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The Let’s Go Shopping holiday gift event official press release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 4, 2020
Contact: Laura Legendary
Email: lgsvirtualevents@gmail.com
PH: 702-605-1265

Discover an inclusive, online, accessible, virtual shopping mall that connects small businesses with the customers who need them.

Henderson, NV – Laura Legendary, owner of Elegant Insights Braille Creations, and founder of Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events, has organized a two-day, online accessible experience for seniors and consumers with disabilities called “Let’s Go Shopping!” On November 10 and 11, 2020 from 8 AM PT to 5 PM PT, shoppers will be able to call or connect to the Zoom platform to shop for holiday gifts.

People with disabilities, seniors, and those in rural areas with limited bandwidth or lack of access to help from their family, in-home health care provider, or personal assistant may find navigating web sites to go shopping online difficult. “People with print or cognitive disabilities who would normally have access to assistive technology through their workplace, or a care worker on whom they rely to accomplish shopping tasks may now find themselves isolated, due to the need to protect themselves, or a vulnerable loved one, from Covid-19.

“This will be the fourth Let’s Go Shopping event,” says Legendary, who is blind. “Each has been more successful than the previous, as shoppers find new businesses to explore, both entrepreneurs and consumers benefit.”

Attendees will access the live online mall using the Zoom Video Conferencing platform. Zoom has been a lifesaver for students and parents who need to connect with teachers and colleagues. Zoom enables users to sign in using a desktop, laptop, smartphone app, or even their landline telephone.

Many of the participating vendors also have a disability, or have a close association with someone who does. Vendors are required to make the shopping experience as easy and as frictionless as possible, so they provide multiple ways for attendees to place orders. There are 18 participating vendors, offering everything from artisan crafted jewelry to fashion, food, gadgets and gizmos, pet and guide dog products, personalized gifts, beauty and skin care, home fragrance and decor, craft kits, leather goods, and technology.

“With so many people reluctant to shop in busy malls and crowded public spaces, the Let’s Go Shopping event is a fun way to do a mall crawl from the comfort of your couch,” says Legendary. “Just sit back, relax, and shop till you drop.”

Laura Legendary is owner of Elegant Insights Braille Creations, a distinctive, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories, made in the USA, and embossed in braille. Founded in 2011, Elegant Insights jewelry is meaningful, unusual, accessible, and inclusive. We bring out the beauty of braille.

For more information about Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events, contact:
Laura Legendary
702-605-1265
lgsvirtualevents@gmail.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com

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The Let’s Go Shopping 3 Vendor Directory

Here is the complete list of small businesses you can look forward to discovering during the third Let’s Go Shopping extravaganza.

Please patronize these fabulous small businesses! Support an entrepreneur and shop ’til you drop!

Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.

Lady Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
916-206-1151
www.nini.scentsy.us
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/category/Product-Service/NV-Wickless-Scents-More-125248947558448/

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
A distinctive, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories embossed in braille.

Laura Legendary
702-605-1265
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
customer.service@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights

GuideLight Dog Products
(Division of GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.) Where happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
781-286-1696
GuideLightDogs@gmail.com
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Angela’s Awesome Homemade Beef Jerky
Our name says it all.

Angela Fowler
530-813-2911
angelasawesomejerky@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/Angelas-Awesome-Home-Made-Beef-Jerky

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
269-216-4798
www.atguys.com
support@atguys.com
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Scenic Made, artisanal care packages
Small batch, big flavor

Johanna Sedman
johanna@scenicmade.com
www.scenicmade.com
Facebook: Scenic Made
Instagram :www.instagram.com/scenic_made/

Snag a Frag
Where fragrance enthusiasts can discover prestige and hard-to-find fragrances for men.

Brent Harbolt
www.snagafrag.com
sales@snagafrag.com
Twitter: @snagafrag
FaceBook: www.facebook.com/snagafrag

Pure Haven by Leanne Merren
Safe, trusted, pure. Empowering consumers to make every home a pure haven!

