[gps-talkusers] Re: announcing equipment donation at the Stevie Wonder concert
- From: "Baracco, Andrew W" <Andrew.Baracco@xxxxxx>
- To: <gps-talkusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:49:52 -0800
Hello Elray,
Not knowing where you live, it is difficult to make specific
suggestions. You should think very carefully about how a GPS system
would enhance your life. You have a guide dog, and you say that you are
mobile. How would a GPS system make you more functional, more
employable, etc. When you have thought this out, and have some concrete
ideas about this, then you can start by contacting your state department
of rehabilitation, or commission for the blind, or the agency that
serves blind people in your state. You can also contact civic groups
like the LIONS, who sometimes will assist in the purchase of this kind
of equipment.
Hope this helps a little.
Andy
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My name is Elray Smith I have a Guide Dog from San Raphael CA and the
Braille Note BT , here's the deal I am very grateful for my equipment
ever so grateful, however, I do not have a GPS which is a very important
piece of equipment for the blind as you are aware but I can not afford
one with my income. So, can you suggest or shine any light on my
situation? I really am very mobile.
Warm Regards
Rubak_erablai@xxxxxxxxx
Michael May <mikemay@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sendero Group, HumanWare and Kurzweil/NFB donate adaptive
technology for the Stevie Wonder 11th annual House Full of Toys Benefit
Concert
This past Saturday evening, December 16, 2006, Mike May had the
pleasure of joining Stevie Wonder on the stage of the Gibson
Amphitheater in Los Angeles, along with 15 stars, to present a GPS from
Sendero Group, a BrailleNote from HumanWare and two KNFB readers from
Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind. Three students were
selected to receive these devices. Stevie and Mike acknowledged the
tremendous value of these tools in their own lives and announced that
they hoped this was only the beginning of their efforts to bring the
reading and navigation independence of this technology to more blind
people.
Mike said, "When Stevie invited me to his party, I asked what I
could bring. With one email to Ray Kurzweil and another to HumanWare, I
had arranged for a generous donation of $13,000 of access technology in
support of Stevie's effort to bring joy and independence to under
privileged youth. I was joined by Dirk Marais of HumanWare at the
concert to hear a line-up of incredible performers. After leaving the
stage in front of 6000 people, Stevie was kind enough to keep me by his
side and to boast about the technology to his friends and family. This
benefit certainly embodied the title of his most recent album, A Time to
Love." For photos and audio go to
http://www.senderogroup.com/blog.htm
Special guest artists included Al Jarreau, Brian McKnight,
COMMON, Tyrese, Corinne Bailey Rae, India Arie, Danny Carreras, Donald
Lawrence, Gary Taylor, Yolanda Adams, Chris Tucker and more.
Past performers have included Alicia Keyes, Angie Stone,
Babyface, Doug E. Fresh, George Duke, Arie, Jamie Foxx, Jill Scott,
Jonathan Butler, Joss Stone, Kanye West, Karen Clark Sheard and Kierra
"Kiki" Sheard, Kem, Kim Burrell, L.D. Miller, Luther Vandross, Macy
Gray, Maroon 5, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Nelly, Raphael Saadiq,
Raul Midon, Ruben Studdard and Ziggy Marley-along with dozens of others.
This was the 11th year that Stevie's House Full of Toys Benefit
Concert has been one of the highlights of the holiday musical season. In
the past ten years, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of toys,
computers, games and educational aids have gone to children, families
and organizations in need.
Stevie Wonder and his friends are committed to a celebration
that will let the world know that they care.
For several years, Stevie Wonder's We Are You Foundation has
made a generous Christmas donation to the Junior Blind of America. As in
the past, Stevie attended the Junior Blind annual Holiday Festival,
personally bringing Holiday cheer to the children and their families.
Information about the organization is available at www.juniorblind.org.
Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys Benefit Concert-goers are
asked to bring an unwrapped gift of joy to the concert. Stevie Wonder's
11th Annual House Full of Toys Benefit Concert is a Wonder
Productions and Hammond Entertainment event. For further information, go
to
www.housefulloftoys.org
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