| On the way to Capitol Hill |
 Chris Burke, executive director, Northeastern Association for the Blind at Albany, arrives by bus at Garfield Circle in front of U.S. Capitol for meetings with members of Congress. |
| Our Awareness Ads in The Washington Post's Express Newspaper - March 9-10 |
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| Public Service Announcement |
Click above to view NIB's "Leading the Way" public service announcement.
This video will air as a 30-second commercial spot in D.C. and northern Virginia during the week of the Public Policy Forum on channel WUSA*9. |
| Contract Management Support Video |
Click above to view NIB's newly released Contract Management Support Video. |
| Read more about the 2010 NIB/NAEPB Public Policy Forum in NIB This Week |
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Public Policy Forum a Success!
Greetings!
NIB associated agencies "Made a Difference" on Capitol Hill today!
Armed with a strategy, know-how and three clear messages after two days of Public Policy Forum programs, NIB associated agency teams from various states fanned out across the Hill for more than 100 scheduled meetings with their senators and members of Congress to urge that barriers to more jobs and more sales through the AbilityOne Program be torn down.
The Hill visits were supported with front page advertising in the popular Washington Post Express newspaper, which also featured an ad on the inside front cover listing all new and current AbilityOne Congressional champions. The Express ads were handed out to Congressional staff at the NIB Rally Room in the Rayburn House Office Building. The paper reaches an estimated 315,000 readers throughout the Washington, D.C. area, and is distributed at 90 Metro train stops.
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| Announcing New 2010 AbilityOne Champions |
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| Four new AbilityOne Champions were honored today with framed certificates presented by agency representatives from their districts.
 Congressman Edolphus Towns of New York, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and a long-time AbilityOne supporter, addressed a crowd of Public Policy Forum attendees in the "Rally Room" at the Rayburn Building. As a former orientation and mobility instructor and teacher, Rep. Towns expressed how much he valued NIB's mission to create jobs for people who are blind.
(Pictured left to right above: Rick Bland, president and CEO, New York City Industries for the Blind; Rep. Edolphus Towns; Kevin Lynch, president and CEO, NIB.) NIB recognized these AbilityOne Champions today:
Congressman Walter Jones of North Carolina pictured with RLCB Inc. colleagues Sharon Giovinazzo, vice president of development and community relations, and Janet Griffey, CEO
Congressman Gregg Harper of Mississippi pictured at left with Michael Chew, executive director, Mississippi Industries for the Blind.
Congressman Rodney Alexander of Louisiana pictured with Heather Broussard (pictured left), community relations and government affairs, and Shelly Taylor (pictured right), president and CEO, both of Louisiana Association for the Blind.
Congressman Mike Conaway of Texas pictured at left with Dave Wells, executive director, West Texas Lighthouse for the Blind. |
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Congressman Gary Miller of California also visited with the group to express his support for the program.
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