Leanne Merren
269-207-4207
leanne4pureliving@gmail.com
www.purehaven.com/leannemerren
www.facebook.com/groups/phebyleanne

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics and Skin Care

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
804-832-5439
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

Web Friendly Help LLC
Makin’ your tech life easy!

Casey Mathews
567-234-0078
help@webfriendlyhelp.com
webfriendlyhelp.com
Twitter: @webfriendlyhelp
Facebook: facebook.com/webfriendlyhelp
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/webfriendlyhelp

Mitsy Kit
Mitsy Kit hand sewing and crafting kits make creativity accessible
for the blind, elderly, disabled and all using our patented, tactile guided system.
We help you to create memories and connect lives, one simple kit at a time.

Tammy Roussell
978-419-1824
Tammy.Roussell@MitsyKit.org
www.MitsyKit.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/MitsyKit
Twitter@TammyMitsyKit
Instagram – tammyroussell
LinkedIn Tammy Roussell

My Photo Blanket
Wrap yourself up in a perfect memory.

Don Shaw
409-333-0432
myphotoblanket@icloud.com
www.myphotoblanket.shop coming soon!

Sparkle911
Paparazzi Accessories $5 fashion jewelry
Sparkle911…for all your fashion emergencies!

ReNae Anderson
970-393-0170
sparkle911@yahoo.com
paparazziaccessories.com/74180/
Facebook: Sparkle911 @SparklingBlingAccessories
www.facebook.com/SparklingBlingAccessories/

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
405-633-2572
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Don’t forget to use the tag #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event!

LL

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Here’s the schedule for Let’s Go Shopping 3, and it’s the best lineup yet!

Here we go! Take a look at the fantastic mix of businesses prepared to take you shopping on Friday, September 4, and Saturday, September 5, You’ll definitely want to plan your schedule around this amazing lineup of entrepreneurs! Get ready to shop ’til you drop!

Let’s Go Shopping 3 Schedule

Note that all times are Pacific Time. Please adjust for your time zone accordingly.

Friday, September 4

8AM Welcome and introduction

8:15 Glamsticks

9AM Scentsy with Nini
9:30 Guidelight Gadgets

10AM Elegant Insights Braille Creations

11AM Guidelight Dogs

12N Angela’s Awesome Homemade Beef Jerky
12:30 A T Guys

1PM Scenic Made

2PM Mitsy Kit

3PM Snag A Frag

4PM End of day

Saturday, September 5

8AM Pure Haven

9AM Beauty by Brittany
9:30 Guidelight Gadgets

10AM Mitsy Kit
10:30 My Photo Blanket

11AM A T Guys
11:30 Web Friendly Help

12N Elegant Insights Engraving

1PM Guidelight Dogs
1:30 Sparkle 911

2PM The Harbolt Company

3PM Happy Hour

4PM End of day.

What is Happy Hour, you ask? It’s a way for any of the vendors who want to take additional questions, make announcements, add to their presentation if they ran out of time, or get back to someone who had a question they could not answer during their session to finish. If you miss your favorite vendors and want to catch up, bring a beverage and join this casual chat. We’ll also have door prize drawings during this hour, so please stop in for the Let’s Go Shopping Happy Hour!

Don’t forget to use the tag, #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event!

LL

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Let’s Go Shopping 3: Back to School, and a Holiday 2020 Preview

Almost six months ago, I found myself fretting over the number of industries that were quickly becoming threatened by the need to “stay home to slow the spread,” due to the mandatory quarantines imposed in many US states. As I followed the negotiations taking place in Congress, and the decisions that were made as to which industries would receive the proposed billions in an effort to keep the economy afloat, I grew concerned about the fate of some of my friends, owners of micro businesses, those very small, home-based, sole proprietorships that are the only means of support for many entrepreneurs I knew. I began to wonder, as was the case the last time Congress passed a bail-out package during a time of national hardship, if people with disabilities were going to be left out.

