IMAGINING THE FUTURE

LIGHT 2014 ANNUAL REPORT BRAILLE INSTITUTE

WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM A With Our Sincere Gratitude At a Glance New Leadership, New Directions Leslie E. Stocker served Braille Institute for more Staff (247.2 FTE) 261 than 35 years, beginning in 1979 as Director of Development, then as Assistant Executive Volunteers 3,069 Director in 1984, before being named President Volunteer/Staff Ratio 12:1 in 1995. Mr. Stocker retired on March 14, 2014. Several years before founding Braille Institute of America and Regional Center teams completed core projects Under his distinguished leadership, Braille Administrative Costs 3.6% in 1919, Bob Atkinson said, “There must be something to upgrade hardware and create unique regional Institute experienced unparalleled growth and better for blind people, there has to be. I’m going to find technology learning centers, called Connection PointeSM. the expansion of the organization’s mission, Fundraising Costs 13.3% it.” And so the work of our great organization began. We will continue to invest in digital technology for service area, and national presence. students — whether it’s in the classroom, on mobile Mission: Braille Institute is a The powerful words of Bob Atkinson guide our Throughout his career, Mr. Stocker has been an innovative leader devices, or on the web. This will help more people nonprofit organization whose mission and support our passion to improve the lives in serving people who are blind or visually impaired. He greatly access our programs, including our largest program, mission is to eliminate barriers of thousands of people with vision loss each year. expanded access to Braille Institute services in Southern California Library Services. to a fulfilling life caused by His words continue to inspire innovation and quality and nationally. His tenure included creating a national initiative to blindness and severe sight loss. improvement today at Braille Institute. We expect that the overall economic and operating reverse the decline of braille literacy with programs such as The Braille environment will remain challenging. Accordingly, key Challenge®, a national academic competition designed specifically This past year a new and broader management priorities for the coming year include revenue growth; for blind children, and the Braille Special Collection program, which team was formed, in part by adding our five Regional investment in our highest impact programs; refining provides free braille books to children. He also led the rollout of Executive Directors to the Senior Leadership Team. our understanding of client needs; and our overall several capital campaigns for the construction of three new Southern Together, we began Imagining the Future with New marketing strategies. California centers — Rancho Mirage, San Diego and Santa Barbara — Leadership and New Directions. We focused on key and expanded the Los Angeles and Orange County Centers. priorities identified in LIGHT last year. We strengthened We are confident that the strategic priorities and grand our philanthropic infrastructure through the addition of opportunities before us will be achieved by the talent and Stability has been the hallmark of Braille Institute management. staff and a new cloud-based database. We also focused dedication of our team. Our confidence, as always, is built Mr. Stocker created and implemented the succession plan that on organizational productivity and better measurement on the time-tested foundation of excellent leadership brought our new President, Peter A. Mindnich, to the organization of the impact of our work. from our governing Board, generous private support from in October 2011. Mr. Mindnich assumed his current responsibilities our donors, the boundless service of our volunteers, and on March 15, 2014, upon Mr. Stocker’s retirement. Most importantly, our collective efforts provided extraordinary daily service from our staff. countless opportunities for our clients to learn We extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Stocker for his unwavering new skills, form relationships, To all of you who make it happen every day, we offer our commitment to Braille Institute and to people around the nation and achieve personal goals. sincere gratitude. who are blind and visually impaired. This report highlights personal stories of several of these individuals, including Avimael Villegas, Angelica Chavirra, “ I’ve had very limited vision all my life. Three years Rafael Morales, and Cathy Gardner. ago, I became totally blind and that’s when I found Braille Institute. As a result of the independent Imagining the Future, we see tremendous living skills, like cooking, that I learned, I live on my opportunity. For example, just as we are leading the own for the first time in my life. I love computers too way to improve Braille Literacy, we are building and enjoy giving back by teaching others to use a similar leadership position in Digital Literacy for the iPad and iPhone.” individuals who are blind and visually impaired. Nutsiri “Earth” Kidkul Given the accelerating use of technology throughout the world, we believe it is imperative that our clients learn to use digital devices so they can move forward in their lives socially, academically, Lester M. Sussman Peter A. Mindnich, MSW, MBA and professionally. Our Information Technology Chair President

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Building on the strength of our longstanding “ I grew up in the foster care foundation, we will continue to adapt our services to system and started losing my meet the changing needs of our clients by: vision in 6th grade. When I met the other students in classes at • Broadening our traditional and technology-based curricula so that Braille Institute, I was humbled our clients can build the skills they need to actively participate in and appreciative of the vision I both the physical and digital worlds. have left. I’ve learned not to let the past dictate my future • Expanding and improving our telephone support service, and I want to spread this Vision ConnectSM, to include even more specially trained message to others.” staff and volunteers who can connect people with vital resources nationally and in each of our regions. Joseph Burton • Bolstering outreach programming to ensure Braille Institute has the flexibility to be where the demand is so that we strengthen our ties to local, regional, and national communities.

Last year was an exciting time of change and innovation at Braille Institute. Among the many highlights: • We invested in resources and programs that encouraged our adult clients to harness the wealth of technology resources that can help them achieve their personal goals. Our Connection Pointe technology learning centers are now in all five regional centers. They provide free instruction on accessible features to be found in the latest digital devices to help our clients stay connected to the world around them. • To help our youth stay competitive in school and prepare for the future, we piloted new digital projects that help strengthen their braille literacy skills. And, our commitment to advancing the cause of braille literacy continued to be recognized on a national level. This past spring we received the Touch of Genius award from the renowned National Braille Press for our work developing the iBraille Challenge app. With guidance from our Smartphones, tablets, and • We supported Library patrons of all ages who are eager to embrace technology staff and special personal computers have new reading technologies and saw a 22% increase in digital book adaptive software, our blind and revolutionized the way those downloads. visually impaired students can who are visually impaired can • We introduced a comprehensive data management system to better use the computer effectively. stay connected to the world evaluate the effectiveness of our programs and the progress of our around them. clients and students.

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Gender Braille Institute has classes and programs designed to meet the needs National Programs, p. 6-7 Regional Centers, p. 8-17 Community Programs, p. 18 of people of any age who are blind or visually impaired. Male 31% Braille Institute offers a variety Through our five regional Braille Institute promotes strong Female 69% For Adults: of free programs that are available centers, Braille Institute provides ties to the community and strives throughout the United States. on-site services for children, to bring resources to those who • Classes are geared toward the teens, young adults, and adults need them. Age practical day-to-day adaptation to Our programs foster braille who are blind or visually impaired. Up to 19 4% life with less vision. and digital literacy and other We hold classes for clients in senior important skills. We also Although each center provides a centers and assisted living facilities, 20 to 64 26% • Our Braille Institute Library provide valuable information full range of classes for all ages, provide direct services in the home, 65 and Over 70% provides books, magazines, and and referral services such as each center also has classes and and offer training to those who other publications in audio, braille, helping to find local service services that meet the unique work with people who are blind or large print, and digital format. Primary Cause of Visual agencies, or identifying useful needs of their communities. visually impaired. Impairment • Low Vision Consultations help adaptive technology. Our National Macular Degeneration 23% our clients make the most of their remaining vision using low and high Programs make a difference in Cataracts 14% tech devices, from simple magnifiers and lighting to digital devices. the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired, and their Glaucoma 11% • Connection Pointe technology centers provide instruction in all of families, no matter where Diabetic Retinopathy 10% the latest mainstream and adaptive devices, such as smartphones, they live. Retinitis Pigmentosa 3% tablets, voice output software, and much more. For Children, Teens and Duration of Blindness Young Adults: Up to 1 year 1% • Early Childhood Development Up to 5 years 1% consultations with families of Up to 10 years 2% infants and toddlers who were Up to 20 years 91% born blind or visually impaired help with understanding the child’s More than 20 years 5% diagnosis, provide referrals, and understand the developmental Nature of Visual milestones. Impairment • Braille Literacy programs for children and teens promote reading Congenital 7% braille, a skill proven to have a measurable impact on success in (blind since birth) school and work. Adventitious 93% (formerly sighted) • Classes and programs prepare children, teens, and young adults to face the world with confidence while challenging them to develop their social and vocational skills in preparation for adulthood.

4 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 5 “ By creatively focusing on traditional skills as well as digital literacy, we engage people around the country who are blind and visually impaired so that they, too, can benefit from access to the community, information, and emerging technology for life in 2014 and beyond.” National Programs Nancy Niebrugge, Associate Vice President, National Programs National Braille Literacy Initiative A person who is blind needs to master braille reading and writing for the same reasons that a sighted person needs to be able to read and write print— to be considered literate. Yet only a minority of people without sight are braille literate. Our National Literacy Initiative promotes braille use through our free classes, Special Collection book program, Library Services, and Braille Challenge competition.

