Frontispiece - Face of American Ride

Frontispiece - Face of American Ride

The Braille Monitor

November,

2003

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NFB staff members taking part in the Face of America ride stand with

President Maurer in front of the National Center. Left to right are

Maurice

Peret, Holly Mooney, Marc Maurer, John Brennan, and Karen Friedman. The

tandem bicycle ridden by the Mooney-Peret team is visible behind Mrs.

Mooney.

On September 12, 2003,

between five and six hundred cyclists rallied at Battery Park near the site

of the World Trade Center and then walked to the river to be ferried across

to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, where they mounted bicycles, tandems, and hand-operated

bikes for a two-day ride to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. They were taking

part in the World T.E.A.M. Sports Face of America 2003.

Erik

Weihenmayer, the blind climber who summited Mt. Everest in 2001 sponsored by

the National Federation of the Blind, sits on the World T.E.A.M. Sports board.

Because of this connection the NFB fielded four tandem teams for this year's

event. They raised almost $8,000, to be divided equally between the NFB and

World T.E.A.M Sports.

The NFB team poses

for a photograph in New York. Left to right standing are Karen Friedman,

holding the NFB flag; Betsy Zaborowski, NFB director of special programs;

Michael Gosse; Kristen Cox, director of the Governor's Office for Individuals

with Disabilities; Marty Buhrow; and Brian Buhrow. Kneeling (left to right)

are Holly Mooney, Maurice Peret, and John Brennan, recently appointed chief

of staff in the Governor's Office for Individuals with Disabilities.

Face

of America riders gather at the West Front of the Capitol building for closing

ceremonies.

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