Charitable Giving and Donation Opportunities include:

Donations
Planned Giving
Volunteering
Current Funders

Donations

At Blind Industries and Services of Maryland we continually strive to keep our training programs and services innovative and responsive to a changing world for the blind and visually impaired. You can help us achieve this mission by donating to one or more of our program areas.

If you choose, you can specify that your donation go toward helping a specific program such as Youth Services, Senior Services, CORE Program or Directed Technologies or you may choose to give to our Operations department, ensuring continued opportunities for our blind associates.

Please contact Christina Davis, our Director of Communications at 410.737.2638 to learn more about our programs and select which program area you would like your donation to benefit.

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Planned Giving

Please consider giving to Blind Industries and Services of Maryland through a bequest, trust or other planned gift. This is a way to ensure that your commitment to helping the blind is long reaching and our programs will continue to grow and expand.

For more information on how to make a planned gift to BISM, call Guy DeRossi, our Senior Director at 410.737.2625

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2009 BISM Golf Classic and Fall Gala Events

By sponsoring Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, you will be featured at our two marquee events of the year: the annual Pro-Invitational Golf Classic and the BISM Fall Gala. All sponsorship opportunities are completely tax-deductible.

For Information about any of the sponsorship opportunites no matter how great or small or to get additional information about BISM's Golf Classic or Fall Gala, please contact Christina Davis at 410.737.2638 or cdavis@bism.org.

We look forward to celebrating our year with you!

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Volunteering

We can always use your volunteer services to further the reach of our valuable rehabilitation programs. Currently we can use volunteers as:

• Drivers
• Readers
• Assistants for planned events such as senior retreats; youth camps and outings

Please call Shirley Riffle, our Director of Specialized Programs at 410.737.2645 to discuss your interest in volunteering at BISM and ways you can help.

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Current Funders

Financial support for BISM training and rehabilitation programs comes from excess revenue generated by our Manufacturing and Services divisions, as well as local, state, and federal agencies, private foundations, corporations, and individuals. We are deeply grateful for the support we receive to help us meet our goals.

In 2008, our 100th Anniversary, we are pleased to acknowledge the following funders who have supported our training and rehabilitation programs with grants and contributions:

The State of Maryland
Western Maryland Area Health Education Center
Microsoft
Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore
Baltimore Community Foundation
National Industries for the Blind
Rotary Club of Bel Air, Maryland

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