National Braille Press

08/26/2026

We had an amazing time last Friday at Short Path Distillery for our first ever Spirit of Literacy event! Guests got to experience a blindfolded gin and tonic tasting and a tour of the distillery!

08/06/2026

So thankful to all our friends at State Street Corporation for coming in at the end of July to help us assemble of reprint of NBP customer favorite, “The Snail and the Whale” for our Great Expectations program!

State Street volunteers have been coming to 88 St. Stephen Street for many years now (and vice versa!!) and we can’t wait to have them back!


Image Descriptions: (1) State Street volunteers most in blue State Street T-shirts stand behind a long table, covered in print and braille pages smiling. One Volunteer near the center of the group holds up a completed, print braille copy of the snail and the whale. (2 & 4) State Street volunteers pick up print and braille pages around a long wooden table from individual piles. (3) the cover of the snail and the whale. A black-and-white humpback whale comes out of a blue ocean spraying water from its blow hole. It’s tail can be seen out of the water with a small yellow snail sitting on the top. a large palm tree on the left, has a toucan with an orange beak sitting in the top while a red blue and yellow parrot flies in the sky on the top right.

07/28/2026

Thrilled to have our wonderful friends from Eversource Energy in our building last week to assemble copies of next month’s Children’s Braille Book Club selection!

07/22/2026

We’ve loved spending this week at the ADA Symposium ADA-Symposium | EVENT in Phoenix!
Our president and CEO Brian Mac Donald and our VP of Sales have gotten to connect with county, city and state ADA experts, consultants and agencies from across the country. NBP is always ready to support accessibility with ADA compliant signage in braille!

07/04/2026

Happy 4th of July from all of us here at NBP!

06/27/2026

We’re so proud our Customer Relations Manager Lauren Thurman and our Production Coordinator Marybeth Gilchrest for presenting earlier this week as part of a panel at the National Conference on Student Assessment in Austin, Texas!

Because neither braille or ASL have fully standardized testing formats, blind, visually impaired, deaf, and hard of hearing students are often not given fully accessible materials for assessments and instead of having their knowledge measured, the test will instead only tell how well they’re able to navigate the system.

Lauren, Marybeth and their fellow panelists discussed the importance of collaboration with both trained reviewers and students in these disability categories in order to ensure consistency and equity in assessments.



Image Description: Lauren Thurman and Marybeth Gilchrest stand behind a table with NBP merchandise spread out across the table and a branded NBP tablecloth on the front. Lauren is a tall woman with long blond hair. She is wearing a green dress with a denim jean jacket. Marybeth has long brown hair and is wearing a blue shirt with colorful florals and elbow length sleeves. Each is smiling and wearing a conference lanyard and nametag.

06/17/2026

Such a wonderful night celebrating all those that power our mission! Congratulations to the Norfolk Lions and Kate Crohan for being awarded our annual Group and Sue Ammeter Individual Volunteer awards and Ann Cunningham on winning this year’s Touch of Genius Grant!

06/13/2026

Congrats to our very own Joseph Quintanilla!!

Today the Woburn Host Lions invade Fenway Park! Our 76th President, Joe Quintanilla will be installed along with the starting lineup of Board of Directors for this upcoming Lions year! We will celebrate America’s pass time, our accomplishments over the last year and our members who have had a huge impact on our success! It will be great to be in one of the country’s most iconic venues to celebrate lionism, philanthropy! The Woburn Host lions Club will be in the same venue where baseball hall of famers have made their mark! We will be honoring our own hall of famers! We are proud to have a special event on the 250th year of our country at America’s favorite stadium!
A Special thanks to William J Barabino, Attorney & Councilor At Law ( www.williambarabino.com ) as well as Kevin Andrews, a Club member all the way from Chicago for their generosity in supporting the installation!

06/07/2026

National Braille Press has provided us with a limited number of braille copies of the 2026 Red Sox season schedule!

If you'd like a copy, email [email protected] or call 339-239-8869. Please provide your name and mailing address, and we'll send one to you while supplies last!

⚾ Available on a first-come, first-served basis.

National Braille Press

04/21/2026

What a day!! Congratulations to all of our amazing runners who completed the today!!