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Service Clubs Aid Blind Readers Through Library Gifts
North Long Beach Lions Club and North Long Beach Junior Women's Club cooperate with the Public Library to help the blind. Since 1961 Lions donations include projection magnifiers Braille writers large typewriters and talking books. The AAUW Braille Reading Room operates at First Methodist Church and publishers have expanded large print titles. Downtown Lions funded large print books and two Perkins Braillers. The system also offers phonograph records and ear phone equipped record players for patrons.
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North
Lions Club
Susan and
North Long Beach
The
Blanche W. Collins
American Association of University Women
Leisure World Braille Transcribers
Collins
AAUW
First Methodist Church
Fifth Street
Pacific Avenue
Lincoln
Paris
North Branch
Alamitos
E. Third St
Callins
New York Times
Northend
Bret Harte
W. Willow St
Los Altos
Britton Drive
Downtown
Long Beach Public Library