THE COMMITTEE OF 1000

THE COMMITTEE OF 1000

Future Reflections Summer 1990, Vol. 9 No. 2
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THE COMMITTEE OF 1000
"Since the early days of America--education
has been revered as part of every person's means
to an equal chance for success in our country of
opportunity and hope.
"But for America's blind children and youth,
meaningful education, opportunity, and hope are
too often still not available....'Miracle' success
stories of blind people like Helen Keller help,
but they don't solve the problems of day-to- day
living and learning that a blind child and her
parents face or the needs of a blind teenager
wanting to go to college."
With these words the National Federation of
the Blind recently issued a special challenge and
a special invitation to future members of the Committee of 1000.
What is the Committee of 1000? The Committee
is a special group of friends (membership
is limited to 1,000) who form a permanent platform
for maximizing the education and opportunities
of blind children. Through lifetime membership
dues of $1,000, members of this
committee have accepted the challenge to help
the National Federation of the Blind "...establish
education as a top priority for the coming blind
generations."
Among the special projects the funds from
this committee will help support is the National
Federation of the Blind scholarship program.
This program not only offers a cash award to
some 26 blind students each year, it also gives
each recipient a chance to spend a week with
hundreds of other blind people at our annual
convention of the National Federation of the
Blind.
This is how one parent of a scholarship winner
summed up the benefit of this experience: "Our
son returned home on Saturday from your annual
meeting with a confidence and feeling of independence
that is truly overwhelming. Thank God
for the Federation and those whose gifts made
this possible."
It is with great pleasure and heartfelt thanks
that we recognize those who have joined the Committee of 1,000 as of April 18, 1990. The
opportunities for blind children will be so much
greater because of the caring generosity of the
following members who were first to accept the Committee of 1,000 challenge.
Walsack Associates

Caldwell, New Jersey
Ms. Mildred L. Sheely
Plymouth, Ohio
Ms. Elizabeth C. Smith
Ellicott City, Maryland
M. Eleanor S. Orr
Wyandotte, Michigan
Ms. Cindy Matthew
Hudson, Ohio
Ms. Margaret C. Carmichael
Tucson, Arizona
Mr. Elliot J. Terzi
New York, New York
Mr. Alex Pirus River
Forest, Illinois
Dr. John N. Redwine
Sioux City, Iowa
Mr. Ralph A. McGinnis
Seattle, Washington
Mr. Edward T. Cassidy
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Marianne Dodds

Eggertsville, New York
Mrs. Helen Z. Bunker
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mr. Charles A. Kacocha

San Francisco, California
Mr. A. F. Washington

Las Cruces, New Mexico
Mr. Dean S. and Adele E. Bowden

Webster City, Iowa
Editor's Note: If you or someone you know
would be interested in joining the Committee of
1000, please contact: National Federation of the
Blind, 1800 Johnson Street, Baltimore, Maryland
21230; (301) 659-9314.
[PICTURE] The Scholarship Program is one of the most important
projects of the National Federation of the Blind. Blind
scholarship winners, such as those pictured above,
need, and deserve, the opportunities these scholarships
make possible.
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