National Braille Press

It's October, and you know what that means—it's time to celebrate one of our favorite months: Blindness Awareness Month! How can we make our communities more welcoming and inclusive for those who are blind or visually impaired? We want to hear your ideas and experiences! Let's come together to learn and grow this Blindness Awareness Month. Stay tuned for inspiring stories and practical tips on how we can all help create a more accessible world. #BlindnessAwarenessMonth #InclusionMatters #BrailleLiteracy Video Description: The dark blue and yellow text, "October is Blindness Awareness Month" surrounds three cartoonized people: the man on the far left is wearing sunglasses and is holding the harness of a German Shepherd guide dog, the man in the middle is being sighted guided by a woman with long red hair, sunglasses and a white cane. The National Braille Press logo appears at the bottom of the graphic.

We have two hilarious ladies lined up for this year's A Million Laughs for Literacy Gala celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Children's Braille Book Clubnat Fenway Park on November 8th: Christine Hurley and Kelly Macfarland! https://hubs.ly/Q02QlL4n0 Christine Hurley loves what she does…making people laugh! Married to Jimmy Hurley and having five kids, Christine is never at a loss for comedic material. Like any great comedian, Christine has an innate ability to see humor in "everyday" situations. Her stories and views on motherhood and marriage are exactly what everyone is living through… people get it and love it! As an experienced stand-up comedian, Kelly Macfarland has an extensive and well-rounded resume including comedy clubs, theaters, colleges, festivals, television appearances and entertaining US troops overseas. Kelly was first runner up in the Boston Comedy Festival and voted Best of the Fest at the Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival. Don't forget to bring your funny bone and have an amazing night filled with laughter, joy, and unforgettable moments. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Christine's and Kelly's comedy, you're in for a treat that will leave you grinning from ear to ear. Join us in person or virtually for an evening of hilarity that promises to be the highlight of the fall! #GalaSeason #BostonEvents #BostonNonprofits #FenwayParkEvents #BrailleLiteracy #ChildrensBrailleBookClub #AMillionLaughs2024 Image Description: The 2024 Gala Logo, a colorful globe with the purple script words, Bringing the World to Your Fingertips, surrounding it, overlain with headshots of Kelly Mcfarland and Christine Hurley emphasized with exploding confetti and rotating oval decor that changes colors

Beep Baseball is coming to Burlington, MA with a ✨Free✨ Double Header! Adaptive Sports New England's Boston Strong will take on New York’s Long Island Bombers! Join the fun: Saturday, September 21, 2024 Opening Ceremony 9:55 am. Game 1: 10 am. Game 2: 12:30 PM. 5 Patriot Road, Burlington, MA 01803. The Boston Strong is New England’s newest Beep baseball team and you can come watch Head Coach Joe Q, NBP’s VP of Development, and his team made up of NBP Staff, Braille all-stars and future Braille All-stars step up to the plate against New York’s toughest team! The L.I. New York Bombers Beep Baseball are a dedicated group of baseball players from the Long Island and Tri-state area. The Boston Strong last met up with the Bombers in Central Park in New York and now they're ready for this double header in Burlington! This is a free event! Come and enjoy an adapted version of baseball with blind ball players hitting and fielding beeping balls and running full speed towards buzzing bases! All of the players will be wearing blindfolds to even the playing field. Bring your chairs or comfy blankets, and be prepared to be inspired! This event is sponsored by Adaptive Sports New England.

Only two weeks left until the first ever NBP Golf Tournament at Indian Ridge Country Club, where golf lovers and advocates for braille literacy unite for a morning filled with golf and community spirit! The day promises exciting activities, including a longest drive contest, a blindfold putting challenge, and hole-in-one prizes. We’ll kick off with a Continental Breakfast and wrap up with a celebratory Lunch, silent auction, and entertainment! https://hubs.ly/Q02Q8rG90 Can't participate in the golf but still want to join the fun at the celebratory lunch at 11? We have tickets just for you! Image Description: The National Braille Press golf tournament logo, ablue and white golf ball surrounded by the words National Braille Press and September 20, 2024, and the images of two golfers in silouette on either side and a light blue flag with the letters NBP in symbraille, all moving over a photo of the Indian Ridge Country Club grounds.