The Braille Challenge® Special Collection Digital Programs The 2014 fall launch of Digital Dots expands our Special Collection program so that high school age braille readers will no longer need to This motivating academic Our free books for children include Braille Institute’s Digital Programs rely on thick and unwieldy embossed volumes of popular books. By TM competition promoting braille Dots for Tots®, Top Dot , and include our Connection Pointe using Digital Dots and refreshable braille notetakers or other portable literacy is open to visually impaired TacTales® (multi-sensory kits technology centers, live streaming tablets/devices for reading, just like their sighted peers, students, grades 1 - 12, in the for preschoolers and beginning of our eye disease seminars, and it will be easy for braille readers to download United States and Canada. readers), and general interest our mobile apps. ViA (Visually best sellers like The Giver and Regional competitions are held and reference titles in braille for Impaired App) helps users find The Hunger Games. across North America and the older children. New this year is the apps most useful for those finalists compete in The Braille Digital Dots, an electronic braille with low or no vision, and Challenge Finals in Los Angeles. program, giving older children VisionSimTM gives people with the opportunity to download healthy vision a better braille books of any length. understanding of degenerative eye diseases. Vision ConnectSM Our centralized Vision Connect call center extends our reach, National Stats providing referral ® Braille Challenge Children participating in regional events held across 1,065 Cane Quest services and U.S. and Canada This program invites blind and information about Braille Special Collection Children’s books distributed 5,219 visually impaired youth, grades eye diseases, our free Multi-sensory storybook kits distributed 2,202 3 - 12, across the United States to programs, resources, Cane Quest Children participating in U.S. Regional Contests 79 compete in an annual orientation and downloadable Vision Connect People provided with information designed to help them 2,578 and mobility skills contest. Through apps. Contact Vision live well with low or no vision Connect at our toll-free participation in this event, children Digital Programs People downloading Braille Institute apps to help them live 18,100 improve their ability to maneuver number 1-800-BRAILLE well with low or no vision independently through their day. (272-4553). “ Two years ago I lost a lot of my sight and could no longer work. Thanks to Braille Institute, I’ve learned many skills, including reading braille and using a tablet. Now I want to be a teacher.” Angelica Chavirra 6 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 7 Highlights from “ So many students come to us thinking that their lives are over because they are losing their sight. Our programs and services provide the personal connections, independence, and self-confidence that give them access to a new chapter in their lives. We are changing lives every day.” Los Angeles Anita Wright, Executive Director, Los Angeles Center Child Development Program Contact Los Angeles Center Stats Hours Each of the regional centers offers programs and classes that meet the needs of their community. In Los Angeles Adult Students Enrolled at Center 837 57,022 that includes our very active Child Development Program. This program’s early intervention services for Youths Enrolled (6—18) 261 18,829 families with blind or visually impaired infants or toddlers has recently expanded how it delivers services. Due to recent cutbacks in state-supported programs, many families from outside of our normal service area Young Adults Enrolled (19—30) 85 938 have reached out to us for help. To fill this need, we now offer short-term services for these families, providing Low Vision Consultations 1,051 N/A limited home visits, connecting the family with services in their community, and following up as needed. Adults Enrolled at Outreach Locations 1,067 12,275 Mobile Solutions Low Vision Consultations 663 N/A When Lilyana was just 2 months old, she was diagnosed with cancer in one eye. That is when her “ I grew up with so many obstacles and challenges. I had no mother, Monica (right), self-esteem, but now I have confidence and I challenge myself turned to Braille Institute. constantly. In the future if I become completely blind, I will “I didn’t know anything have learned to become totally independent because of when Lilyana was first Braille Institute.” diagnosed,” she remembers. With the help of her Braille Institute consultant, Sonia (left), she gained Rafael Morales, a visually impaired and deaf student, has learned to use the ZBrush program in the 3D access to the resources and support she needed digital sculpting classes at the Los Angeles Center. to make informed decisions. Now age 4, Lilyana’s He hopes to become a professional digital artist. t-shirt says it all — The Future is Mine.

2014 Accomplishments: Helping our students understand eye diseases and related health issues has been a major focus at our Los Angeles Center. Our seminar series on this vital subject has been our most successful to date, with a 50% increase in attendance. We also launched an ongoing effort through our volunteers and community outreach to emphasize that Braille Institute’s services are for both those who are blind and those with low, usable vision. 2015 Plans: We will continue to expand the number of communities served by our El Poder Sin VerSM (Ability Without Sight) Spanish language program. And, with the formal opening of our new Connection Pointe technology center, With guidance and instruction we look forward to supporting the mainstream digital and software needs of our from our specially trained staff, youth and adult students. students gain confidence in their ability to get around town safely.

8 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 9 Highlights from “ When I see our students accomplish one of their goals with a newly learned skill—whether it’s cutting an apple or confidently using their cane or iPhone—I know that we at Braille Institute have succeeded with our mission.” Orange County Gloria Coulston, Executive Director, Orange County Center Free Services for Visually Impaired Youth & Teens Contact Orange County Center Stats Hours Children with low or no vision need the same developmental experiences as their peers. Free services Adult Students Enrolled at Center 583 42,571 for visually impaired youth and teens provide those experiences through recreational, educational, and daily Youths Enrolled (6—18) 111 9,492 living programs. Kitchen Confidence for Youth is a favorite among the many offerings. Although all of our centers have Kitchen Confidence programs for adults, the Orange County Center includes this popular class Young Adults Enrolled (19—30) 57 282 adapted for children, ages 6 - 12, to give them the tools and safety-oriented skills they need to make their own Low Vision Consultations 901 N/A snacks and to clean up, too. Adults Enrolled at Outreach Locations 569 3,112

“ I actually did this (cooking) on my own, so it’s not impossible. It’s such an accomplishment! You can learn to do these things even Special classes teach youth how to use kitchen utensils safely and In our Healthy Living classes, if you can’t see that well.” prepare food they eat together. Instructors encourage competence and adults learn the importance kids develop mutually supportive friendships among their classmates. Evan Guerrero, age 11 of staying active and staying connected to their community.

2014 Accomplishments: By mid-2014, 53 students had signed up “ I’ve learned to make for our young adult internship training program for blind and visually different types of dishes impaired students ages 18 - 30, underscoring the program’s growing and how to be safe in a success. Its value is twofold: By teaching daily living skills and the use of kitchen. I’ve learned how to adaptive technology to peers, our interns hone their career objectives and use a knife and can opener.” gain confidence through practical, transferrable work experience — while Bella Nordrum, age 11 inspiring learning from a first-hand perspective. 2015 Plans: 2015 marks the relaunch of our in-home program for adults unable to attend on-site classes and for those who are newly blind or visually impaired. With a new digital literacy component, in-home visits by English and Spanish-speaking instructors will cover daily living skills, connection to our Library Services, adaptive devices, and other technologies, as well as referrals for our orientation and mobility services and appropriate outside agencies.

10 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 11 Highlights from “ Through outreach, Braille Institute Rancho Mirage has increased awareness of our low vision wellness programs and services in the three counties that we serve, and we will soon be taking adaptive technology into those communities.” Rancho Mirage Lisa M. Jimenez, Executive Director, Rancho Mirage Center Community Outreach Contact Rancho Mirage Center Stats Hours At Rancho Mirage, raising awareness for our services and building trust among those who need them is Adult Students Enrolled at Center 441 31,602 not only vital to our mission, it is also critical as we serve more than 31,000 square miles including San Youths Enrolled (6—18) 52 2,160 Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial counties. A Day of Discovery, new this year to our Community Outreach Program, does just that. After we speak about Braille Institute at an outreach location, we invite those in Young Adults Enrolled (19—30) 116 980 attendance to come to our campus, providing transportation, a tour, lunch, and an afternoon of independent Low Vision Consultations 666 N/A living classes. This important activity has generated new partnerships with other agencies and organizations Adults Enrolled at Outreach Locations 350 768 connected to our community. Mobile Solutions Low Vision Consultations 308 N/A

“ I lost my right eye when I was 9 years old and as I got older cataracts made my remaining vision very fuzzy. I felt lonely and afraid to go outside. A friend told me about Braille Institute and it gave me my life back! Now I’m also a volunteer going out into the community to help Our art classes help develop fine others understand about visual impairment and Clients learn the skills necessary for safe, independent living. To be motor skills and sensory especially how technology can help.” prepared for an emergency, they practice turning off gas and using a awareness, enhance memory, and fire extinguisher. encourage creative thinking. Cathy Gardner

2014 Accomplishments: Named Rancho Mirage’s Outstanding Non-Profit of 2014 by the Rancho Mirage Chamber of Commerce, we have increased our visibility through proactive outreach and partnerships with more than 50 organizations throughout the tri-county area that we serve. 2015 Plans: We will continue to focus on those partnerships and on our outreach effort, Mobile Solutions, which takes adaptive and mainstream technology to those unable to attend classes at our technology center. We will also implement our plan to address the needs of our young adult population through new Monday programs focused on career development skills and related topics. Inside our specially equipped Mobile Solutions vehicle, clients can take advantage of our services anywhere in the community. 12 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 13 Highlights from “ Our staff and volunteers have taken the quality and size of our core and enrichment offerings to new levels, providing outstanding services and building a community through a culture of ‘yes,’ while growing both our on-site and off-site community presence.” San Diego Richard Ybarra, Executive Director, San Diego Center Contact Adult Classes San Diego Center Stats Hours Adult Students Enrolled at Center 404 34,515 Adult Classes — 135 strong in our San Diego center alone — help support and inspire confidence in those with limited vision through instruction in home management, assistive technology, adaptive living Youths Enrolled (6—18) 73 3,237 techniques, safe transportation, and more. With our emphasis on teamwork, coordination between Young Adults Enrolled (19—30) 19 103 departments, volunteers and education staff, and with input from students, our class offerings continually Low Vision Consultations 524 N/A evolve to even higher levels of excellence. Adults Enrolled at Outreach Locations 1,060 2,005 Braille Institute’s adult classes, which are available at all the regional centers, teach those who are blind or visually impaired how to do familiar tasks in a new, safe way, enabling them to achieve a greater degree of independence.

