HFV Founder Isaac Lidsky Honored by Associated Services for the Blind

On January 30, 2009, HFV Founder and Chairman Isaac Lidsky received the Individual Louis Braille Award and was the keynote speaker at the 49th Annual Louis Braille Awards Ceremony in Philadelphia.  This annual event hosted by the Associated Services for the Blind (ASB) honors outstanding individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions on behalf of those who are blind or visually impaired.  Past Individual Louis Braille Award recipients include Carl Augusto, President of the American Foundation for the Blind; country singer Ronnie Milsap;  Russell Redenbaugh, a managing partner at Kairos, Inc. and advocate on the U.S. Commission for Civil Rights; and, Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind climber to reach the summit of Mt. Everest.

Isaac summed up the event perfectly in his remarks, "Our goal today is nothing short of meaningful, independent, fulfilled lived for the blind: a world in which blind people can achieve anything that they want to, anything that a sighted person could do."

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