Further, upon learning of the regulations passed as to which small businesses would be eligible for the Payroll Protection Plan, I realized that many of the entrepreneurs I knew personally would not qualify, as they either ran a one person operation, or had few employees who worked part-time, or as independent contractors. Would micro businesses be passed over? What about business owners with disabilities? Would they be eligible to receive the stimulus checks that were dispersed to families? It occurred to me that a segment of the population about which I care deeply might be in trouble if the so-called “Cares Act” didn’t much care for them. I decided to do something about it.

The best way I could think of to give entrepreneurs with disabilities a fighting chance was to find a way to help them increase sales. Without knowing for sure whether or not everyone was going to receive a stimulus check, I wanted to create a program that might be somewhat more sustainable that a $1200 gone-in-a-flash payment, even if a check were distributed to everyone.

The result was an experiment I called Let’s Go Shopping. The idea was to assist small businesses to gain exposure to new customers, while exposing customers to a fun and unique way to shop a variety of businesses, all in one place, all without leaving their home. Creating a virtual shopping mall seemed infinitely less cumbersome for a small business owner than flying to a distant city to exhibit at a conference, with the requisite hotel stay and associated expenses, or applying for a business loan, or spending grueling hours working a trade show floor, which wasn’t possible during the Corona virus pandemic, anyway.

And what of the shoppers who could no longer go out? The ones who lacked a solid Internet connection, or who did not have a multiplicity of online access, due to children and/or spouse working from home? What about people who still wanted to send gifts, but who felt overwhelmed by the cognitive burden of online shopping, and who were frustrated about not being able to be part of upcoming graduation ceremonies, Easter gatherings, or Mother’s Day? Lockdown affected everyone differently, and as usual, I saw no one addressing the needs of the most vulnerable among us, people with disabilities, not-so-tech-savvy seniors, people with underlying health conditions, people stuck at home, with limited options. How could I connect small businesses with the customers who needed them?

The Let’s Go Shopping model is an online, accessible, virtual mall where anyone with a PC, laptop, smartphone, or even an old-school landline telephone can connect, via Zoom, to a variety of small businesses, just like in any real-world shopping mall. The first event was multiple hours, the second was multiple days, and the third will be the best yet.

Join us Friday, September 4th and Saturday, September 5th from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Pacific, 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM Eastern Time for Let’s Go Shopping 3 – Back to School and Holiday Gift Preview.

Want to start your holiday shopping early? Looking for unique fall decor
for your home? Want to get ready for the new school year in
style? We’ll have tech gadgets and guide dog gear, apparel and accessories, food, art, jewelry, and personalized gifts. We’ll even have help for remote workers setting up home offices, or for parents who need to set up home-schooling or distance learning stations. Expect a
fantastic mix of small businesses to explore, whether shopping for yourself, your
kids, or for fall and winter 2020.  Let’s Go Shopping is a virtual mall like no
other, so grab your gift list and your phone, and Zoom in to our 2-day
event!

Get the Zoom virtual shopping mall invitation by subscribing to our announce list. You can send a blank email to:

lgs+subscribe@groups.io

or go to:

groups.io/g/LGS

Please share the news with your own network! Don’t forget to use the tag, #LetsGoShopping when tweeting about the event. Can’t get to the mall? No problem. We’ll bring the mall to you. Best of all, no mask needed!

Ready for a little retail therapy? Let’s Go Shopping!

LL

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Did you miss our second Let’s Go Shopping mall crawl? Here are the event recordings

With Father’s Day upcoming, and graduations happening now, you might be wondering how to get gifts to everyone on your list. Need a little personal assistance? Prefer to speak to a real person instead of shop online? Looking for something specific, but need more information? Our second Let’s Go Shopping event had it all. Maybe you really wanted to attend, but couldn’t find the time. I’ve got you covered.