Visually impaired students learn Learning braille is essential to to use special software that succeeding in a sighted world. allows them to access the wealth Students begin with the basic of information available through alphabet (above) and move on to computers. writing with a brailling machine (left).

“ I’ve had eye problems since I was 2014 Accomplishments: Through special programs in our center and our expanding El Poder Sin Ver born. Braille Institute is about (Ability Without Sight) Spanish language outreach program for Latinos who are visually impaired or blind, more than just braille, it has we have raised our visibility among this large and under-represented population. This year we served 23% first-class adaptive living classes. more Latino students than last year and more than three dozen Latino students have enrolled in our new I’ve taken many classes here and Spanish Fridays classes in technology, Spanish braille, adaptive living, and more. have learned how to live on my own and to take care of myself. 2015 Plans: In October 2014, to further increase our visibility in the community and give our entire My life is so much better now mission a major boost for the year ahead, we will present the El Poder Sin Ver Expo. With corporate, media, and I want to help others with a and governmental sponsors, as well as 15 organizations providing services, we expect this to be the largest similar condition.” Spanish language event serving the visually impaired in San Diego history. Avimael Villegas

14 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 15 Highlights from “ Since the dedication of our rebuilt center in 2004, our enrollment has increased significantly. We are meeting the needs of those we serve not only with our focus on Low Vision Wellness, but with today’s technology, helping our students maintain a high level of independence and productivity at home, in the classroom, and in the work place.” Santa Barbara Michael Lazarovits, Executive Director, Santa Barbara Center Library Services Contact Santa Barbara Center Stats Hours Braille Institute’s Library serves more than 30,000 adults and children each year throughout Southern Adult Students Enrolled at Center 204 21,789 California, providing access to hundreds of thousands of publications in audio, braille, and large print formats. Youths Enrolled (6—18) 39 962 To meet the increased demand from our Library patrons to incorporate the vast array of reading technologies, we are developing new program models. For example, at our Santa Barbara Center we have combined our Young Adults Enrolled (19—30) 17 2,068 Library Services with our Connection Pointe technology center, which enables us to provide instruction on Low Vision Consultations 726 N/A how to download books onto personal devices and much, much more. Adults Enrolled at Outreach Locations 795 6,105

“Before coming here I didn’t speak or understand English very well, and was not computer literate. Now I can communicate in English and via computers, and this has inspired me to earn my GED, which I just received! Braille Institute has greatly illuminated the darkness in my life.” Luis Arias, a student since 1997 and braille instructor, holds his refreshable braille display.

Students use CCTV screens, one This class helps clients utilize their digital tablets, including apps of the tools helpful for reading specially developed for the visually impaired. books and magazines at our Library.

2014 Accomplishments: Our strong emphasis on training those who are blind or visually impaired in the newest adaptive and mainstream technology — including iPads, iPhones, Android phones, and reading tablets — empowers our students to lead more independent, productive, and enjoyable lives. We launched an iPad loaner program, the first of its kind at Braille Institute, enabling students to complete their classwork at home. 2015 Plans: We will introduce an all-new Kitchen Confidence program with an updated curriculum and a renovated kitchen classroom. The new room will include individual workstations and a smart board, an interactive teaching device for linking recipes to students’ iPads. Instructors teach our students how to use the braille machines in our Library.

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At Braille Institute we provide access to information and resources to anyone experiencing vision loss The multi-talented Jim Hull is a writer, lecturer, performer, and musician. or blindness regardless of where they live. In Southern California, that means expanding beyond our five An active volunteer since 1987, Hull has recorded most of Braille Institute’s regional centers and taking our programs and services directly into surrounding communities. publications, the dictation test for school children taking part in our Braille Challenge competition, and recorded audio versions of national Outreach Client Services magazines — all for the visually impaired audience. Many of our clients are unable to travel to one of our centers due to Every Tuesday, rain or shine, Hull can also be found volunteering at the health or transportation reasons. To help them learn skills they need, Los Angeles Center, teaching Music Appreciation and a lively Current we developed a specialized curriculum that we can take directly to Events class. senior centers, clinics, and other community locations. We also help “What do I get out of it? It’s enormously satisfying,” Hull said. “It’s an anchor clients one-on-one in their homes. point in my life and has been for a quarter century. This is an institution that does what it says it’s doing, does it well, and does it with compassion, Training and Partnerships Ambassador Program understanding, helpfulness, and friendliness. And Braille Institute is very Our Community Training program Community Ambassador Volunteers play an respectful of its volunteers. I’ve always been treated like royalty here. offers valuable information to important role in Braille Institute’s outreach “As long as they want me to show up, I’m going to show up.” providers, caregivers, and others efforts through informational presentations on how to best work with those on our services. These specially trained who are blind or visually impaired. volunteers also represent the organization at Page O’Brien Jasinski has been teaching golf to kids and Through our low vision wellness local events to help us get our message out adults in Santa Barbara for over 20 years. Page started partnerships, Visualizing Your to people who are experiencing volunteering at Braille Institute about 20 years ago when Options, organizations select Braille vision loss. she was asked to help teach a golf class to Braille Institute Institute services most suitable for students. She found it so rewarding that she continues to the needs of their clients, residents, train other Braille Institute students. Some of these students or patients. In turn, these partners have gone on to join the U.S. Blind Golf Association and one play a significant role in increasing “I lost all of my sight due even competed in a tournament in Scotland. awareness of Braille Institute. to diabetes 10 years ago and was referred “As a volunteer, I’ve felt very inspired by my students’ to Braille Institute stories of overcoming changes in life, from having sight, to by my doctor. I took losing sight. I’ve been impressed by their positive attitudes many classes here and sense of humor, the way they take things in stride and and learned to live seize opportunities to expand their lives. Most had never independently. I tell my played golf before they lost their sight. I saw how much it students that nothing is meant to them to come to the golf course, to play a sport Community Training Stats impossible in this life!” outside in the fresh air, and to join with a community of Clinicians 1,420 Raul Resendiz, Braille golf players.” Caregivers 338 instructor and disability Other Professionals 3,645 advocate in his community. Volunteer Stats Service Hours Volunteers 3,069 126,152 Volunteer to Staff Ratio 12/1 N/A

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National Programs Regional Programs

The Braille Challenge® Braille Special Collection Library Services Low Vision Consultations Number of Participants 1,065 Active Subscribers 2,998 Registered Library Patrons 30,740 Center Consultations U.S. States & Canadian Provinces Represented 46 Children’s Books Distributed 5,219 Books Circulated 974,188 Los Angeles 1,051 Dots-for-Tots® Kits Distributed 1,221 Depositories at Public Library Locations 1,405 Orange County 901 Tac-Tales® Kits Distributed 565 Rancho Mirage 666 Top Dot™ Distributed 416 Adult Education and Counseling San Diego 524 Center Students Enrolled Contact Hours Santa Barbara 726 Cane Quest® Los Angeles 837 57,022 Total 3,868 Orange County 583 42,571 Total Number of Participants 79 Rancho Mirage 441 31,602 Child Development: Infants through age 5 San Diego 404 34,515 SM Primary Services (includes all long term Vision Connect Santa Barbara 204 21,789 consultations of six months or more) Total 2,469 187,499 Total Phone Inquiries 2,578 Early Intervention (Birth to 3 years) Youth Services: Age 6 to 18 In Home Services • Number of Infants/Families 182 Community Partnerships, Training, and Volunteers Center Youths Contact Hours • Hours of Services 4,103 Los Angeles 261 18,829 Child Pre-school support and transition programs Orange County 111 9,492 • Number of Families/Children Over Age 3 164 Rancho Mirage 52 2,160 Community Training Programs (number of people trained) • Hours of Services 3,585 San Diego 73 3,237 Center Clinicians Caregivers Other Eye Disease Total Santa Barbara 39 962 Medical Visits with families 595 Professionals Seminars Total 536 34,680 Consultations Los Angeles 152 35 162 95 444 • Short Term (number of families served for 120 Orange County 417 217 2,018 394 3,046 Young Adults: Age 19 to 30 up to 6 months) Rancho Mirage 154 14 393 245 806 Center Young Adults Contact Hours • Long Term 226 Santa Barbara 274 40 188 0 502 Los Angeles 85 938 Total Children and Families Served* 346 San Diego 386 32 107 183 708 Orange County 57 282 Child Development 37 0 777 0 814 * 68 additional families not enrolled in Braille Institute’s Rancho Mirage 116 980 programs were served through parent groups. Total 1,420 338 3,645 917 6,320 San Diego 19 103 Santa Barbara 17 2,068 Community Partnerships Volunteer Services Total 294 4,371 Mobile Solutions Los Angeles 188 Center Volunteers Service Hours Rancho Mirage, Los Angeles Orange County 246 Los Angeles 1,433 49,064 Outreach Classes Sites Visited 193 Rancho Mirage 27 Orange County 571 21,068 Center Students Enrolled Contact Hours Low Vision Consultations 971 San Diego 139 Rancho Mirage 152 16,726 Los Angeles 1,067 12,275 Number of Visitors 1,115 Santa Barbara 72 San Diego 286 12,846 Orange County 569 3,112 Library Applications 156 Child Development 279 Santa Barbara 627 26,448 Rancho Mirage 350 768 Total 951 Total 3,069 126,152 San Diego 1,060 2,005 Santa Barbara 795 6,105 Total 3,841 24,265

