| The Folsom
Project for the Visually Impaired (FPVI) was established as a community
service project in 1989 by the Folsom City Host Lions with the support
of public organizations, individuals, and the Lions and Lionesses of District
4-C5. Folsom Prison correctional staff and inmates operate the program.
FPVI is dedicated to providing quality services to the blind, visually
impaired, hearing impaired and learning disabled.
When originally conceived,
the function of FPVI was simply to provide an audio cassette library for
the blind and visually impaired. However, in their 16 years of existence,
FPVI has greatly broadened the scope of their program. Their services
now also include: recordings on CD's, Braille Transaction, Closed Captioning,
Web Accessibility and the cleaning and gauging of donated eyeglasses.
They have grown from 4 inmate workers in the beginning to the current inmate
staff of 18. They now have a library of over 1000 quality recordings
in a wide range of topics by a variety of authors. The selection
includes: best sellers, mysteries, westerns, fiction, non-fiction, science
fiction, romance, self-help, textbooks, classics and children's books.
They also provide the Lion's Pride newsletter and District Directories
to blind 4-C5 Lions, as well as aural media and Braille to Lions throughout
the United States.
FPVI's services are free
to all who use the program. The TDK Corporation generously provides
all tapes and CDs free of charge.
FPVI has the capability
to produce recordings in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Cantonese.
They also offer a selection of recordings in Tag-a-log.
Presently there are 12 full
time Braille transcribers on the FPVI inmate staff and the on-going nature
of the Braille training allows all new employees in the program the opportunity
to become fully certified Braille transcribers. These Braille transcribers
have been working for the California Department of Education brailing children's
books and textbooks for both public and private schools throughout California.
FPVI also Closed Captions
over a dozen films each month for the CA Community Colleges and other state
agencies. Additionally, FPVI creates ADA-accessible PDF documents
and fill-in forms, as well as converting other document types and web pages/sites
into formats accessible to the visually disabled.
Working closely with Lions
In Sight, FPVI is providing more than 100,000 pairs of eyeglasses per year
to those in need in the United States and throughout the world.
For Tour Information
Contact PDG Don Ring
916 687-8605
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Send Donations To
FPVI
PO Box 6422
Folsom, CA 95763
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FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
AND BUY A BOOTH PROGRAM
Individuals and/or organizations
are invited to contribute to the FPVI Fellowship Program The Program
is the FPVI way of recognizing all of the generous people and organizations
that make them a success.
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For a donation of $500.00
- you will receive the Kay K Fukushima Plaque
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For a donation of $300.00
- you will receive the Don Ring plaque
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For a donation of $150.00
- you will receive the Richard Merz plaque
When a person or group participates
in the "Buy a Booth Program" for $2500.00 they are entitled to become
a lifetime sponsor of a reading room. A plaque bearing the sponsor's
name will be placed ouside the reading room and a duplicate plaque will
be presented to the sponsoring individual or group. From that time
on, each recording that is produced in that reading room will acknowledge
the sponsor's generous contribution to the Folsom Project for the Visually
Impaired.
These sponsorship programs
generate the revenue needed for the supplies, repairs and equipment neccessary
to maintain this rapidly growing program, enabling them to continue providing
this critical assistance to people living with disabilities. Thank
you for your support!
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An Inmate's
Letter
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