Second Annual Braille-A-Thon
Sponsored by the Quality Education Team
for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired
and Michigan Parents of Children with Visual Impairments

Press Release

Are you learning to read and write Braille? Are you an experienced Braille user? Do you love to play games, sing, dance, eat, and buy things? Well then, sign up to attend the second annual Braille-A-Thon.

When? June 22, 2010

Where? At the State Capitol in Lansing, on the South Lawn

What time? 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

What's happening? Activities include:

1. Braille contests for tactile readers of all ages and levels.
2. Games, including a scavenger hunt, Braille Bingo, Braille Feud, and Limbo under the white cane.
3. Entertainment: Anyone can sign up to sing, dance, tell jokes (clean ones, please!) or give testimonies.
4. Vendors: food, informational, and blind-created or related products. (Vendor application at this link.):

How do you sign up? Fill out the pre-registration form and send it by May 29, 2010, to Geri Taeckens, 1131 E. Spruce St., Sault Ste Marie, MI 49783, or fax it to (906) 635-1125.  For questions, email Geri Taeckens at geri.taeckens@isahealthfund.orgor call her at (906) 635-3439. 

Please note:

1. It is not necessary to pre-register; however, it will help insure you will be able to participate in the activity of your choice and/or obtain travel assistance.
2. Financial aid is available. If you will need a scholarship for transportation or lodging, you must pre-register.

Print and distribute the poster. 

 
Photo: Braille competition at the 2009 Braille-A-Thon.