• 200 miles of beautiful scenery
 • 3 days of fun and friendship
 • A lifetime of difference

August 1 - 3, 2008, more than 50 cyclists, including blind riders, will take to the streets on an epic journey of more than 200 miles. It's not the Tour De France, but these dedicated riders will put the pedal to the asphalt for a special cause - to help raise awareness about sight loss.

The 4th Annual Cycling for Sight bike ride will begin at Braille Institute's Santa Barbara Center on August 1. The purpose of this special event is to raise awareness about blindness and the various retinal diseases that affect more than 9 million Americans across the country. The proceeds will benefit Braille Institute's Youth and Career Services program, which helps foster independent living skills and build self-confidence in blind and visually impaired children.

The riders will journey south along the beautiful California coastline from Santa Barbara to Malibu and then on to Laguna Beach. The ride will conclude on August 3 at Braille Institute's San Diego Center, but not before the long-suffering participants are joined by 15 blind and visually impaired children riding tandem bikes, who will join in the last leg of the race to the finish line in a show of support and encouragement.

If you are interested in participating in the Cycling for Sight event, either as a volunteer or a rider, please visit the event's Web site at: www.cyclingforsight.org.

You are invited to a FREE seminar at our Los Angeles Center:

A FREE Seminar About Macular Degeneration
Wednesday, May 14
10 a.m. to noon
Technology/Resource Fair noon to 1 p.m.

  Braille Institute
  Weingart Conference Center
  741 North Vermont Avenue
  Los Angeles, CA 90029

Speakers will include Kent W. Small, M.D., president of Molecular Insight L.L.C., and the Macula and Retina Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Towers, who will give an update on the latest research and development in the field of macular degeneration.

At the conclusion of the seminar, you are invited to partake in a Technology and Resource Fair.

If you are unable to attend, we invite you to call to order a free tape or CD of the seminar. For more information and to R.S.V.P., please call: 323/663-1111, Ext. 1519.

Braille Institute's Library Services was recently honored by the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Libraries Agencies (ASCLA), receiving the prestigious National Organization on Disability 2007 Award, which recognizes significant accomplishments in serving people with disabilities. Of special notice to the award committee was our Telephone Reader program, which provides access to daily newspapers through a phone-based system and is now available in Spanish. For more information about our Telephone Reader program, click here.

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