[LEAD PHOTO/CAPTION: February 28, 2002, will go down in Federation history

as the day we could officially announce that we hav

[LEAD PHOTO/CAPTION: February 28, 2002, will go down in Federation history

as the day we could officially announce that we hav

The Braille Monitor

April, 2002

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February 28, 2002, will

go down in Federation history as the day we could officially announce that we

have met our goal of raising eighteen million dollars toward building the National

Research and Training Institute for the Blind. The National Center staff took

time out of another busy day to celebrate this impressive victory. Three sheet

cakes are pictured here, each bearing one of the three exciting words, "Eighteen

Million Dollars." Now the demanding work of fund raising continues since

we have already experienced construction cost overruns. Then, of course, there

is the challenge of meeting Institute operating expenses. But Thursday, February

28, was a day to savor our long-anticipated victory.

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