Monday, June 25, 2012

In the News 06.25.12

NATION'S BRAILLE WHIZ KIDS COMPETE IN UNIQUE ACADEMIC COMPETITION
Los Angeles, CA. On Saturday, June 23, the top blind students from across the United States and Canada met in Los Angeles to put their knowledge of the braille code to the test in the only national academic competition for blind students across the country. Click here to read more.

LONDON BOUND: BLINDED WARRIOR TO REPRESENT U.S. AT 2012 PARALYMPICS
London is calling for Lt. Brad Snyder. The former Navy bomb defuser, who last September lost both eyes in an Afghan explosion, formally gained a roster spot Sunday on the U.S. Paralympic team bound for England, after swimming what he agreed was the race of his life. Click here to read more.

APP EASES PUBLIC TRANSIT WOES FOR BLIND AND DISABLED RIDERS
Researchers in Barcelona have created an app that may prove useful to riders of public transit who are blind, deaf or otherwise disabled. OnTheBus hooks into GPS and transit data and alerts the user where and when they need to board, signal and disembark. Click here to read more.

BLIND USING FACEBOOK? IT'S NOT COMPLICATED, THANKS TO SCHOOL
"We can teach you how to use Facebook even with your eyes shut." It is not an empty boast but a proven skill for the students of a special school which has shown for the last 18 years that computer know-how need not require 20/20 vision. Click here to read more.

GUATEMALA LAUNCHES CENTRAL AMERICA'S FIRST BRAILLE NEWSPAPER
Guatemala,  "You don't need  to see to be able to read" was the message Guatemala sent to the world last month when it launched Central America's first ever Braille newspaper. Click here to read more.




Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/06/23/4584039/nations-braille-whiz-kids-compete.html#storylink=cpy

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Monday, June 18, 2012

In the News - 06.18.12


MASS. SCHOOLS FOR BLIND GEAR UP FOR FENCING MATCH
Watertown, MASS. Cory Kadlik has never let being blind stop him from golfing, skating, learning martial arts or riding a dirt bike. He had his doubts when it came to fencing. Click here to read more.

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND APPLAUDS NEW JERSEY RULING ON BRAILLE INSTRUCTION FOR BLIND CHILD
Oceanport, N.J. After a three-year administrative and legal battle against their local school board, the Oceanport Board of Education, Jeffrey and Holly Miller obtained a ruling from an adminitsrative law judge that their eleven-year-old son Henry "Hank" Miller was improperly denied instruction in Braille. Click here to read more.

YAKIMA GIRL WINS NATIONAL AWARD FOR READING 21,646 PAGES IN BRAILLE
Yakima, WA, They ran out of ribbons way before Maegan Weiler stopped reading. Click here to read more.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Memorial Day Fundraiser

Hosted at the home of Richard and Kim Moscarello, the Goldenberg's joined up with family and friends of the Project to celebrate their first fundraiser. The Memorial Day party began our first venture into not only raising capital for a necessary cause but also creating awareness for the need for Braille in the community both here in Southern California and across the United States. Funds will go directly to the foundation towards tools used to make Braille signage and blades in grocery stores. 


{Evan Goldenberg, President of the Joshua Project}

{Rae Van Seenus, Marketing Supervisor at Whole Foods Market}

{Sarah Fenner-Behzadi, The Joshua Project Foundation}



{Richard and Kim Moscarello with the band.}

{Kim Moscarello, the fabulous hostess.}



{Joshua Goldenberg, the star of the Joshua Project}












{Joshua Project Board Members}

 

A special thank you to Richard and Kim Moscarello for hosting such a fantastic event!