[Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: Blind Equality Achievement Month (BEAM) Auction

[David Andrews]

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>Blind Equality Achievement Month (BEAM) Auction
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>Fashion makes a beautiful and positive statement!
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>The National Federation of the Blind of Nebraska 
>(NFBN) Senior Division is using an on-line 
>auction boldly to promote a positive impression 
>of blindness. We will be auctioning off four 
>designer hoodies. All garments sport colorful 
>graphics including long white canes. The designs 
>of hoodies 1, 2, and 3 are set, "What you bid on 
>is what you get". With hoodie 4 our WILD CARD 
>option, the winner may choose from all 
>comparable graphic design templates in the 
>designer's catalog. With all four hoodies, you 
>get to pick the color (from the variety she has 
>on hand) and size (small, up to 5X); All hoodies 
>are pull-over-the head, classic adult unisex 
>sweatshirts having a large hood with drawstring 
>and a large pouch pocket on the front. They are 
>made from 90% cotton/ 10% poly and are cozy and fuzzy on the inside.
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>Goal: The proceeds are intended to assist one or 
>more newly blind seniors to attend the NFB of 
>Nebraska affiliate's state convention in March 
>of 2023. We all know the positive effects upon a 
>person new to blindness when the opportunity 
>comes to experience being among a group of 
>highly motivated and successful blind people of 
>all ages. To participate in the auction, continue reading.
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>To donate in support of our efforts, without 
>bidding on a hoodie, please click the below donate button.
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><https://ne.nfb.org/seniors>https://ne.nfb.org/seniors
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>When: The bidding starts October 15th at 8:00 AM 
>CT on National White Cane Awareness Day, and 
>ends on October 23rd at 8:00 PM CT. When bidding 
>is open, use this link to navigate to our auction page:
><https://www.32auctions.com/NFBNSD2022>https://www.32auctions.com/NFBNSD2022
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>For detailed auction instructions, see below.
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>Here are the pictures and descriptions of the 
>four designer hoodies graciously donated by a 
>blind fashion designer, Tricia Waechter of Blind 
>Girl Designs – <https://blindgirldesigns.com/>https://blindgirldesigns.com/:
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>[Item 1 Description: Red classic unisex pullover 
>hooded sweatshirt. There is a large chest print 
>of a giant snowflake made of crossing two red 
>and white canes with two white metal-tipped 
>canes. Tiny light blue snowflakes are sprinkled around the main snowflake.]
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>[Item 2 Description: Red classic unisex pullover 
>hooded sweatshirt. There is a large colorful 
>chest print of a whimsical Christmas tree 
>outlined by two canes folded at the joints to 
>make a triangle tree shape. The cane handles 
>form the trunk and the roller balls form the 
>outline of the top of the tree. The inside of 
>the tree has green squiggles to suggest tree 
>branches with brightly decorated red, yellow, 
>white, and blue ornaments hung all over the tree.]
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>[Item 3 Description: A black classic unisex 
>hooded sweatshirt. There is a large chest print 
>of a star explosion made of 16 overlapping white 
>canes in a spoke configuration surrounded by 
>tiny stars in blue, light blue and white to give 
>the effect of a fireworks explosion.]
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>THE WILD CARD OPTION; YOU GET TO PICK THE 
>GRAPHIC!  With hoodie 4 our WILD CARD option, 
>the winner may choose from all comparable 
>graphic design templates in the designer's 
>catalog. This graphic is one possible option.
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>[Item 4 Description: Classic, black unisex 
>pullover hooded sweatshirt. There is a large 
>white chest print of the saying, "WE SEE WITH 
>OUR Hearts." There is a cane down the middle of 
>the stacked words with the cane tip being a 
>heart. The Blind Girl Designs logo is small across the front.]
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>Auction Instructions:
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>Registering to Bid: When on our auction page, if 
>you wish to place a bid you will need to create 
>an account. Information gathered during this 
>process will be kept private. The account form 
>will give us your email address (required) and 
>phone number (preferred for contacting winners). 
>The create account program will assign you a 
>display name using a part of your email address. 
>After finishing the form, you will get an email 
>to which you must respond to complete the setup.
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>Making a Bid: Each hoodie has a "Make a Bid" 
>link, a color photograph, and a detailed 
>description. When that link is activated, a 
>combo-box allows you to choose the amount of your bid.
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>If someone outbids you, an email is generated to 
>inform you of that fact. You may then choose to make a counter bid.
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>Winning the Bid: If you win a bid, we will 
>contact you to discuss the method of your payment.
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>Getting Your Hoodie: We will connect you to 
>Tricia at Blind Girl Designs. She will walk you 
>through your design, color and size selections. 
>Thanks to Tricia's generosity, your hoodie will be shipped to you free.
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>Thank you for participating!
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>Respectfully yours,
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>Robert Leslie Newman
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>NFBN Senior Division, President
>robertleslienewman at gmail.com
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