National Braille Press Celebrates Holiday Season with 31 Nights of Light at the Shops at the Prudential Center

Leading Braille publisher releases braille edition of “Favorite Christmas Carols” in time for holiday festivities.

What: National Braille Press, a Boston based non-profit braille publisher that promotes literacy for blind children and adults, is celebrating 31 Nights of Light with the Shops at the Prudential Center on Wednesday, December 19th from 4:30-5:00p.m. The 31 Nights of Light was created to help community organizations gain key visibility during the holiday season.  Each night in December, the top of the Prudential Tower will be lit a different color in support of that night's partner.

National Braille Press will be “flipping the switch” to light the top of the Prudential Tower in NBP’s colors of red, blue and green .  The ceremony will take place in the Prudential  Shops at the Center Court  and the festivities will include caroling from NBP’s braille edition of “Favorite Christmas Carols,” with students that participate in the braille music curriculum at Berklee College of Music.

Who: Brian MacDonald, President, National Braille Press

Janet LaBreck, Commissioner, Health and Human Services Berklee College of Music Students

Where: Center Court in ThePrudential Shops

800 Boylston St., Boston, MA

When: Wednesday, December 19, 2012  4:30-5:00p.m.

ABOUT NATIONAL BRAILLE PRESS

A non-profit braille publisher, National Braille Press promotes literacy for blind children through outreach programs and provides access to information by producing information in braille for blind children and adults. National Braille Press is the premier braille publisher in the US that specializes in producing original braille works written by blind authors expressly for blind people. www.nbp.org