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Board of Directors – Clinical Advisors Benjamin Pomeroy Income ($000) Digital Programs Fiscal Year 13/14 Richard Casey, M.D. Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Josefina Songco Years Ended June 30 2014 2013 Chair Business Services Bartly J. Mondino, M.D. Public Support Income Sources Lester M. Sussman, C.P.A.* Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Maria L. Valdivia Senior Practice Leader Information Technology Bequests from Wills & Trusts 7,787 11,530 12.3% Resources Global Professionals Steven D. Schwartz, M.D. ■ Bequests from Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA Other Contributions 4,381 4,869 Wills & Trusts Regional Executive Directors 4.9% Member Roger F. Steinert, M.D. Anita Wright Total Public Support 12,168 16,399 ■ Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, UC-Irvine Other Thomas K. Callister Los Angeles Other Revenue Contributions Great World Travel Bill Takeshita, O.D., F.A.A.O., F.C.O.V.D. Center for the Partially Sighted Gloria Y. Coulston Royalties 4,609 3,999 ■ Royalties Michael C. Corley* Orange County 38.4% KPMG LLP Rohit Varma, M.D., M.P.H. State Library Appropriation 987 813 USC Eye Institute, Keck School of Lisa M. Jimenez ■ State Library Caryl O. Crahan Rancho Mirage Net Investment Income 2,490 1,436 Appropriation 22.8% Medicine Percy Duran III Richard M. Ybarra Total Other Revenue 8,086 6,248 Management San Diego ■ Net Investment James H. Jackson* Peter A. Mindnich Total Income 20,254 22,647 Income 21.6% Vice President & COO Michael R. Lazarovits President Santa Barbara Allocation from Reserves 4,977 6,472 Alisal Guest Ranch David L. Burkhardt Support Group Presidents Total Funds Received 25,231 29,119 Richard C. Larson*** Vice President of Philanthropy Richard C. Lawton Jon K. Hayashida, O.D., F.A.A.O. Sandy Brown Braille Institute Auxiliary — Michael J.D. Lindsay* Vice President of Programs & Services East San Gabriel Valley John F. Llewellyn* Pat Andersons Expenditures ($000) Chairman, Forest Lawn Memorial Gene M. Mathiowetz Vice President of Regional Programs Braille Institute Auxiliary of Park Association Santa Barbara Years Ended June 30 2014 2013 Reza Rahman Richard A. Nelson* Vice President of Finance Denise Sunseri Program Services Friends of Braille Institute San Diego Operating Expenditures* John G. Nuanes* Anthony J. Taketa Los Angeles Center 3,972 3,806 Vice President & General Counsel Beverly Adair ■ Program Services 3.6% Jeanne Olenicoff* Associates of the Desert Child Development 840 849 Mari H. Abrams Nishan O. Partamian ■ Philanthropy Associate Vice President Rancho Mirage Center 1,811 1,774 Trinity Asset Management Advisors of Marketing & Communications ■ Support Services Milliman Orange County Center 2,368 2,321 6.4% James J. Rhodes* Adama Dyoniziak Managing Director Actuaries San Diego Center 1,969 1,955 ■ Administration Associate Vice President of Strategic 13.3% Proteus Environmental Technologies Programs & Performance Management Poindexter & Doutré, Inc. Santa Barbara Center 1,840 1,869 General Legal Counsel * Including Depreciation Harvey Strode* Janice E. Herzberg Braille Publishing 999 1,108 of $1,453 Principal, UCBB Capital & Transition Associate Vice President Grant Thornton Solutions, LLC of Human Resources Auditors Library Sevices 3,059 3,023 Vanguard Group 76.7% Philip V. Swan* Nancy N. Niebrugge Volunteer Services 433 431 Private Trustee Associate Vice President Investment Advisors of National Programs Marketing and Public Relations 1,139 1,459 George E. Thomas* Total Program Services 18,430 18,595 Thomas Partners Investments, LLC Department Directors Administration 918 859 David J. Wiegand* Jamie Aung Philanthropy 3,346 2,745 Diane Wilkinson Financial Services Henry C. Chang, Ph.D. Support Services 1,630 1,718 * Executive Committee Member *** Life Member Library Services Annual Report Total Operating Expenditures 24,324 23,917 Sidney H. Metcalfe Before Depreciation For complete financial results, prepared in conformity Facilities Jennifer Essen – Managing Editor with generally accepted accounting principles in the Lynne Heffley – Writer Capital Expenditures 907 5,202 Sergio Oliva USA, refer to the report on Audited Consolidated National Programs FreeAssociates – Art Direction/Design Total Expenditures 25,231 29,119 Financial Statements for Braille Institute which is Susan K. Parker-Strafaci Joel Lipton – Photography Total Net Assets 148,951 135,685 available on our website: www.brailleinstitute.org. Child Development Southern California Graphics – Printing

