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The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York City offers monthly touch tours to their vision-impaired guests. These MOMA tours are part of the Art Insight program.  This news story interviews one person who attended the tour, Barbara Eppel.

The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center honors women's history month! Have you heard of Braiile Without Borders? It is an international development organization which creates training programs and Braille printing centers to serve the vision-impaired.

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society has declared March as "MS Awareness Month." Find more information on MS, connect with local support groups, and learn how you can promote MS awareness in your community. There are two chapters that serve New Jersey:

Yes, it is that time of the year again. Taxes, taxes, taxes. We are just one month away from the April 15th deadline for filing our income tax returns. 

Need an update on TBBC's services?  Read our Winter 2013 newsletter.

Two libraries in Morris County, Library of the Chathams and Morris County Library, are providing TBBC's services in their communities.  Read this excellent news story on just how important it is to serve the print disabled in public libraries.

The 36th Annual Convention of the National Federation of the Blind of New Jersey is taking place this weekend, November 9th-11th at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Clark, New Jersey.  Convention information and registration materials are available at this web site:  http://www.nfbnj.org/convention.php .

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) has a mobile service office that visits veteran service organization posts around the state.  On October 11th and 12th, TBBC's Adult Services Outreach Coordinator, Mary Kearns-Kaplan, joined the DAV on two of its mobile service office stops:  at VFW Post 4374, Chapter 74 in Freehold and at VFW Post 4703, Chapter 77 in Jackson. 

Today, October 15th, is White Cane Safety Day.  Learn about the history of this day from the National Federation of the Blind.

The Wall Street Journal published a news story on some new trends in assistive technology for the blind.  Read the news story here.

Members of TBBC's Book Club, "The Get Together," were guests, on October 6th, at the home of authors Lisa Scottoline and her daughter, Francesca Serritella! Lisa Scottoline, is the author of several books including Come Home and Don't Go (coming to bookstores on April 9, 2013).

The October 2012 issue of Braille Monitor includes a piece by Dr. Geerat J. Vermeij, a professor of geology at the University of California at Davis. In this article, Dr.

The Little Rock Foundation in Voorhees NJ issued this press release for Blindness Awareness Month.  Read the story below about Rocco Fiorentino, an accomplished jazz musician from New Jersey and the inspiration behind the Little Rock Foundation:

OCTOBER IS BLINDNESS AWARENESS MONTH

Mike Armstrong lost his eyesight at 27.  Mike just completed a 376-mile tandem bicycle ride across Arizona to increase awareness about blindness. Read the news story about the Blind Ride.