke (MT)
>> 9. Carl & Mindy Jacobsen (NY)
>> 10. Patricia Maurer (MD)
>> 11. Barbara Pierce (OH)
>> 12. Kathleen Byrd (NM)
>> 13. Anthony Cobb (MD)
>> 14. Garrick Scott (GA)
>> 15. Dr. & Mrs. Capps (SC)
>> 16. Mark Riccobono (MD)
>> 17. Ed Morman (MD)
>> 18. Julaine Arient-Rollman (SD)
>> 19. Kayleigh Joiner (TX)
>> 20. Kimberly Flores (TX)
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>>
>>For more information about the Blind Driver Experience, please visit
>>www.blinddriverchallenge.org.
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>>###
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>>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>>
>>
>>With more than 50,000 members, the National Federation of the Blind is
the
>>largest and most influential membership organization of blind people in
the
>>United States. The NFB improves blind peoples lives through advocacy,
>>education, research, technology, and programs encouraging independence
and
>>self-confidence. It is the leading force in the blindness field today
and the
>>voice of the nation's blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National
>>Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute, the first research and
training
>>center in the United States for the blind led by the blind.
>>
>>
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