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We would like to offer our heartfelt thanks to everyone who gave gifts of time or money to Braille Institute Our Donors Make It Possible between January 1 and December 31, 2013. We could not have helped the tens of thousands of blind and Private donors have given 95% of the revenue needed to provide our free visually impaired people this past year without you! programs and services. Braille Institute is built upon a strong tradition of philanthropy dating back to 1919, the year of our founding, when Mary and John Longyear’s generous gift first made the work of Braille Institute possible. And that Since its founding in 1919, Braille The Wiegands: A Family of Supporters same spirit of philanthropy carries on today through donations made by individuals, foundations, businesses, Institute has transformed service clubs, volunteers, students, clients, and staff — people like you, whose gifts continue to sustain and hundreds of thousands of lives David Wiegand, now a retired telecommunications executive, first grow our vital programs and services. thanks to the generosity of donors encountered Braille Institute in 1982, while overseeing the installation We do not charge for any of our services, nor do we rely on government funding. The one constant over the who have embraced its mission. of a new phone system at our Orange County Center. last 95 years is that the impact we have on the lives of blind and visually impaired men, women, children, Braille Institute does not rely on “What I saw them doing really impressed me,” said Wiegand, who and their families each year would not be possible without our generous donors. government funding nor do we had no idea then how important Braille Institute was about to become charge for any of our services. to his own family: A few years later, his sister-in-law, Lourdes, began As we give recognition for support, space limitations allow us to list only those donors whose gifts qualified The impact we have on the lives of losing her vision due to childhood diabetes. Wiegand encouraged her them for membership in one of the following donor recognition categories. those who are blind and visually to go to the Orange County Center. impaired would not be possible Frederic & Madge E. Blasgen Mrs. Harry B. Foulger without all of our generous donors. “Her life just turned around,” he said. “She went to Braille Institute and Pillars Mr. Walter J. Bloch Mr. Thomas A. Fox This year, we feature the Wiegand started learning how to be independent — getting around with a cane Mr. Karl L. Boeckmann Mrs. Lynda Freedman Family for their dedicated support; and learning adaptive techniques for cooking. And, she made a lot of Pillars are donors who have made Mr. & Mrs. Fred Braddock Mr. & Mrs. Charles Fridberg Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Braman friends. Today, she is the most positive person in our family.” Along donations to Braille Institute for at Mr. Herb Friedenthal just one of the many special donors Mrs. Ernestine Brass, TTEE Mr. Arnold Friedman least five years. Year after year, it is who make our work possible. the way, Lourdes met and married fellow Braille Institute student Mr. David M. Brauns Mr. Morton Friedman Tadd Wagner and both are now enthusiastic volunteers. this group of generous friends that Mr. Eugene Braxton Mr. & Mrs. Yoshio Fujioka helps provide the strong financial Mr. & Mrs. Frank M. Brooks Mr. Edgar Fukutaki Wiegand and his wife, Maria, have been generous supporters of Braille foundation that has made it possible Ms. Mary Jane Brown Mr. David C. Gakenheimer Institute ever since, and Wiegand now serves on Braille Institute’s for Braille Institute to continue to Mrs. Edith N. Brownstone Mr. & Mrs. Spart Galieti provide its programs and services – Mr. Leonard C. Bunyon Board of Directors. Ms. Anne Gaydos Left to right: Tadd Wagner, free of charge – for the past 95 years. Mr. Barry L. Cagle Mrs. Kathe Gibb Lourdes Wagner, Maria Wiegand, Mr. & Mrs. William Cairns Mr. Bruce Glidden “I’m even more impressed now that I’m David Wiegand. Braille Institute is blessed to have Mr. Rafael Cardenas Ms. Bessie Gonos more involved,” he said. “I see first-hand hundreds of loyal donors who belong John R. & Matilde P. Carl Ms. Evelyn B. Greenwald how efficient and effective the organization to this club; however, space limitations Mrs. Solveig Carlsen Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred E. Haick is, and I see the breadth of things they do allow us to list only those donors Mr. Ken Carmichael Franklin D. & Phyllis M. Halladay Ms. Karen Childs and how many people they touch in so who have given gifts from January 1 Mrs. Ruth B. Hanshe through December 31, 2013, and who Mr. H. Perry Cook Mr. James A. Hart many ways.” have made at least one donation Ms. Vivian R. Cummings Mr. Eldon M. Hastain a year for 30 or more years, not Mr. Randolph Currin, Jr. Mrs. Barbara Hayden Despite being busy with other Mrs. Mary S. Vickie De Grazio Mr. Rufus L. Hayden necessarily in consecutive years. charitable and business Ms. Mercedes De La Pena Dr. Rosalyn S. Heyman interests, skiing and scuba Mr. & Mrs. Charles Aaron Ms. Marilyn A. Dettmann Mr. Otto H. Holzer diving and world travels with Mr. & Mrs. Peter Albrecht Mr. & Mrs. Leonard Deutsch Mrs. Diane M. Honjiyo Ms. Mary J. Alcala Ms. Doris E. Dosser Mrs. James R. Horst Maria, Wiegand always makes Kathy Andre Mrs. Edmund Dubois Mr. Arthur H. Host time for Braille Institute. Anonymous Mr. John D. Duffin Mrs. Peggy J. Hulce Mr. & Mrs. Allen G. Bargmann Mr. Chester A. Duke, Jr. Mrs. Elizabeth Hunter “I can’t describe how important Mr. Kenneth P. Barrere Mr. & Mrs. John L. Endicott Mr. Hans Inpijn Braille Institute has been to our Mrs. Fred Bartman Miss Charlene Farnsworth Mr. John M. Irigoyen family,” he said. “And what they Mrs. Betty Baruch Mr. Gail H. Feldman Mr. Ben Izzo Mrs. Daniel B. Beck Ms. Karen M. Fink Mr. & Mrs. Calvin W. Jackson, Jr. did for us was not an isolated Mr. & Mrs. P. Thomas Beeghly Mr. Stanley Fishfader Mr. Marcus J. Jacobson case. It’s the norm of what Dr. Richard W. Berlin Mr. & Mrs. Sylvester Fitterer Mrs. Martha Johnson happens when people go to Braille Mr. & Mrs. Dwight E. Bishop Mr. & Mrs. John M. Fitzgerald Mr. Robert A. Johnson Institute for help.” Mr. & Mrs. Robert W. Forker Mr. Philip D. Jontz 24 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 25 DONOR HONOR ROLL

