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Recording for the Blind Dyslexic RFBD Donates Digital Listening Equipment...

Betsy Paull O' Connell, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Washington chapter of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), announced today that the nonprofit organization recently donated 85 specialized digital players and 192 headphones to Francis Junior High and Hardy Middle School located in the District of Columbia. In addition to donating equipment, RFB&D staff members worked with the schools' students and teachers to set up listening centers in each classroom and provided training on how get the most benefit from the Victor Classic CD players and RFB&D audio textbooks.

The RFB&D program offers students access to over 40,000 digital audio textbooks or textbooks on CD from elementary through graduate levels. Subjects range from foreign languages to natural sciences, from ancient history to mathematics, from computer applications to the latest cookbooks. Nearly 5,000 students locally and 185,000 nationally rely on RFB&D to pursue their education and employment goals. At the recording studio in Friendship Heights and on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, 400 volunteers give more than 20,000 hours of their time annually to record textbooks. In addition to serving local students individually and through schools, the organization works with programs in inner-city neighborhoods to ensure that recorded texts are available to students in under-served areas of the community.

Founded in 1976, Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington is the local chapter of the national 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides recorded textbooks, specialized playback equipment and training to students whose disabilities prevent them from reading printed texts. Two forms of memberships are available: the Institutional Membership allows schools to offer the service to students, while the Individual Membership allows students to take advantage of the service at home. RFB&D also provides specialized players needed for the program through National Headquarters for a fee; however, RFB&D of Metropolitan Washington will waive fees for services and equipment as necessary.

For more information about RFB&D of Metropolitan Washington, please contact Mary Reyner, Development Director, at (202) 244-8990 or visit www.rfbd.org/DC.

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