From: David Bundy 
Subject: Re: business loan programme
Don Capps , the Committee Chairman can be contacted through the Federation
Center of the Blind in Columbia at (803) 254-3777.
                                        David
At 01:33 AM 5/24/97 -0700, you wrote:
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>We still operate the program and it is going strong.  She should contact Don
>Capps, NFB Board member, and President of the NFB of South Carolina.  He is
>in Columbia, South Carolina.
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>David Andrews
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>On 1997-05-23 NFB-Talk@NFBnet.org said:
> PD>Fellow Federationists and friends,
> PD>Early this evening Mary and i were talking witha local blind woman
> PD>who wants to start her own travel agency.  It is my understanding
> PD>that the NFB operates, or once operated a programme to provide low
> PD>interest loans to blind persons wishing to start their own
> PD>businesses.  I remember that we started it in about 1986.  In fact,
> PD>I was at the convention whare the resolution was passed to creatte
> PD>this programme.  While Iknow that our low-interest loan programme
> PD>for blind persons wanting to perchase adaptive technology is going
> PD>strong I wonder if any of you know the status of our business loan
> PD>programme; if it is still operating, who adminnisters it, and so on.
> PD>Thanks for your answers in advance. Take care and have a happy and
> PD>safe holliday weekend. Peter donahue
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>David Andrews (dandrews@visi.com)
>or BBS: (telnet to nfbnet.org) or call (612) 696-1975
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David W. Bundy, MSW
President, South Carolina Association of Blind Students
National Federation of the Blind 
Telephone: (803) 252-2667
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