Dr. Solomon Kaplan Mr. & Mrs. John S. Pearson Ms. Joan Wiseman Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. William S. Field Mrs. Jeanette Malin Mr. Stanley N. Karakawa Ricardo & Julia Pena Mrs. Leona M. Wolfson Mr. Jefferson W. Asher, Jr. Mr. Omar Fletes Ms. Marie T. Manning Miss Svea O. Karlsson Ms. Nancy Lou Pepper Mr. Robert S. Zaas Mr. & Mrs. Laurel Auxier Mr. Fred French Mrs. Phyllis Margolies Mr. Laurence S. Kaufman Mrs. Virginia H. Pepper Carolyn & Ahmet Aydin Mr. Herb Friedenthal Ms. Janet Martin Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Kawaguchi Ms. Margrett L. Persley Mr. & Mrs. Tom Bancroft Dr. & Mrs. Daniel Fuller Mr. & Mrs. Robert Martin Mrs. John D. Kegler Mr. Paul E. Pettler 1919 Circle Mr. Lynnwood Barker Dr. Lily George Mr. & Mrs. John Martinez Mr. Anton Killian Claire Pfenniger-Hanrahan Mrs. Richard A. Barlow Ms. Jeanne K. Gerson Ms. Nadine Mayes Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey Mr. & Mrs. Bernard Pflug Ms. Charmaine Blatt Ms. Andrea Giambrone Ms. Alice McConnell Mrs. Georgia R. Kirby Mr. Stacy Picascia A giving circle, named after the Mr. W. Joseph Blood Mr. Barry S. Goldbaum Paula McConnell Mr. Neal Kleiner Mr. & Mrs. Joseph J. Ponzi year of our founding, that includes Dale & Rosemary Bohlka Mrs. Babette Joy Goldberg Mr. Gary McCoy Ms. Toni Kopek Mr. Bruce G. Powers all donors who made gifts of cash, Mr. Henry Boland Patty & Ed Goren Ms. Beverly McDonald Mr. David A. Kourlas Mr. Jerry Rapport securities, or property, regardless Mr. & Mrs. Donald Boone Dorothy M. Graham Ms. Ann McKenzie Mr. & Mrs. Rolf D. Kuecherer Mr. Thomas R. Read of gift purpose, in a calendar year. Gary D. Brown Mrs. Natalie Greenberg N. Jeanine McMahon Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Landler Betty Riess (Excludes planned gifts and bequests, Gerald & Mary Jo Brown Mr. Fred W. Griggs Ms. Eileen Miller Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Lauter Mr. & Mrs. Robert Robaire which are recognized separately.) As Mr. & Mrs. David Burkhardt Mr. & Mrs. John Gump Ms. Leslie Miller Mr. Uri J. Leder Miss Lorena E. Roberts we give recognition for support, space Mary E. Burson Anna M. Hafeli Burckhard Mohr Mrs. Dolores M. Lee Mr. Gary Robinson limitations allow us to list only gifts of Mrs. Carole Buss Ms. Dowrene Hahn Mr. Wilbur Morley Mr. W. Stanley Lisiewicz Mr. Jack Rogo $1,000 or more (cumulative) between Mr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Cadman Mr. Russell J. Harder Mr. James Mosher Kleo Loba Mr. & Mrs. J. Eugene Rohrs Mr. Charles B. Caldwell Dr. Sulabha Hardikar Ms. Marion Mueller January 1 and December 31, 2013. Mr. & Mrs. Nuell C. Lunde Mr. Erno H. Ross Thomas K. Callister Iwalani Harris Mr. & Mrs. Charles Murphy Ms. Natha R. Lusk Mr. Don M. Roswurm Dr. Catherine F. Canada Mr. Rufus L. Hayden Dale & Michael Nissenson Mr. Henry Shing-yi Ma, Sr. Mr. Richard Saltsman Individuals Mr. Robert R. Carsley Catherine L. Hazlett Mr. & Mrs. John G. Nuanes Mr. Robert L. MacKay Mr. William R. Santschi $50,000 or more Mrs. Scott Chapin Bob & Phyllis Henigson Igor & Jeanne Olenicoff Ms. Kathryn W. Madara Mrs. Elizabeth S. Sarransingh Mrs. Kathleen Chesavage Mrs. Sara S. Hill Gerald S. O’Loughlin Palmer Langdon Leona Mandelbaum Mr. & Mrs. Sigmund G. Schiff Mr. Ron Chillo Mr. John W. Hollister Dr. Robert & Rita H. Palmer Dot & Rick Nelson Mr. Joseph T. Mannix Mrs. Joan Schonig Dean & Darcy Christal Mr. Jones Howell Ms. Virginia Covell Parham Ms. Ruth Stasneck Dr. & Mrs. Harold S. Marcus Mrs. Konrad Schreier Ms. Marian K. Chuan Mr. James E. Ives Mr. Ronald N. Paul Ms. Frances Marion Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Schrimmer $25,000 to $49,999 Jane P. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Allen Jaffy Mr. & Mrs. Victor Payse Mrs. Estelle Markowitz Ms. Joyce F. Schumann Mr. Robert Clary Mrs. Sally H. Jameson Ms. Faith Pearlman Bruce & Jo Ann Clark Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Martin Mrs. Sherwood Schwartz Robert & Sue Clayton Ms. Dolores C. Johnson Mr. David Pegg Ronald & Eileen Frank Mr. George Matranga Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Scully Mr. Randall S. Cline Mr. & Mrs. Anthony J. Jolles Mr. Frederick Pitzman Mr. D. Kenneth Richardson Mr. & Mrs. John R. Matthews Mr. Thomas A. Sedgwick Ms. Donna B. Cloninger Dr. Solomon Kaplan Ms. Ruth Priest David & Maria Wiegand Mr. & Mrs. Walter Mayer Dr. Martin M. Shaperman Mr. Louis L. Colen Mr. Arnold Karlson Jerry & Joyce Rabinowitz Mr. Ramsay McCue Dr. Joan Shipley $10,000 to $24,999 Mrs. Frank Cox Mr. & Mrs. Richard Karlson Homer A. Ralles Mrs. Katherine M. McDaniel Mr. & Mrs. Rocco C. Siciliano Mrs. Marcus E. Crahan, Jr. Ms. Janet R. Kellogg Ms. Lillian Raphael Mr. & Mrs. David A. McGrath Bernard & Gwen Sklar Anonymous Mr. & Mrs. Lue Cramblit Ms. Betty Kiker Mr. & Mrs. William Rapien N. Jeanine McMahon Mr. Jack H. Slaton Mrs. Thomas Artingstall Mr. James R. Creighton Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey Mr. Jerry Rapport Mr. & Mrs. Robert P. Mehelich Mr. Charles F. Smurr Mrs. Margareta Becker Mrs. Jennie M. Crowley Llona Kitzing Algis Ratkelis Ms. Bonnie S. Mellinger Mrs. Barbara A. Spriggs Mrs. Betty Bufkin Mrs. Valerie Cumming David & Mary Koop Harold & Joy Rattray Mrs. Ruth Miller Mr. & Mrs. Burt Stern Mrs. Patricia Corn Mrs. Marva Cummins Dr. Sarah P. Korda Mr. Albert Rea Mr. Wallace V. Mills Mr. Dennis A. Stetler Mr. Bill Evans Ms. Alene Cutsinger Mr. David A. Kourlas Mrs. George D. Robison Mr. Dean S. Mitchell Ms. Bunny Barbara Stivers Franklin D. & Phyllis M. Halladay Mrs. Alice E. Dart Mr. Paul T. Kozaki Mrs. Hilda Rolfe Mr. James T. Miyao Mr. John L. Tallis Ms. Helen E. Hoag Mr. Richard J. Davis Mr. George M. Kunkel Mr. Joel B. Rothman Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Moffitt Mr. Kay Tamaki Judge Meredith A. Jury Sara (Jean) Davis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Kwan Kenneth Rothschild Mr. Oscar L. Monroe Mr. & Mrs. Jack A. Teufel Ms. Mary F. Miller Ms. Elizabeth De Cuevas Kaye Lackey Mr. & Mrs. Gene Runkle Mr. Alfio L. Montanari Miss Grace H. Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Peter A. Mindnich Bertha De Gregory Richard & Shirley Larson Mrs. Mary C. Sandage Ms. Martha Jo Morehouse Dr. & Mrs. E. R. Titus Mrs. Joan Schonig Phillip & Mary De Luca Ms. Betty B. Letteau Mrs. Shirley G. Saxon Mr. Richard Moreno Mr. & Mrs. Robert G. Trout Martin & Pauline Silver Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Delugish Ms. Ellen Y. Levin Mr. Ron Schendel Patricia Rynd Morgan Mr. Frank H. Vandenbergh Dr. & Mrs. Milton Valois Margaret J. Doty Eli Levine Ms. Irma A. Schneider Mr. & Mrs. Jerry M. Myerson Ms. Mary C. Vanderschaaf Keith Wishon Michael & Regina Dowd Mr. & Mrs. Michael J.D. Lindsay Mr. William H. Schnieders Mr. Irving J. Nast Lois Vaughan $1,000 to $9,999 David Dunn Johnny & Wendy Lo Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Schrimmer Mrs. Daniel J. Nendick Mr. Elmer Ray Vollnogle Mr. Percy Duran III Dr. & Mrs. George Lobley Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Scully Mr. Irwin J. Newman Mr. Ted Tetsuo Waki Mr. & Mrs. David Abelman Mrs. Lois W. Dyk Dr. Dorothy L. Lord Mr. & Mrs. Vincent E. Scully Mr. John S. Niendorff Mr. Ivan Warshawsky Ms. Ruth T. Abraham Mr. & Mrs. James B. Elmlinger Mr. and Mrs. Lowe Mrs. Arlene Sgueglia Mrs. Norma O’Donnell Mr. & Mrs. John S. Welch Mr. Herbert S. Abrams Mr. & Mrs. John L. Endicott Doris T. Luster Dr. Joan Shipley Ms. Linda D. Ohmstede Mrs. Sally G. White Mr. James D. Akins Mr. & Mrs. Robert H. Feldman, Mrs. Dorothy MacCulloch Dr. Yossi Sidikaro Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Olsen Mr. Ronald Wilkniss Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy L. Andrews USMC (Ret) Mr. Parker Mahnke & Ms. Frances Siegel Mr. Faustino P. Pacheco Mrs. Vicki Wilson Mr. Leon S. Angvire Ms. Margie Beebe Barbara Siniscalchi

