AFB Access Awards

AFB Announces Call For Nominations For 2006 Access Awards

NEW YORK (July 11, 2005)—The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) announces the invitation for nominations for its 2006 Access Awards. The Access Awards honor individuals, corporations, and organizations that are eliminating or substantially reducing inequities faced by people who are blind or visually impaired. The awards will be presented on March 3, 2006 during the 2006 Josephine L. Taylor Leadership Institute at the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel Downtown in Atlanta, Georgia.

Nominations for the AFB Access Awards should illustrate an exceptional and innovative effort that has improved the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired by enhancing access to information, the environment, technology, education, or employment, including making mainstream products and services accessible. The effort should be one that has a national impact or can be a model for replication on a national level.

Letters of nomination addressing the above criteria should be sent, preferably via email, to: Jaclyn Packer, AFB, 2006 Access Awards Committee, 11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300, New York, NY 10001, E-mail: jpacker@afb.net.

Nominations must be received no later than Friday, September 30, 2005. Product brochures, patent applications, and other materials of support substantiating the nomination should also be postmarked by the above date. Materials submitted in support of a nomination will not be returned.

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For questions please contact:
Adrianna Montague-Gray
(212) 502-7675 or
amontaguegray@afb.net