Welcome to the 2005 Blind Week media pack!

Needles?
A PhD while raising twins?
A child performer and a world first?
A 79 year old man and the internet?

Read on to find out what they have to do with blindness!

Blind Week is on from 25-31 October and it's critical that people 'Notice us' in our fluoro orange arrow hats and collector vests.

Our mission? To raise more than $1.1 million during Blind Week so we can continue to provide essential services to blind, deafblind and vision-impaired New Zealanders and to educate and inform the public about blindness awareness and prevention.

Your mission? To consider telling your audience about Blind Week and share the compelling stories of our blind, deafblind and vision-impaired members.

This 2005 Blind Week media pack contains:

• Brilliant mini profiles about RNZFB members
• An honest, first-person account of what it is like living with blindness
• What to do when you meet a blind or vision-impaired person
• Foundation facts
• One of our infamous fluoro arrow hats
• Outlook magazine

If you need the pack to be sent to you in electronic format, please contact us. We can also assist by finding an interesting Foundation member in your area for you to profile, finding a local angle, or providing high resolution photos.

Please give generously when you see our collectors out and about on the streets or donate $3 by texting BLIND to 883.

Please help people 'Notice us' this Blind Week!

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Byers,
RNZFB Communications Coordinator, ph: 09 355 6906 / 021 752 875 sbyers

Kirsty McFadden,
RNZFB Communications Coordinator, ph: 09 355 6884 / 021 130 9350 kmcfadden