AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND OF OHIO
EVENTS AND ISSUES
1 Two ways to help ACB-Ohio
Got an old cell phone lying around the house and you don’t know what to do with it? Don’t throw it away. If you do, toxic chemicals will leak into the soil and spoil the environment. If you hold onto them and bring them to your next chapter meeting, you’ll be helping the environment and ACB too. Your chapter representative will bring all collected phones to the next board meeting, where they will be collected and then sent in for a cash refund. We will get anywhere from 50 cents to $50 per phone. This is to be an ongoing project, so tell all your friends and family to bring you their discarded cell phones. No chargers or instruction books are needed. If you don’t belong to a chapter, bring them with you to the state convention, the Summer Sports Retreat, the Winter Sports Retreat, or the family seminar.
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Do you shop at Kroger? Wouldn’t it be nice if a portion of what you spend at the grocery store would automatically be sent to ACB-O?
When you check out, instead of using cash, a check, or a credit card, use your Kroger Plus Card which you have previously registered.
Simply register your Kroger Plus Card using the instructions below.
NOTE: If you belong to a chapter, the portion that you have earned for us, just by buying groceries, will be split between the Ohio affiliate and your local chapter. If you are a member at large, the whole portion goes to the Ohio affiliate. If you have questions, please call ACB-O Executive Director Ann Gazelle at
(614) 221-6688
Then, let’s go Krogering!
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Kroger Community Rewards Program.
ACB-O non Profit Organization number:
82077
Participants can begin enrolling online at any time by going to the appropriate website mentioned below and enroll using the ACB-O NPO number 82077.
Make a note of this number for future reference.
TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM:
Register online at
krogercommunityrewards.com
Be sure to have your Kroger Plus card handy and register your card with the ACB-O eexecutive director after you sign up.
If one does not yet have a Kroger Plus card, one needs to know that that cards are available at the customer service desk at any Kroger store.
Click on Sign In/Register
Most participants are new online customers, so they must click on SIGN UP TODAY in the 'New Customer?' box.
Sign up for a Kroger Rewards Account by entering zip code, clicking on favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, agreeing to the terms and conditions
You will then get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email.
Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step.
Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number.
Update or confirm your information.
Enter NPO number or name of organization, select organization from list and click on confirm. Since you already have the NPO number of 82077, enter that.
To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization's name on the right side of your information page.
REMEMBER, purchases will not count for ACB-O until after you have registered your Kroger Plus card.
Do you use your phone number at the register?
Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number.
You must swipe your registered Kroger Plus card or use the phone number that is related to your registered Kroger Plus card when shopping so each purchase will count.
If you are interested in the alternate SCANBAR method of member registration, you should call 800-837-4483 and a SCANBAR letter will be mailed to you.
Thank you,
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The above set of instructions originated with The Kroger Community Programs Staff and was edited to fit herein.
For questions and comments, contact:
ACB-O Executive Director Ann Gazelle,
(614) 221-6688
2 Step1 of Touch of Wonder Contest
The American Council of the Blind of Ohio Reading Braille: the
Touch of Wonder Reading Program, Step One.
We invite all students in Ohio who are blind or visually impaired between the ages of 10 to 13 and 14 to 17 to take the first step in our reading program by reading a book and answering the following questions about the book. You must read the book in Braille or large-print. You are requested to submit your answers via e-mail to jarogers@one.net between April 1 and August 31, 2011. Anyone who receives a "Good Job" message in response to his or her submission will be permitted to select a book of his or her choice from the Seedlings Catalogue. You may submit a second book report that may qualify for small monetary prizes.
Application form.
Information about student
Name:
Age:
Telephone number with area code:
E-mail address:
Names of parents:
School:
Teacher's name:
Title and author of book you would like to own from the Seedlings
Catalogue:
Answers to questions about book that you read
Title:
Author:
Year of publication:
Number of Braille or large-print pages:
List of main characters:
Plot (happenings that occur):
Theme (point author is making):
Part you liked best and the reason you liked it:
You must read your book in Braille or large-print. Thank you for participating in Step One of our reading program.
After you complete Step One, you will be sent an application to participate in the Arlene Cohen Braille Essay Contest for monetary prizes and a second book of your choice. If you, your parents, or teachers have any questions; you or they may e-mail me at jarogers@one.net, or call me at (513) 921-3186.
You or your parents or teachers may obtain more information about the American Council of the Blind of Ohio by going to our web site at www.acbohio.org.
We look forward to hearing from many Braille and large-print readers, and reading your book reports. Good luck!
Joyce Rogers
Chair of the Touch of Wonder Reading Program Committee
3 ARLENE COHEN ESSAY CONTEST
Reading Braille: the Touch of Wonder
A Program Developed and Conducted by the American Council of the Blind of Ohio
The Reading Braille Program includes children in Ohio who are blind or visually impaired between the ages of eight and sixteen. In order to participate in the program, you must fill out the attached form and send it in with your essay of between one hundred and fifty and two hundred words on the topic of "Why I Enjoyed Reading This Book." The book is any book that you chose to read and which gave you both enjoyment and a new insight into yourself and other people. You must read your selected book in Braille or large print. Each applicant who submits a completed application and an acceptable essay will receive a book of his or her choice selected from the Seedlings Catalogue, and he or she will be entered in an essay contest which may win him or her any one of three prizes. The essay contest is named the Arlene Cohen Braille Essay Contest in memory of Arlene Cohen, an outstanding and dedicated teacher and former president of the American Council of the Blind of Ohio. There are three prizes: first prize $150, second prize $100, and third prize $75 for each of two age groups, eight to twelve year old contestants and thirteen to sixteen year old contestants.
ACB-Ohio will accept applications between September 7 and October 27, 2010. Winners will be presented with their monetary gifts at an event in their honor in their home town. Please include the title and author of a book you would like to own from the Seedlings Catalogue on the application. A book will be awarded each month of the contest to each contestant who submits a satisfactory essay. Only one entry per person.
Send your completed applications and essays to
Arlene Cohen Braille Essay Contest
in c/o Joyce Rogers
1121 Morado Dr.
Cincinnati, OH 45238
If you have any questions, you may contact me via e-mail at jarogers@one.net or call me at (513) 921-3186.
Reading Braille: the Touch of Wonder
Name of applicant: ____________________________________
Address: _______________________________________________________
Phone number with area code: ____________________
Title and author of a book of your choice from Seedlings:
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School: ________________________________________________________
Teacher's name: _________________________________________________
Age and grade level: __________________________________
Information on book about which you have chosen to write
Title of book: ___________________________________________________
Author of book: ________________________________________________
Year of publication: ___________________
Number of pages: ______________________
Please submit your essay on a separate paper and submit it with this completed application. The essay must be 150 to 200 words, and must be written in Braille or large print. It will be judged on originality, insight into human nature, and correctness of grammar and word usage.
We wish each applicant and contestant all the enthusiasm, skill, and persistence needed to successfully participate in the reading program and to become an essay contest winner.NOTE: Refer to Step1 of the essay contest.
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