[nfbwatlk] Fw: Meet the Blind Month Press Release and Materials - PLEASE REVIEW ASAP

Fri Sep 22 19:38:12 CDT 2006

Fellow Federationists:

The message below and attachments are from Jerry Lazarus and concern Meet 
the Blind Month activities. If your chapter is planning some activities for 
Meet the Blind Month, please post them to the NFB web site as Mr. Lazarus 
asks. Please post a message about them to this list also. The Northwest 
Chapter has made a good start in this regard. Kudos to the Northwest 
Chapter; it sets an example for us all to emulate.

Mike Freeman, President
NFB of Washington

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lazarus, Jerry
To: Lazarus, Jerry
Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 10:29 AM
Subject: Meet the Blind Month Press Release and Materials - PLEASE REVIEW 
ASAP

Good Afternoon All,

            Our public relations department has crafted a Meet the Blind 
Month press release template for your use to help publicize upcoming 
activities.  Download and change the information as needed to forward to 
media sources in your area. With sufficient notice, newspapers, radio, even 
television may help get the word out to your community about upcoming 
events.  Should you have any questions, require some assistance in 
expressing the nature of your event, or need suggestions on distributing the 
press release, please contact John Paré at extension 2371 or Jessica Freeh 
at extension 2348.

           Please be aware that we are still taking requests for Meet the 
Blind Month materials and adding information to our Web site on upcoming 
events your chapters and affiliates have planned.  Some of you may have some 
excess materials left over from last year that will be used for the events. 
If your chapters are not in need of additional materials for this year's 
events, we still need to hear from you or from your Meet the Blind Month 
planners so that the information on your affiliate's events are listed on 
our Web site.  Please check the following link to see if all your scheduled 
events are listed.  If not, please send us details on the events, either 
using the registration form, or the online registration form whichever is 
easier.  We can also take the information by phone.

Meet the Blind Month Events 2006 --  
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_blind_month_-_Events_2006.asp

Meet the Blind Month materials will be shipped via free matter, if possible. 
Should your upcoming events require a speedier means of shipment, shipping 
costs will be the responsibility of the chapter.

           Available Meet the Blind Month Resources --  
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_Blind_Month.asp

During your events, please take some photographs, if possible, and forward 
them electronically to jlazarus at nfb.org or mail them to my attention at the 
National Center in Baltimore.  Be sure to provide the date, location, and 
names of anyone in the photographs that you know.  We will use some of the 
photographs in the December Braille Monitor article about Meet the Blind 
Month.

Finally, if you have specific questions or would like to brainstorm about 
planning a Meet the Blind Month activity, contact me by phone at 
410-659-9314, extension 2297, or by email at jlazarus at nfb.org.

Best regards,

Jerry

           Jerry L. Lazarus
           Director of Special Projects
           Jernigan Institute
           NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
           1800 Johnson Street
           Baltimore, Maryland 21230-4998
           (410) 659-9314, Ext. 2297
           Fax: (410) 659-5129
           http://www.nfb.org
           jlazarus at nfb.org

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Fellow Federationists:

The message below and attachments are from Jerry Lazarus and concern Meet the Blind Month activities. If your chapter is planning some activities for Meet the Blind Month, please post them to the NFB web site as Mr. Lazarus asks. Please post a message about them to this list also. The Northwest Chapter has made a good start in this regard. Kudos to the Northwest Chapter; it sets an example for us all to emulate.

Mike Freeman, President
NFB of Washington

----- Original Message -----
From:
mailto:JLazarus at NFB.ORG Lazarus, Jerry
To:
mailto:JLazarus at NFB.ORG Lazarus, Jerry
Sent:
Friday, September 22, 2006 10:29 AM
Subject:
Meet the Blind Month Press Release and Materials - PLEASE REVIEW ASAP
Good 
A
fternoon
All
,

Our 
p
ublic 
r
elations department has crafted a
Meet the Blind Month
press release template for your use to help publicize upcoming activities.  Download and change the information as needed to forward to media sources in your area. With sufficient notice, newspapers, radio, even television may help get the word out to your community about upcoming events.  Should you have any questions
,
require some assistance in expressing the nature of your event, 
or 
need suggestions on distributing the press release
, 
please contact John
Paré

at extension 2371

or Jessica Freeh at extension 234
8
.

Please be aware that we are still taking requests for
Meet the Blind Month
materials and adding information to our Web site on upcoming events your chapters and affiliates have planned.  Some of you may have some excess materials left over from last year that will 
be
used for the events. If your chapters are not in need of additional materials for this year
'
s events, we still need to hear from you or from your
Meet the Blind Month
planners so that the information on your affiliate
'
s events are listed on our Web site.  Please check the following link to see if all your scheduled events are listed.  If not, please send us details on the events, either using the registration form, or the online registration form whichever is easier.  We can also take the information by phone.

Meet the Blind Month
Events 2006 --
http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_blind_month_-_Events_2006.asp http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_blind_month_-_Events_2006.asp

Meet the Blind Month
materials

will be shipped
via free matter
, if possible.  Should your upcoming events require a speedier means of shipment, shipping costs will be the responsibility of the chapter.

Available Meet the Blind Month Resources -- http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_Blind_Month.asp http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Meet_the_Blind_Month.asp

During your events, please take some photographs, if possible, and forward them electronically to
mailto:jlazarus at nfb.org
jlazarus at nfb.org
or mail 
them
to my attention at the National Center in Baltimore.  Be sure to provide the date, location, and names of anyone in the photographs that you know.  We will use some of the photographs in the December
Braille Monitor
article about
Meet the Blind Month.

Finally
, if you have specific questions or would like to brainstorm about planning a
Meet the Blind Month
activity
,
contact 
me 
by phone
at 41
-659-9314, extension 2297
,
or 
by
email at
mailto:jlazarus at nfb.org
jlazarus at nfb.org
.

Best regards,

Jerry

Jerry L. Lazarus

Director of Special Projects

Jernigan Institute

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND

1800 Johnson Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21230-4998

(410) 659-9314, Ext. 2297

Fax: (410) 659-5129

http://www.nfb.org/
http://www.nfb.org

mailto:jlazarus at nfb.org
jlazarus at nfb.org

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