1026 East 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21218
Phone: (410) 235-3073
Email: president@nfbmd.org
Welcome to the National
Federation of the Blind of Maryland
The NFB of Maryland is the Maryland state affiliate of the National Federation of the Blind.
We are changing what it means to be blind in Maryland!
August 3-15, 2009 BELL program. Event is being held at the National Center for the Blind. The BELL summer program is a two-week day program (weekends not included) designed to offer pre-kindergarten and elementary age low vision beginning Braille readers an opportunity to be immersed in Braille and increase the use of tactile skills for reading Braille. Children will receive Braille instruction daily as well as learn alternative techniques through arts and crafts, games, field trips, and other fun activities. View the event flier. View the application.
August 7, 2009 Annual Crab Feast Fundraiser. Buy you tickets or get more information here.
The Possibilities Fair for Seniors Losing Vision and their Families will be held on October 1, 2009. Find out more about the Possibilities Fair.
The NFB of Maryland State Convention will be held November 13-15, 2009 in Ocean City at the Carousel Resort Hotel. The hotel is located at 118th Street on the Ocean, 11700 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842. Phone: 410-524-1000, Toll Free: 1-800-641-0011. This year reservations will be made directly with the hotel. Reservation details will be coming soon.
There are 293 different ways to make change FOR a dollar. Do you know ONE way YOU can make change WITH a dollar?
Purchase a Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar and $10 will be donated to the National Federation of the Blind to help stop the Braille literacy crisis in America.
Make change with a dollar and change what it means to be blind.
For more information please visit Braille.org or purchase the coin from the U.S. Mint here.