National Braille Press

Two weeks to go until Marathon Monday! Our friends at the @DeltaGamma chapter at Boston University came in last week to help us prep our cheering section signs!! #MarathonMondayIsComing #PatriotsDay #BankOfAmericaBostonMarathonOfficialCharityProgram

We’re partnering with Foreseeable Future Foundation for an amazing dining in the dark event called Come to Your Senses! Join us in Harvard Square on April 12th from 4-6pm at Bluestone Lane in Harvard Square for a four-course meal, silent auction and enhanced sensory experience as we raise money to support NBP’s literacy programs and the Foreseeable Future Foundation’s mission of enriching the lives of blind and visually impaired people through sport and recreation! https://hubs.ly/Q03ftcM_0 #DiningInTheDark #BrailleLiteracy #Blind #VisuallyImpaired #BostonEvents #CambridgeEvents 1w

It may be April Fools Day, but our 2025 Boston Marathon® team is no joke! So of course we had to get some awesome singlets to match 😚 It's Marathon month folks!!! #BostonMarathon2025 #BankOfAmericaOfficialCharityProgram #MarathonMondayIsComing #BostonStrong Image Description: Images of the 2025 NBP Marathon Singlets - blue singlets with white vertical stripes down each side, the NBP text logo across the chest in white and the Boston Marathon unicorn logo and the Addidas 3 diagonal bar logo in smaller sizes above it. The images of the back of the singlets each have the first or last names of the team members in large white letters and in sym braille underneath (Lalli, Holleb, Vanessa, Coffey, Elizabeth, Cavellerano, and Kelsey)

Don't miss the launch of our new @GreatExpectations book The Snail and the Whale, tomorrow at the Watertown Free Library from 10am-12pm! Highlighted by a reading of the book, attendees will receive free copies of the print-braille book and a stuffed whale and get the chance to try out one of the featured crafts! The event is free, but registration is required at this link: https://hubs.ly/Q03dLQHr0 #TheSnailAndTheWhale #GreatExpectations #PictureBooksForBlindChildren #FreeEvent #WatertownEvents #BostonEvents

We recently sent out a new batch of Readbooks! Because Braille Matters bags to families and teachers across the country thanks to funders like Dollar General. Thanks DG for helping us promote literacy for ALL! #BrailleLiteracy #DollarGeneralLiteracyGrant #BecauseBrailleMatters Image Description: (1) braille materials, a tactile bumpy ball and a changeable braille cell sit on a table on top of a red ReadBooks! bag, (2) two rows of materials and red bags are set out along a long wooden table, (3) a box full of closed and stuffed green Readbooks! bags

Braille Across America Week 1! We've raised more than $13,500 and have walked, ran, rowed, and rolled almost 700 miles so far! Cheer on our BxA teams by supporting them here: https://hubs.ly/Q03dr13h0 #BrailleAcrossAmerica #BrailleLiteracy #RunAcrossAmerica Image Description: A collage of pictures from Braille across America team members smiling with friends and dogs, team members walking with children and a chalk drawing that says Braille is Literacy

Just a few more days until our Team Kickoff event on March 10th for Braille Across America! All team members who attend the virtual event will receive their 2025 BxA shirts, so don't miss out!! Sign up individually or join or create a team today to get your invite!! Let's get Braille Across America! https://hubs.ly/Q038VnvP0 #BrailleAcrossAmerica #BrailleLiteracy #RunAcrossAmerica #WalkAcrossAmerica #BikeAcrossAmerica #ReadingIsARight Image Description: A collage of images from Braille Across America team members overlain with the challenge logo and confetti

Great Expectations is Growing! NBP's Great Expectations program brings picture books to life for blind children through picture descriptions, tactile tools and free online activities, all surrounding a chosen theme, from money or measurment to architecture or emotions. We're celebrating the latest addition to the program, The Snail and The Whale, with a special event at the Watertown Public Library in Watertown, Mass! Have a whale of a time as a braille reader reads this charming book aloud on March 29th from 10am-noon! Make your own snail to take home, grab some ocean-themed snacks, and meet others who support our mission to bring picture books to life for blind kids! The event is free, but registration is required so RSVP here! https://hubs.ly/Q038VmXj0 #GreatExpectations #BraillePictureBooks #TactileGraphics #Oceanography #SnailAndTheWhale #TheGruffalo #RoomOnTheBroom Image Description: Portion of the cover of The Snail and the Whale - a large whale pokes his head up out of the water and blows water out of his spout. A fish jumps in the bottom right and a gull sits on a rock in the bottom left.

This month NBP will be turning 98 (!!!) and we're hosting our fifth annual Braille Across America Virtual Challenge beginning on our birthday on March 17th! Sign up today as an individual, join a team or create your own as we spread the importance of braille from coast to coast! This year especially, as paper costs have risen by 20%, we need your help to ensure our customers get the best quality braille at the fairest cost. Run, walk, skate, ski, bike or roll the distance of a Marathon (or more!) over the course of 35 days, from March 17th to Marathon Monday in Boston on April 21st. YOU can take on the challenge while raising funds and awareness for NBP's braille literacy programs! Sign up today! https://hubs.ly/Q038Vm_T0 #BrailleLiteracy #BXA #BrailleAcrossAmerica #RunForLiteracy #WalkForLiteracy #RollForLiteracy Image Description: six pictures of past Braille Across America participants walking, biking, walking and posing at their finish and start lines

We were so excited to visit the District 33K Lions Winter Meeting this past weekend where Lions assembled more than 400 braille magnets! #WeLoveTheLions Lions Clubs International #District33KLions