As promised, here are the recordings for our second Let’s Go Shopping event, which took place May 7, 8, and 9, 2020. If you attended our virtual mall crawl, I hope you discovered new businesses with which to do some gift shopping, and enjoyed hearing about new products from your existing favorite entrepreneurs. If you placed an order for anything you heard about on our three-day extravaganza, thank you so much for your patronage. We appreciate your business. If you missed any part of the event, you are invited to check out the below rebroadcasts.

Please note that unless stated with respect to a specific date of availability, all mentions of special pricing, discounts, or door prizes have expired. Also, thank you for your patience regarding shipping and inventory restocking issues, as all of our vendors are working through the stay at home restrictions in their area, as well as dealing with delays from their own suppliers.

Thank you for joining us for LGS2, and enjoy the recordings. Ready for a little retail therapy? Let’s Go Shopping!

Day One: Thursday, May 7

A T Guys
Pure Haven
Patti and Ricky
Scentsy with Nini
Elegant Insights
A T Guys

Day Two: Friday, May 8

Guidelights and Gadgets
The Pampered Chef
Popcornalicious
Elegant Insights
Guidelight Dogs Accessories

Day Three: Saturday, May 9

The Harbolt Company
Elegant Insights
Guidelight Dogs Toys
Pure Haven
Mystic Access
Scentsy with Nini
Beauty by Brittany
The Harbolt Company

Want information about future Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events? Be sure to go here and sign up for our announcement group.go here and sign up for our announcement group.

Shop ’til you drop!

LL

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An accessible, virtual shopping event just for dads and grads: Let’s Go Shopping 2!

To everyone who attended our first online, all day, virtual mall crawl, Let’s Go Shopping, thank you! It was a huge success. So much so, in fact, we are doing it again!

When:

May 7, 8, & 9, from 9 AM to 1 PM Pacific time. It’s a three-day extravaganza for dads and grads. Please join us!

Thursday, May 7
09:00: Welcome and introduction (15 mins)
09:15: A T Guys (45 mins)

10:00: Pure Haven (30 mins)

10:30: Patti and Ricky (30 mins)

11:00: Scentsy with Nini (30 mins)

11:30: Elegant Insights (60 mins)

12:30: A T Guys (30 mins)

1:00: End of Day

Friday, May 8

09:00: Guidelights and Gadgets (60 mins)

10:00: The Pampered Chef (60 mins)

11:00: Popcornalicious (60 mins)

12:00: Elegant Insights (30 mins)

12:30: Guidelight Dogs Accessories (30 mins)

1:00: End of Day

Saturday, May 9

09:00: The Harbolt Company (30 mins)

09:30: Elegant Insights (30 mins)

10:00: Guidelight Dogs Toys 30 mins)

10:30: Pure Haven (30 mins)

11:00: Mystic Access (30 mins)

11:30: Scentsy with Nini (30 mins)

12:00: Beauty by Brittany (30 mins)

12:30: The Harbolt Company (25 mins)
12:55: Door prizes and wrap up

1:00: End of Day

Here’s your invitation!

You are invited to a 3 day, online, accessible, virtual mall crawl.

Let’s Go Shopping!
Dates: 5/7/2020 through 5/9/2020
Times: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Daily. (Pacific time)

To be eligible for door prizes, or to get alerts for special offers and info on future Let’s Go Shopping Virtual Events, subscribe to our low volume, announce only, moderated email group:

groups.io/g/LGS

Daily Schedule:
May 7, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific time)
May 8, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific time)
May 9, 2020 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM (Pacific Time)

How to join our Zoom virtual mall:

Click below to join the event from your computer or Zoom Ap on your mobile device:
zoom.us/j/98318804235?pwd=WFQrS2lnVEQ2WWxPeE9kVzNNUHU0QT09
Meeting ID: 983 1880 4235
Password: 238717

Click below to one tap call in to the event on your mobile device:
+16699006833,,98318804235#,,#,238717# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,98318804235#,,#,238717# US (Houston)

Call one of the numbers below to join the event from a land line phone. (meeting ID and password will be required)
Meeting ID: 983 1880 4235
Password: 238717
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

Happy shopping!

