National Braille Press

Last week, a group of volunteers from Holobiome came to our offices in Boston to assemble the new STEM selection, "Moon! Earth's Best Friend." Thanks to all our friends at Holobiome for coming to serve! We loved getting to meet you all and can't wait for you to come back! #volunteering #BostonVolunteering #BrailleLiteracy

We're so appreciative of our friends and partners at M&T Bank for supporting our TVI Braille Ignition Kits! These free kits contain vital resources that support braille and tactile literacy education for Teachers of the Visually Impaired across the country and with partners like M&T Bank, we're hoping to produce more of these amazing kits! 👏👏👏 #NewSchoolYear #BrailleEducation #TactileLiteracy #BrailleLiteracy #TVI #TeachersOfTheVisuallyImpaired #Paraprofessionals #FreeResource

Join us virtually tomorrow for the 2025 NBP Annual Meeting! This year, you'll hear an inspiring update on National Braille Press from our President and CEO, Brian Mac Donald. https://hubs.ly/Q03tDfZY0 We'll also proudly honor Jack Clancy and Voya Financial for their outstanding contributions with the Sue Ammeter Individual Volunteer Award and Group Volunteer Award respectively, along with our own Chris Devin, who has been employed by NBP for nearly 49 years as a Proofreader!

Last call to get your tickets to our Come to Your Senses event with @Foreseeablefuturefoundation at @bluestonelane in Harvard Square this coming Saturday from 4-6pm! Embrace the blindfold and join us for a sensory experience you'll never forget! https://hubs.ly/Q03gjmC00 #DiningInTheDark #CambridgeEvents #SensoryExperience

April is National Poetry Month and we're hosting our annual poetry circle event on Thursday April 24th! We'll have two sessions again this year, at 12pm and 7pm. Come and listen or come and share your own poem about Freedoms. What does freedom or being free mean to you? Register here: #NationalPoetryMonth #PoetryCircle #Freedoms

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