National Federation of the Blind
of Minnesota
100 East 22nd Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55404
(612) 872-9363
Email: President Jennifer Dunnam
Scholarships Available: The National Federation of the Blind of Minnesota announces its 2008 scholarship program. We will be awarding scholarships totaling over $1500 this year. Candidates must be students who are legally blind and attending a post-secondary school in Minnesota. Read complete details.
Coming Event: June 29 through July 5, 2008. The National NFB Convention is at the Hilton Anatole Hotel in Dallas, Texas. This is a whole week of friends, fun, and serious business. It is a chance to be part of the largest gathering of blind people in the world. Read the full convention bulletin on the NFB website.
Coming Event: September 6, 2008. The 27th annual Move-A-Thon is in Minneapolis. One can either walk bike or skate. Each participant is asked to work on seeking donations from the community and bring their pledge forms the day of the event. Further details are being planned, and members will receive a letter and pledge forms in June.
Coming Event: October 3-5, 2008. The Annual NFB of Minnesota Convention is at the Kahler Grand Hotel in Rochester. Room rates are $69.00, plus tax. Members will receive a letter with details about a month before the convention, and the letter will be on this website.
The National Federation of the Blind of
Minnesota (NFBM) is the state's largest and oldest
organization of the blind. We provide individual counseling,
advocacy, and education through a number of programs. Most of our
members are blind, and our knowledge of blindness comes from our
personal lives and our collective experience. We have learned
that the real problem of blindness is not loss of eyesight, but
the fear and misunderstandings that surround it. We believe that,
if given training and opportunity, blind people can live full and
productive lives.
The Minnesota Bulletin is the quarterly publication of the NFB of Minnesota. It contains the latest updates on issues that affect blind Minnesotans, announcements and information about NFB meetings and conventions, and thought-provoking articles about the lives of blind people.
To improve adjustment-to-blindness training options for blind people in Minnesota, members of the National Federation of the Blind founded Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND), Inc. in 1986. BLIND Incorporated has training programs that help people of all ages to gain the skills and confidence they need to be full and productive members of society.
is a Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation that meets
good-giving standards.
Donations to it are tax deductible
charitable contributions.
