Braille Monitor                          December 2019

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Making our Presence Known during Meet the Blind Month

Every day we are ambassadors, taking a message of confidence and competence to people who know little or nothing about being blind. But in October of each year we make a special effort as we celebrate Meet the Blind Month. In this issue we highlight two chapters that took the time to send us photographs. Thank you to the Sligo Creek Chapter, which meets in Montgomery and Prince George Counties in Maryland, and the Capital Chapter, which meets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

The official proclamation of White Cane Safety Day from the Montgomery County Council

The Sligo Creek Chapter obtained a White Cane Safety Day proclamation from the Montgomery County Council. In the Capital Chapter we see a Meet the Blind Month Event held at Barnes and Noble, where the chapter did a story time reading for young children. Both of these events demonstrate the value of reaching out to tell our neighbors, one on one, that we are blind, but we are just like you.

Members of the Capital Chapter discuss the tools they use for reading at the story time reading at Barnes and Noble.
Carole reads a poem aloud during story time reading.
Blindness information table at the Capital Chapter set up at its Meet the Blind event at Barnes and Noble.

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