American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults
Future Reflections Winter 2022 WHAT'S HAPPENING?
Future Reflections is published four times a year to provide you with information and inspiration. As you probably know, the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults publishes this unique magazine. Are you aware that the Action Fund also supports ShareBraille.org, a program that allows people to donate and obtain Braille books for free. The Action Fund also supports the Braille Book Fair at the National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind each summer. The Braille Book Fair allows blind children to browse through hundreds of donated Braille books and to pick out books for themselves in person.
"The book fair is looked forward to by many all year long. I personally remember being starved for books, and I had none that were my own. I used to wait for the library to send my Braille, and even if it came with Volume Three before Volume One, I was more than glad to get it. Books of my own were a fantasy that finally became a reality for me when I was in college. Our Book Fair at National Convention makes owning your own books a reality much sooner." — A Braille reader
To learn how to receive Braille books in the mail or to donate a Braille book of your own, visit ShareBraille.org. Find out how you can donate and receive Braille books, keeping them in circulation for years to come.
The work we do to encourage independent travel, excellence in education, and Braille literacy nationwide must be done. These programs are all made possible through your support. If you are in a position to do so, please help us make a difference by making a contribution. These programs are made possible through your generous support. Please help by giving a tax-deductible gift to the American Action Fund.
You can donate online by visiting our new webpage at actionfund.org or over the phone by calling 410-659-9315. You also can write a check to American Action Fund and mail it to 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, MD 21230.
Often the simplest and most significant way to make a charitable donation is to plan a legacy gift. It is easier than you may 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. After taking care of your loved ones, you can bequeath a specific dollar amount or percentage of your estate 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, simply designate a charity as a beneficiary. If you would like to leave a legacy to the American Action Fund in your will, simply 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.