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Bravos

Index of Members Saluted

RFB&D proudly congratulates the following
members on their outstanding accomplishments

"Baby" seems an odd name for a huge draft horse that weighs at least 500 pounds more than the other horses used by the Kutztown University Equestrian Team, and some riders are not allowed to ride her. However, for Jenna Galligani, a junior at Kutztown, Baby was the horse she drew by lot, and it was astride Baby that she placed first in the walk-jog category in a competition sponsored by the University of Delaware.

Congratulations to David Faucheux, a member from Lafayette, LA for the publication of his article "Libraries, A Different Perspective," in the book Changing Cultures of Libraries: How We Know Ourselves Through Our Libraries.

The article was also reprinted in the April/May 2002 issue of The Braille Mirror, as well as The Journal of Vision Enhancement (www.visionww.org). In addition, his essay "I Had a Dream, the MLIS and Beyond" was published in Interface (summer 2001).

Faucheux is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Louisiana State University where he also completed his master's in Library Science (MLIS). He was accepted in Beta Phi Mu, the honor society for information professionals.

Congratulations to Travis Neiheisel of Dayton, OH, who recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout. According to his mom, Kathleen, her son's success "can be laid at the doorstep of RFB&D."

Neiheisel not only used scouting Merit Badge books from RFB&D, he also gets all his textbooks and required reading material from us. Because of a learning disability, Neiheisel once needed his parents to read every textbook to him. But now, as his mother states, RFB&D enables him to "venture on his own."

In 1993, Fernando Botelho was an Honors winner of RFB&D's Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards. Now he is the director of technical development and communications for www.esightcareers.net.

Botelho, a resident of Brooklyn, NY, has worked with the Associated Blind on eSight and other projects since 1997. Before coming to New York he founded a web services company, was general manager at a physical therapy clinic, and got a master's degree in foreign service at Georgetown University.

"eSight is a dynamic network that connects people who are visually impaired or physically disabled to quality career management resources, valuable information about adaptive technology and most important of all, to each other," says Fernando. "Anyone wishing find out more about becoming an eSight member can register for free at www.eSightCareers.net or www.eSight.org," he added.

Fernando credits RFB&D with helping him reach his education and career goals, and encourages those who are considering volunteering or making a donation. "In academia or corporate America, there is nothing more important than access to quality information and knowledge." He encourages others to become RFB&D volunteers or donors.

If you have an RFB&D success story of your own, please e-mail us about it (one page or less) at success@rfbd.org. By doing so, you grant us permission to possibly use this information in future publications. Please include your phone number, so we can call you for further information, if needed.

RFB&D works for them -- it can work for you or someone you know! For further information, please call RFB&D's national headquarters at 866-RFBD-585.