American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Future Reflections Special Issue: COVID and Beyond ANNOUNCEMENTS
"I can't tell you enough how grateful we are for the books from the Action Fund. My son looks so forward to receiving his new Here's Hank book every month. Our local library and our school library have no Braille books for him to peruse like the other kids. During school library time he takes a book off the shelf at random and hopes for the best when I read it at home. The Here's Hank series brings much more joy."
— Parent of a blind child
The American Action Fund knows that blind adults and children are fully capable, and that Braille literacy is an important building block of success. We provide Braille books each month to thousands of families across the United States to empower blind people. Our programs are needed now more than ever. Many schools do not distribute hardcopy Braille, and our Braille books are sometimes the only Braille blind children receive.
Blind students depend on parents, teachers, and libraries for learning; and parents, teachers and libraries depend upon the American Action Fund to provide free white canes, Braille calendars, Braille books, tactile art and graphic resources, and more.
The work we do to encourage independent travel, excellence in education, and Braille literacy nationwide must be done. If you are in a position to help, you can make a difference by making a contribution. These programs are made possible through your support. Please help by giving a tax-deductible gift to the American Action Fund.
You can donate online by visiting our new webpage actionfund.org. You also have the option to contribute over the phone by calling 410-659-9315, or you can send a check made out to "American Action Fund" to 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.
To learn more about how to receive Braille books in the mail or how to donate a Braille book of your own, visit ShareBraille.org. Through ShareBraille you can donate and receive Braille books, keeping them in circulation for years to come.
Often the simplest and most significant way to make a charitable donation is to plan a legacy gift. It is easier than you might think. You can plan to give all or part of a bank account, insurance proceeds, investment assets, real estate, or a retirement account. You can even give a required minimum distribution from your IRA directly to charity and avoid taxes on the distribution. You could bequeath a specific dollar amount or percentage of your estate, after taking care of your loved ones, to an organization whose mission is important to you. Your bequest carries with it the values and ideals that have been important to you throughout your lifetime and supports an organization whose mission you hold dear. In addition, planning for a legacy gift may reduce the total amount of your taxable estate, which can have a positive impact on any funds you have designated for your heirs.
The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults Legacy Society honors and recognizes the generosity and the vision of special friends of the Action Fund who have chosen to leave a legacy through a will or other planned giving option.
If you wish to give part or all of an account, simply fill out a P.O.D. (payable on death) or T.O.D. (transfer on death) form. For pensions and insurance assets, designate a charity as a beneficiary. If you would like to leave a legacy to the Action Fund in your will, please include the following language:
"I give, devise, and bequeath unto the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults, 1800 Johnson Street, Suite 100, Baltimore, Maryland 21230, a Maryland nonprofit corporation, the sum of $______________ (or) _________ percent of my net estate" or "the following stocks and bonds: ____________________, to be used for its worthy purposes on behalf of blind persons."
If you have questions or would like more information, please reach out to Patti Chang at 410-659-9315. If you have included the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults in your will or have made some other provision for a future gift to us and would like to tell us about it, please contact Patti so we can recognize you as a member of our Legacy Society.
Legacy gifts provide for generations of blind children and adults. Please consider the American Action Fund in your future plans. Thank you so much for your support!