26 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 27 DONOR HONOR ROLL Mr. Billy Sisco $50,000 to $99,999 $1,000 to $9,999 Pomona Host Lions Club Planned Gifts Joseph Madej Michael & Pauline Smith Adelson Family Foundation Almex USA, Inc. The Pratt Memorial Fund John Magnuson Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Smith The Beverly & Frank Arnstein Argyros Family Foundation Regional Access Project Foundation Syd McCoy Ms. Lola Sorrells Foundation David S. Ascher Charitable Foundation Rotary International, District #5340 Planned gifts, also known as deferred Katherine Sabbagh Mr. Harris A. Sprecher Braille Institute Auxiliary of The Augustyn Foundation Trust San Diego Retina Associates gifts, help to secure Braille Institute’s Dr. David S. Saxon Mr. Milton F. Stevens Santa Ana Elks Lodge Al Slagle Santa Barbara Braille Institute Associates of the Desert future. We wish to thank and Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Stocker, Jr. Santa Barbara Foundation Bennie & Larry Sorensen The Johnny Mercer Foundation Braille Institute Auxiliary recognize those individuals who made Ms. Charlotte Stradtman Walter J. and Holly O. Thomson Carol Young Brooke Foundation The Sikand Foundation, Inc. Ann Hayes Valois Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Suastegui Ken Soubry Foundation, Inc. irrevocable planned gifts to Braille Leonard Weil Foundation Byram Memorial Trust of the California Institute during calendar year 2013. Lester & Linda Sussman Community Foundation Sidney Stern Memorial Fund Pierce S. Wenthur Dr. Lois Marie Sutton T-Base Communications $25,000 to $49,999 The Champions Volunteer Foundation Sara (Jean) Davis Mr. Philip V. Swan Walter J. and Holly O. Thomson Fund Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians The Children’s Doctor Mr. Herb Friedenthal Mrs. Barbara Talbert Thoren Family Charitable Trust Boand Family Foundation City National Bank Jeanette Goldbaum Gifts in Kind Robert & Sue Talley Tour de Palm Springs Braille Institute Auxiliary, East San Arnold & Kay Clejan Charitable Rochelle Gollin Ms. Agnes Tam Union Pacific Foundation Gabriel Valley Foundation Mr. Robert W. Lloyd Mrs. Allie E. Tegner United States Association of Blind Gifts in kind are non-monetary Don and Lorraine Freeberg Foundation Betty Corradini Endowment Fund of the Mr. & Mrs. Donald Louthian Ms. June Teitsworth Athletes (USABA) gifts of tangible goods that either Frank and Joseph Gila Fund California Community Foundation Mr. Frank R. Miller, Jr. George & Bonnie Thomas Walmilly Foundation in themselves, or from proceeds Callie D. McGrath Charitable Foundation Cushman Foundation Mr. David L. Myers Ms. Deborah Thurm resulting from their sale, help support Ann Peppers Foundation Delta Gamma Foundation Mrs. Norma O’Donnell Ralph & Susie Treiman the mission of Braille Institute. We The Irvine and Irma Robbins Foundation Desert Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Mr. Richard Pearce Dorothy M. Trygstad Founder’s Circle Wood-Claeyssens Foundation Florence R. Devine #1 Fund of the Mr. Lester J. Steffens wish to thank all those who made Ms. Matilda Vermeer California Community Foundation donations of gifts in kind during Mr. Arnold Aubert Vernon $10,000 to $24,999 Florence R. Devine #2 Fund of the Each year, the Chairman of the Board calendar year 2013. However, space Ms. Martha Vieten The Cecile and Fred Bartman Foundation California Community Foundation of Braille Institute selects a program of In Memoriam & limitations allow us to only list those Mr. Lloyd Vogelweid The Bruce Ford and Anne Smith Bundy Carrie Estelle Doheny Foundation whose gifts were estimated to be of a Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wallace utmost importance for special support. Foundation Elks of Los Angeles Foundation Tribute Gifts value of $1,000 or more. Dr. & Mrs. Harvey I. Wallack The Founder’s Circle recognizes those City of Laguna Woods Farbstein Family Charitable Foundation donors who designate contributions Mr. Robert C. Wanzong Catherine C. Demeter Foundation First Foundation Advisors Margaret L. Bradley of $1,000 or more to this project. In By making a gift in memory of or in Ms. Charlotte Watkins Georges & Germaine Fusenot Charity Mrs. Ruth Chilson The Julia Stearns Dockweiler tribute to a friend, associate, or family Mr. & Mrs. Michael Weil Charitable Foundation in Memory of Foundation calendar year 2013, those donors’ Ms. Ilene J. Fischer member, you can honor a special Ms. Susan L. Weil Marcus E. Crahan, Jr. Steven M. Goddard Co., Inc. gifts went toward the support of Mr. Milton Hamilton Mr. & Mrs. John S. Welch dot.dat.inc Leon and Toby Gold Foundation Braille Institute’s Connection Pointe occasion, pay tribute to someone you HumanWare Mr. & Mrs. Pierce Wenthur Friends of Braille Institute San Diego Hayford Family Foundation technology centers. care about or celebrate the memory National Braille Press Max & Waneta Westbay Josephine Herbert Gleis Foundation The John C. Hench Foundation of a loved one. Recognized below Mr. Erwin Parent Mr. Truman B. White Goldbaum Charitable Foundation Philip Hohnstein Family Foundation Mr. W. Joseph Blood are individuals who had gifts made in Ms. Dorothea Rodebuck Mr. Frank Whiting The Green Foundation Industrial Valco, Inc. Mary E. Burson their name totaling $1,000 or more in Seedlings Braille Books for Children Mrs. Kathleen Chesavage Ms. Beverly Whitmore Kaiser Foundation Hospitals The Ann Jackson Family Foundation calendar year 2013. Social Security Administration Ms. Judith B. Whitsit The Karl Kirchgessner Foundation Lewis A. Kingsley Foundation Michael & Regina Dowd Thibiant International Mrs. June M. Wiley La Vista Foundation for the Blind and KPMG LLP Ms. Andrea Giambrone In Honor of: Mr. Nicholas Turk James & Diane Wilkinson Physically Handicapped La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club Mr. Paul T. Kozaki Mrs. Jess Witt Ms. Nadine Mayes Braille Institute’s Philanthropy Staff Walter Lantz Foundation Foundation Inger Coleman Mr. Philip P. Woodward Dan Murphy Foundation La Jolla Kiwanis Foundation Ms. Eileen Miller Clara Wu Gerald S. O’Loughlin T.D. “Curley” Griggs Optimist Club of Los Angeles The Ruth Lane Charitable Foundation Curt & Viollette Menefee Ms. Effie C. Yamano The Patron Saints Foundation Lark Ellen Lions Charities Mr. & Mrs. Victor Payse Mr. Gordon C. Zwirtz Mr. David Pegg Meta & George Rosenberg Foundation Level 10 Construction In Memory of: The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation Life Light Educational Foundation Mr. D. Kenneth Richardson Foundations/Corporations/ The Simon-Strauss Foundation Livingston Memorial Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Eduardo Suastegui Mary Jane Caldwell Special Groups Lon V. Smith Foundation Lone Pine Time Trials Mr. & Mrs. John C. Wallace Kathleen Chesavage Donald T. Sterling Charitable Foundation The Los Angeles Breakfast Club Foundation Angela De Luca $1,000,000 and more Sidney Stern Memorial Trust Garnette & Lloyd McVey Family Foundation Eugene Dines Henry L. Guenther Foundation UCLA Philanthropy as Civic Engagement Muller Family Foundation Frances C. Dobney Class/Once Upon a Time Foundation NBC4 Southern California Dan Erie $100,000 to $999,000 Ullman Foundation North Hollywood Church of Religious Donald & Edith Frank AS&F Foundation United Agencies, Inc. Science Les L. Galloway Elaine F. Stepanek Foundation I. N. & Susanna H. Van Nuys Foundation Olympic Maintenance of America Bruce Greenberg The Albert B. Parvin Foundation Troy Fred Griggs Pasadena Showcase House for the Arts Vivian Hart John & Lowry Hench

