Grant Funds Braille Text Books

TAMPA, Fla. - Suncoast Schools FCU's Suncoast for Kids Foundation has awarded an $11,000 grant to the Braille Institute of Florida to buy a high volume embosser that will be used to transcribe textbooks for blind children.

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The embosser will be used by the Institute's mobile classroom, "Good Bumps on a Roll," which will provide mobile eye screening, teach Braille and bring other services to blind individuals across Florida.

The credit union's foundation also awarded a $10,000 grant to the Guadalupe Center for Immokalee to help them buy 2,500 books and supplies to promote early literacy at home. (c) 2007 The Credit Union Journal and SourceMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cujournal.com http://www.sourcemedia.com


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