Want your business to be accessible to ALL your potential customers? You can get accessible like @Pogmd by working with us to braille your business cards, brochures and other print items! Thanks so much for working with us People on the Go Maryland! #BusinessToBusiness #BrailleBusinessCards #AccessibleBusiness #Inclusivity Video Description: The text 'Get Accessible like People on the Go Maryland' appears in blue and green underneath a video of zooming photos of braille business cards for People on the Go with various names, titles and contact info.

Join us for the first ever National Braille Press Golf Tournament, where golf lovers and advocates for braille literacy unite for a morning filled with golf and community spirit. For 97 years, NBP has been committed to providing access to a wide range of information, from children’s literature to textbooks. This tournament not only aims to raise funds but also to heighten awareness for NBP and the work we do to ensure the blindness community has access to the resources they need. https://hubs.ly/Q02Pcb-H0 The day promises exciting activities, including a longest drive contest, a blindfold putting challenge, and hole-in-one prizes. We’ll kick off with a Continental Breakfast and wrap up with a celebratory Lunch, silent auction, and entertainment! Can't participate in the golf but still want to join the fun at the celebratory lunch at 11? We have tickets just for you! Image Description: The National Braille Press golf tournament logo, ablue and white golf ball surrounded by the words National Braille Press and September 20, 2024, and the images of two golfers in silouette on either side and a light blue flag with the letters NBP in symbraille, all moving over a photo of the Indian Ridge Country Club grounds.

It's one of our favorite days of the year - International Literacy Day!! What's your favorite children's book? What is your child's favorite? We'd love to hear your favorite picks! With your help, a blind child can have their own favorite book to remember years from now! When you become a literacy champion, and donate $10 a month you help us provide thousands of books to kids who will build their own library and special memories of their favorite book! https://hubs.ly/Q02P2CFm0

Last chance to get your tickets for tomorrow Braille and Brew event in Waltham! Come join us at Mighty Squirrel for a flight without sight (and pizza!!) Experience a beer tasting like never before as you use the rest of your senses to pick your new favorites! The excitement kicks off at 6:30 - we’re looking forward to having you there! https://hubs.ly/Q02MDqqG0 #MightySquirrel #BostonBeer #FlightWithoutSight #BrailleLiteracy Image Description: A color photo of a man in a NBP blue blindfold smiling as he sits behind a flight of beer. This photo is imposed over a black and white photo of a group smiling together with blindfolds on their heads at a table filled with flights of beer.

The National Braille Press Golf Tournament is coming up next month on Monday, September 30th! ⛳️ Enjoy a 7:30am shotgun start at the beautiful Indian Ridge Country Club in Andover, MA. Help support braille literacy and have a blast on the greens! Join us today and let's create change together for blind children! #NationalBraillePress #GolfTournament #CharityEvent #IndianRidgeCountryClub 🏌️♀️ https://hubs.ly/Q02LQwWw0

Only a week left to grab your tickets for our next Braille and Brew! We're visiting Mighty Squirrel Brewing in Waltham to celebrate the end of the summer on August 27th at 6:30pm and we can't wait for you to try this year's flight (and pizza!!)! https://hubs.ly/Q02LQy_00 #BeerFlight #BeerTasting #MightySquirrel #BostonBeer #BrailleLiteracy Image Description: (1) The NBP and Mighty Squirrel logos with the Text Braille and Bew and Tuesday, August 27 next to a large cartoonized pint of bubbling beer (2) a man wearing a blindfold with the NBP logo across the front smiles as he sits behind a flight of four different beers on the table in front of him