Each year the Mountain State Council of the Blind raises money to help assist the visually impaired in our community. This money helps us provide advocacy and support, encourage self-sufficiency, offer information on blindness and accessibility issues to community members and organizations, and work with state and national legislators to encourage promotion of relevant bills and laws that will further enable blind and visually impaired people to be productive,
functioning individuals. The need within our community is tremendous, and with your help we can continue to be a resource for those with visual impairment.
This year, we are doing something really special. We have teamed with the Visually Impaired Veterans of America (www..acb.org/viva),
a charity that supports wounded/blinded military veterans and their families. This year, we are raising money to support both the Mountain State Council of the Blind and the Visually Impaired Veterans of America mission.
We are asking for your help. We are selling a unique line of patriotic products, fashioned from coins that were obtained by coalition forces from the banks of in Basra, Iraq. The coins were once the property of Saddam Hussein, and are now being used to help our American military and their families in need. This limited edition collection was purchased by a US company that uses mentally and physically disabled Americans to assemble its products…and then gives away a large percentage of the sales proceeds to charities like USA Cares, Visually Impaired Veterans of America , and the Folds of Honor Foundation.
There is something for everyone in this collection, from a single coin at $19.95 to the four coin shadowbox at $149.99. These items make the perfect gift for any patriot or veteran. Please read more about this effort, the products and the story of the coins at
www.productsforgood.com/MSCB;
and make a purchase that will be credited towards our support for the visually impaired in West Virginia and the Visually Impaired Veterans of America.
You can also place your order by calling 877-734-4544 and referencing the Mountain State Council of the Blind.
Thank you in advance for your support of the Mountain State Council of the Blind as well as your support for our wounded military veterans and their families.