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Let’s Go Shopping again – with the event recordings

If you missed all or part of the epic online virtual event “Let’s Go Shopping,” then you may have been waiting for the promised recording. Below is an edited version of the entire day, separated into smaller segments so that it’s a bit easier to visit the shops that interest you most. Note that unless otherwise stated, any mention of special products, prices, gift certificates, discounts or door prizes have expired, and no longer valid. Enjoy the presentations, and thanks for shopping!

Let’s Go Shopping part 1

Sight and Sound Technology
Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Hartgen Consultancy

Let’s Go Shopping part 2

PattiandRicky
Strawberry Moon Reborns
Beauty by Brittany

Let’s Go Shopping part 3

A. T. Guys
GlamSticks
GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Scentsy with Nini
Patti and Ricky

Let’s Go Shopping part 4

GuideLight Dogs
Tawny’s Pottery Lab
A. T. Guys
The Unseen Bean

Let’s Go Shopping part 5

The Harbolt Company
Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Wrap-up

Vendor directory:

Sight and Sound Technology
Sight and Sound Technology Ireland is the leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.

Stuart Lawler
?www.sightandsound.co.uk
Telephone: +35316909720
Mobile: +353879926360
stuart.lawler@sightandsoundtechnology.ie
Twitter: @sastireland

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Jewelry and accessories with a tactile twist. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Laura Legendary
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
702-605-1265
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights

Hartgen Consultancy
Training and products for the JAWS Screen-reader. Quality, Confidence, Excellence.

Brian Hartgen
www.hartgenconsultancy.com
US: 239-256-7779
Twitter : www.twitter.com/hartgenconsult
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hartgenconsult

Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.

Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom

StrawberryMoonReborns
Lifelike baby dolls for your child, or the child in all of us.

Lulu Hartgen
www.strawberrymoonreborns.com
+44-7773-501-358.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonkins
And
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonreborns
Instagram: @strawberrymoonreborns
Twitter: @SMReborns.

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
support@atguys.com
269-216-4798
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.

Lady Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
www.nini.scentsy.us
916-206-1151
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: NV Wickless Scents & More

GuideLight Dogs
Happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
guidelightdogs@gmail.com
781-286-1696
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Tawny’s Pottery Lab
From my hands to yours, everyday art designed to touch: pet bowls, mugs, pendants, home decor

Tawny Villegas
Www.pottery-lab.com
www.etsy.com/shop/tawnyspotterylab
IG: @potterylab
Twitter: @pottery_lab
FB: www.facebook.com/potterylab/

The Unseen Bean
Taste the passion in blind roasted coffee.

Jerry Leary
www.theunseenbean.com
720-369-8039
info@theunseenbean.com
Twitter @theunseenbean

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
405-633-2572
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Thank you for joining us!

LL

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Let’s Go Shopping and win door prizes too!

In case you haven’t heard, there’s this little event happening online tomorrow. It’s a virtual mall crawl! We invite you to attend via the Zoom video conferencing platform.

Zoom Meeting ID: 287180525

Let’s Go Shopping is an online, accessible, virtual event for small businesses and the customers who need them. You’ll find gifts for Mother’s Day, graduations, or just to gift a friend a lift. Oh, and did I mention door prizes? There’s going to be door prizes!

Below is a list of the vendors who will be offering door prizes, and a brief description of each. Some of the business owners are giving them away during their session, others are giving them out at the end of the day. You do not have to be present to win the door prizes at end of day, although you do have to attend the session in which the vendor him or herself will be awarding them. We will simply be choosing random numbers between 1 and however many attendees are in the session. We’ll ask our Siri or Alexa or whichever virtual personal assistant we’re using to pick the number. Not very sophisticated, but I guess it’s a bit better than game dice. Maybe not that much better.

