FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Elizabeth Neal
(212) 502-7733
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American Foundation for the Blind Invites
Nominations for 2001 Access Awards

NEW YORK—The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) is inviting
nominations
for its 2001 Access Awards. AFB Access Awards honor individuals,
corporations,
and organizations that are eliminating or substantially reducing inequities
faced by people who are blind or visually impaired.
        Nominations for an AFB Access Award should illustrate an
exceptional and innovative effort that has improved the lives of people who
are blind or
visually impaired by enhancing access to information, the environment,
technology, education, or employment, including making mainstream products
and
services accessible. The effort should be one that has a national impact or
can
be a model for replication on a national level.
        A letter of nomination—in print, braille, on audiocassette, or by
email—addressing the above criteria should be sent to the AFB 2001 Access
Awards Committee, attn: Jay Leventhal, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York,
NY
10001; email [log in to unmask] Nominations must be received no later than
October
2, 2000. Product brochures, patent applications, and other materials of
support
substantiating the nomination should be postmarked by the above date. The
AFB
Access Awards will be presented at a public reception at AFB's Josephine L.
Taylor Leadership Institute in Washington, DC, March 1518, 2001.
        The American Foundation for the Blind—the organization to which
Helen
Keller devoted over 40 years of her life—is a national nonprofit whose
mission
is to eliminate the inequities faced by the ten million Americans who are
blind
or visually impaired. Headquartered in New York City, AFB maintains offices
in
Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco, and a governmental relations
office in Washington, DC.

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August 2000


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