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ECHO, Northrop Grumman Employees thousands of blind and visually Mrs. Sidi Hessel Mrs. Ruth E. Sollet Mrs. Thomas Artingstall Matching Gift Organization impaired people of all ages will have a Fred & Lucille Hirsch Barbara F. & Dean W. Spooner Mrs. Fannie “Bobby” Avrut Programs, Employee Edison International Employee brighter future. With deep gratitude, Mrs. Gisele Darlay Holman Mrs. Gentil Steinbrecher Thomas J. Baldwin Contributions Campaign we honor the memory of the following James W. & Margaret Manila Howard Mrs. Frederica Stumpf John J. Baro Directed Giving Employees Community Fund of the individuals whose bequests provided Mr. Rock Hudson Mr. Robert G. Swaile Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Barofsky Boeing Company income during calendar year 2013. Mrs. Virginia C. Johnston Ms. Elaine Taft Loraine I. Barr Programs and Third- ExxonMobil Corporation Mr. Marvin D. Kahn Ms. Ferne Marshall Theis Bernice Barth Goodrich/Rohr Employees Will-Share Ms. Mary Joaquina Abascal Claire G. & Thomas B. Kegley Mrs. Emily Van Nuys Mr. Jack Bechtel Party Fundraising Club Ms. Ernestine J. Antolini Mrs. Laura Laczko Mrs. Dorothy M. Vanderveld Mr. David Beddow IBM Employee Charitable Giving Mr. & Mrs. Simon Apple Evelyn V. & Clifford C. Langstaff Ms. Barbara Von Rosen Amelia “Pat” Bianconi Groups Campaign Ms. Imelda L. Aron Mr. Jack B. Learman Mrs. Evalyn B. Wais Mr. William B. Billingsley JP Morgan Chase Foundation Mr. Harry Baker Miss Ethel Leibowitz Charles M. & Gertrude A. Walker Harris J. Bloch Liberty Mutual - Give with Liberty Ms. Paula Lencine Mrs. Roberta Lang Weller Mr. & Mrs. Mark S. Bobry In 2013 Braille Institute received gifts Pauline Hudson Barnett Campaign Mrs. Cecile Woods Lewis Mr. Robert N. Williams Janice L. Boisclair from the following organizations Ray E. Barnum Macy’s Associates’ Giving Nancy Bond Chapman Behrend Ms. Gertrude H. Lieblich Mr. Thomas Lyle Williams Evelyn P. Borden through either an employer gift Medco Employee Giving Campaign Mrs. Sue E. Bell Ms. Engeline M. Linderholm Mr. Page Wilson Evelyn Bourne matching program, an employee- Nestlé Community Care Campaign Mrs. Jane E. Bender Mr. Edward M. Lipsett Ms. Eunice L. Witt Mary A. Bowler directed giving program, or from Partners for a Better World – California Ms. Adele Berns Mrs. Anita A. Mackenzie Vernon W. & Elizabeth R. Woestemeyer Mr. & Mrs. William B. Brende individual donors making their State Employee Charitable Campaign Mrs. Cecile Betts Mrs. Jeannette D. Magnuson Nannie & W.H. Wynholds Basia Bressickello donations using third-party charitable PNC Financial Services Group James B. & Jane R. Bradford Endowment H. Austin & Helen F. Mahr Mrs. Nola F. Yeakel June Koenig Brouhard giving programs. Sempra Employee Giving Network Ms. Martha R. Brady Mr. Claude A. Martin Ms. Helene Swanson Zimmerman Gerald & Mary Jo Brown UnitedHealth Group Employee Giving Mr. T. Nash Broaddus Mrs. Virginia S. McCallum Lori Brown Matching Gift Programs Campaign Mr. Laurence Carty Mr. Martin H. McDonald Mr. Windford R. Brown AIG Matching Gift Program United Way, California Capital Region Mrs. Adelaide L. Cassey Mr. Roy Daniel McPhail The J. Robert Mr. & Mrs. George Buckhalter Bank of America Matching Gift Program United Way, Inc. Mrs. Patricia L. Castle Herman & Ella H. Medwin Mary G. Bullard Baxter International Foundation United Way of San Diego County Mr. David T. Chantler Mrs. Ruth M. Miller Atkinson Heritage Mr. & Mrs. David Burkhardt Chevron HumanKind Matching Gift United Way of San Luis Obispo County Mr. James Austin Clark Mr. Louis C. Mirabile Marvin A. & Maxine L. Burnett Program United Way of Santa Barbara County Robert Elden Clark Mrs. Louise F. Mollath Society Mary E. Burson ExxonMobil Foundation, Inc. United Way of the Columbia - Willamette Kay & Sydney Cole Ms. Patricia A. Morey Thomas K. Callister FM Global Foundation UPS Workplace Giving Campaign Mrs. Rena A. Coleman Mrs. Karen Mueller When you leave a bequest to Harriett Celinscak Goldman Sachs Matching Gift Program Wells Fargo Community Support Campaign Ms. Edith Colling Mrs. Carolyn M. Murphy Braille Institute through a will, trust, Cindy Chan Ms. Caroline H. Musser Venus Devina Charistma Hunter Douglas, Inc. Mr. Carl W. Connell retirement plan, savings account, JP Morgan Chase Foundation Third-Party Charitable Giving Mrs. Gladys Nicholl Marion A. Christoffel Mrs. Hazel M. Crismon life insurance policy, charitable gift Medco Employee Giving Campaign Programs Mr. Vicente De La Reguera Mrs. Delores A. Nirenberg Bruce & Jo Ann Clark Microsoft Matching Gift Program Joseph G. & Pearl S. Noh annuity, or other instrument, you are Gertha Collins American Express Members Give Ms. Thelma L. De Vorss Nestlé The Matching Gift Center Mrs. Ellenore Nordlund helping to ensure that thousands of Mrs. Marcus E. Crahan, Jr. Program Ms. Clara Deutsch Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program Mr. Albert B. Nyquist blind and visually impaired people of Pauline K. Crawford Daily Good by Goodsearch Mr. Charles L. Devine PIMCO Foundation Mr. Harry W. Ofshay all ages will have a brighter future. If Pilar Curren Just Give Mrs. Stella Dickinson Shell Oil Company Matching Gifts Mrs. Mary Anne Palmer you wish, you can also be recognized Shirley Rhode Curtis Network for Good Mr. John Thruston Duffy Verizon Foundation John R. & Elizabeth S. Parker as a member of our prestigious Ms. Roberta Dabow Thrivent Choice Mrs. Neva H. Easton Yahoo Matching Gifts Program Mrs. Lillian W. Felsmann Joseph & Evelyn Pertusati J. Robert Atkinson Heritage Society. Msgt. George DaCorte, USMC Ret. Zurich American Insurance Company Mr. Francis D. Fetty Miss Anna K. Pfeiffer Named for our founder, the Heritage Dr. P.N. Danailov Bequests from Wills Mr. Laurence B. Flaws John Jack & Sophie G. Pick Society honors those who have Doris Denning Employee-Directed Giving Jack & Virginia Foley Mrs. Eleanor R. Pratt notified us that they have set aside Margaret J. Doty Mr. Juan C. Ramirez Lorri Driscoll Programs and Trusts Mr. Nathan Frank gifts for Braille Institute in their estate Mr. Laurence Tanner Robbins Keith & Earline DuFault Aging and Disabilities Charities of Mrs. Tellervo Von H. Frankel plans. It is our great pleasure to Mr. Robert J. French Mrs. Alma L. Robertson Virginia A. Ellis America - Combined Federal Campaign recognize below all active members Since 1919, hundreds of friends, Mrs. Dorothy Mulholland Gillespie Mrs. Eleonore M. Rolfe Florence Esposito Allstate Giving Campaign volunteers, students, and clients Mrs. Barbara M. Ross of The J. Robert Atkinson Heritage Ms. Mia Ferrell America’s Charities Mrs. Elsinore Machris Gilliland have chosen to make bequests to Ms. Lillian Goldstein Mrs. Adele Selldorff Society. Estelle Fields Arrowhead United Way Braille Institute through their wills Benjamin & Esther Sharer Ralph Flood AT&T United Way Employee Giving Ms. Elizabeth Gordon Charlotte Abrams or trusts as a meaningful way of Ms. Pearl A. Gray Mr. James J. Shea, Jr. Jane K. Fox Campaign Mrs. Wilma M. Sherman Manuel Acosta Bobbe Frankenberg Bank of America United Way Campaign being permanently identified with Mr. Wilbur C. Grosse Marjory M. Alsdurf the significant work of the Institute. Miss Evelyn Virginia Hanson Mrs. Eva Simpson Eunice Friend Blue Shield Cares Ms. Marjorie Leu Skala Kathy Andre Jeff & C. Chanel Friesen Capella University Inspire Giving Program The income received from bequests Miss Frances Clarine Hard Anonymous through wills and trusts helps Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Hartman Mr. Howard C. Smith Mr. Sanford Gerber East West Bank Mrs. Lillian C. Smith Carmen Apelgren Ms. Andrea Giambrone to ensure that for years to come Mrs. Charlotte G. Hathaway Jean Arley Mrs. Winnifred H. 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Lillian H. Glassman Mr. Robert E. Moore Marian Stanley Carl & Jeanette Goldbaum Margaret Moran Alida J. Stanton Help Us Imagine the Future! Rochelle Gollin Sydne Morrison Milton R. Stark Jean B. Goodwyn Mr. & Mrs. Charles Murphy Mr. Lester J. Steffens Ron L. Gordon Dr. & Mrs. William Murray Mr. & Mrs. Leslie E. Stocker, Jr. As you consider ways you might support the life-changing Eugene & Ida Gottsdanker Tracy Nadeau Mrs. Susie Stockton Dr. & Mrs. W.N. Guddal Betty M. Nance Shirley P. Struble work of Braille Institute, you might consider the advantages of a Anna M. Hafeli Dot & Rick Nelson Janet Swanson Franklin D. & Phyllis M. Halladay Alda Monica Nicholl Robert G. Terry, Jr. planned gift. It offers benefits for you and for Braille Institute. Martha Halstead Angela Nowlin Mr. Sean Thomas Heinz & Thelma Hanau Mr. & Mrs. Alfred Nutt Muriel Thomson Roger J. Harmon Ms. Elsie Obemacha Mrs. Roy C. Turney Mrs. Mary M. Hart Ms. Barbara Oberle Cheryl & Terry L. Tyler Mr. & Mrs. Jay R. Hatfield Mrs. Norma O’Donnell Eileen Fontaine Ulrich Gladys Haynie Ms. Remedios Pacquing Marie-Louise Van Horne Last year 38% of Braille Institute’s total income came Catherine L. Hazlett Marvin J. Paffenroth Lois Vaughan Dr. Rosalyn S. Heyman Glenn T. & Kathleen C. Patmore Mr. Lloyd Vogelweid Dr. Robert V. Hine, Jr. Mr. Robert M. Pedraglia Davis H. & Jean E. von Wittenburg from bequests from wills and trusts! Mary Hope Ricardo & Julia Pena Marjorie B. Wahl Joseph E. Hynes Josephine Pendino Ms. Esther G. Walker Alzia Jackson Mildred Perlin Monty & Patricia Waller Ralph & Virginia Jacobs Janet L. Powell Ms. Nancy Wannberg Norman & Rose Jaffe Mrs. Dorothy Pratt Catherine Watson Mary Allison Joyce Mrs. Helen Proctor Mrs. Jack L. Watson Ms. Miriam Kafka Homer A. Ralles Ms. Doris L. Weber Milt Kandl Jeremy C. Randall Dr. Donald M. Weitzman Frances B. Kaplan Harold & Joy Rattray Mrs. Marie Wickes Mr. Stanley A. Katapka Ralph A. Reinhard Robert N. Williams Mrs. Rose Kempf Joan A. Risse Karen Williamson Mr. & Mrs. Russell W. Kirbey Linda Robbins Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Wilson Dr. & Mrs. Carl Korn Marjorie H. Roberts Marion Winagura Mr. David A. Kourlas S. Roguin Mr. Philip P. Woodward Arthur Kusuhara & Marguerite Garner Kenneth Rothschild Esther Zabin Mark Lambert Mr. & Mrs. Charles Rule Suzanne Zolfo Mr. Joseph K. Landau Rose Salomon Shirley J. Lane Bill & Doreen Sanders Palmer Langdon Cornelia M. Sauble Richard & Shirley Larson Art & Jean Schroeder Everyone has the resources to give a gift larger than Mr. & Mrs. Ray Lawrence Joann L. Schulwitz he or she ever dreamed possible after his or her Lewis Lazarus Esther S. Schuster Mrs. Elizabeth B.H. LeMenager Mr. Arthur Schwartz lifetime — by making a bequest through a will or Joan & Henry Levy Merle Schwartz trust. A bequest allows you to continue to enjoy Kenneth W. Lintz Mrs. Carol Settimo Ruth Lipscomb Judy A. Shackelford your assets now, knowing that your heirs and Braille Diana J. Longenberger Evelyn Hamil Shopp Institute will be financially secure in the future. Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Lucky Gretchen Sibley Mrs. Dorothy MacCulloch Elayne Sidley Braille Institute is funded by private donors – people Mrs. Jeanette Malin Barbara Siniscalchi Leona Mandelbaum Ms. Mary Smiley like you who remember the wonderful work we’ve Sandra & Terence Marsh Ms. Lois M. Callon Smith done for 95 years. Helen Marto Mr. & Mrs. Sherman Smith Natalie McCabe Mr. Richard M. Smyser That’s a future worth supporting! Mr. Ramsay McCue Julie Anne Soske Mr. & Mrs. Ron Meyer Harris Sprecher Efiong Nkanta was referred For more information on planning a gift for to Braille Institute by his Braille Institute, please call our Planned Giving doctor and is taking classes office at 1-800-BRAILLE (272-4553), Ext. 1256, in braille and Spanish. or visit us on the web: givetobraille.org 32 WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM WWW.BRAILLEINSTITUTE.COM 33 NON PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID LOS ANGELES, CA 741 North Vermont Avenue PERMIT #9473 Los Angeles, CA 90029

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