Hi, Cindy. I do know about them and they are legit, but as far as being the largest resource, I don't believe that. There are other resources that are more well-known than they are, but they are legit, anyway. Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx When God puts a tear in your eye, it is because He wants to put a rainbow in your heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 1:48 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] American Action Fund One problem with donating money is that the organizations exchange or sell their lists and one becomes besieged with requests -- all good causes, but a middle-income person can't donate to everybody. Today I received a solicitation, (and yet another beautiful calendar -- that makes 6 or 7) from the American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults. It looks legit, but I was wondering what any of you know about it and if you've benefitted from it. According to the letter it's "one of the country's most important resources for Braille reading materials for blind and deaf-vlind children," and "the largest resource in the world for specialized equipment for Braille reading and printing." Alsok they provide Braille calendars. (I wonder what they do about picture books; Is it possible to do illustrations in Braille, i.e., to use dots to outline characters and/or things like trees and animals in a picture?) This seems worthwhile to me but I wanted to check it out. As a side note, apropos of a much earlier discussion, they capitalize the word Braille. Cindy _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com