Volunteering at The National Braille Press

Help the Blind

NetSAP Boston invites you to participate in its community event scheduled at the National Braille Press on February 2nd, 2008.

National Braille Press is a Boston-based nonprofit braille printing and publishing house founded in 1927. The guiding purposes of National Braille Press are to promote the literacy of blind children through braille, and to provide access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs. Last year NBP pressed 15 million braille pages using special translation software and computer-driven equipment.

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15-20 NetSAP Boston volunteers will help collate plastic braille pages with print pages of the children's book, “Now and Ben", selections for the Children's Braille Book Club (CBBC). The CBBC is a monthly club that offers popular children's book in the innovative print/braille format so sighted parents of blind children or blind parents of sighted children can read together.

An after event networking activity will provide an opportunity to interact and know other fellow NetSAP-Boston volunteers. Come, make a difference !

Hurry! Only 15 spots available. Preference will be given to NetSAP Members. For Perkins Library volunteering pictures from last year click here.

Where:	National Braille Press 88 Saint Stephen Street Boston, MA 02115
When:	Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time:	10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Agenda:	9:45am NetSAP Volunteers arrive at the venue 10:00am An overview of National Braille Press and a brief tour of braille printing facility is given. 10:30am Volunteer project begins. Noon- Pizza break 12:30 p.m. Volunteer project resumes. 2:00 p.m. Volunteer project is complete. 2:00pm - 3:30pm Volunteers hang-out at a nearby restaurant/bar for After-event networking (optional)
RSVP:	By 31st January to Chindu Satheesh or Arindam Chakraborty at Community@netsapboston.org
Description of the book: What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations yourself. Franklin also designed the lightning rod, suggested the idea of daylight savings time, and invented bifocals -- all inspired by his common sense and intelligence. Each left-hand page describes and illustrates one of Franklin's contributions as we know it ("Now . . . our newspapers are filled with illustrations"); the opposite page goes back in time to reveal the Franklin connection ("Ben . . . was the first to print a political cartoon in America"). The juxtaposition of present and past effectively reinforces the continued relevance of Franklin's inventions and underscores the extraordinary range and depth of his ingenuity and practicality, deepening our appreciation for one of the most influential and colorful figures in American history.
Sign Up for 2008 NetSAP Membership By becoming a NETSAP member you get to attend events free of cost or at a discount.  It pays for itself after only 2 events and 2 Happy Hours!  Go to http://www.netsapboston.org/join to know about benefits and to sign up for membership.