National Braille Press to Honor the Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation with its Hands-On! Award
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation has been chosen to receive the distinguished Hands-On! Award from National Braille Press at its annual "A Million Laughs for Literacy" Gala on November 7, 2018, at historic Fenway Park in Boston. The Hands On! award is given to an organization or individual who has made a difference in the world of braille literacy and whose accomplishments have helped blind children and adults succeed in their own lives. This year's awardee, Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation of Mt. Kisco, New York has been a dedicated friend to NBP for many years and was instrumental in launching the ReadBooks! Because Braille Matters literacy program for young children in 2003 with a generous grant of $330,000.
Since then, the ReadBooks! program has introduced thousands of children and their families to braille by distributing over 18,000 free bags across the U.S. and Canada filled with braille books and resources. The program's success has been attributed to the collaborative efforts with educators around the country who distribute over 70% of the free braille literacy bags directly to the children's parents where they instruct them on how to introduce and teach braille to their child....