Sight and Sound Technology Ireland

Free software license.

We’ll offer a free license of either JAWS, Zoomtext or Fusion to one person who attends our session.
Retail value: $750

Hartgen Consultancy

JAWS Screen Reader One Year.
Leasey Total Package.

If you’ve always wanted to try JAWS, now is your chance! You could win a full year of the famous JAWS Screen Reader. You can also win the total Leasey package, both items awarded in session.
Retail value: $90.00.
Retail value: $91.00

GuideLights And Gadgets

MAGNETIC BALL BEARING TACTILE WATCH
Color: Silver and Black
Band: Leather
DESCRIPTION: Similar to the Bradley line of watches, except the tactile ball bearings are both on the watch face. 40 mm diameter case.
Retail value: $125.00

Soundbox Amplifier
This rectangular wooden box device uses magnetic induction to amplify the sound of any small portable electronic device such as your iPhone, Victor Stream, or even your house phone handset. No wires or bluetooth connections are necessary. The box sits underneath the sound source and amplifies up to 300 percent louder. Rechargeable battery and charging cable included.
RETAIL value: $45.00.

Strawberry Moon Reborns

Strawberry Moondust Magic Sounds Diaper.

This exclusive accessory is perfect for your Strawberry Moonkin or your own baby doll. Attend the session to win!
Retail Value: $25.00

Patti and Ricky

Discount coupon code.

A Gift Certificate for anything in the www.pattiandricky.com marketplace. Awarded at end of day.
Retail value: $20.00.

The Unseen Bean

Free Shipping.

Free shipping with your purchase. Enter code freeship at checkout. no minimum! Available during session.
Retail value: $10.00.

Scentsy with Nini

Mini Scentsy warmer and a Scentsy Bar.

This mini plug-in wax melt warmer and full size wax bar will fill your life with fragrance. Your choice of warmer style and fragrance, US only. Attend to win.
Retail value: $26.00

A. T. Guys

Gift certificates.

Two gift certificates, one in a session, one at end of day. Restrictions may apply. Plus, a SoundPods Bluetooth Speaker during one of the sessions,
Retail value: $51.00.
Retail value: $26.00.
Retail value: $49.95.

Beauty by Brittany

Skin care.

A Mary Kay detoxifying charcoal mask. Attend to win!
Retail value: $24.00.

The Harbolt Company

Discount coupon.
10% off coupon on your first purchase. Restrictions may apply. End of day.
Retail value: Varies.

Elegant Insights Braille Creations

Braille accessories.

Three-piece braille embossed refrigerator magnet set, several adorable designs to choose from. Presented at end of day.
Retail value: $20.00.

To register for one of the end of day drawings, please go to this Google docs page and provide your email address:

bit.ly/3bSO0tF

If that link doesn’t work for you, go here to the Elegant Insights contact page.

You need to give us permission to send you details about shipping your item, so thank you for providing your name and email. Also, the entire day will be recorded, so if you would like to be notified when the recording is available, we can drop you a note.

I hope you all have fun shopping tomorrow, although there’s a really good chance we might break Zoom! *crosses fingers*

LL

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Ready for a little retail therapy? Here’s the Let’s Go Shopping event schedule and vendor details!

Here is the final schedule and business directory for the all-day, online, virtual shopping day! See you there!

Saturday, April 4th, 2020, from 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific Time. Let’s Go Shopping is an all-day, online, accessible event connecting small businesses and the customers who need them. Ready for a little retail therapy?

Let’s Go Shopping!

Please note that all times are pacific Time. Adjust accordingly for your time zone.

7:00 am PT: Good morning and welcome (Laura)

7:30 am: Sight and Sound Technology

8:00 am PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations

9:00 am PT: Hartgen Consultancy

10:00 am PT: PattiandRicky.com Adaptive Fashion

11:00 am PT: Strawberry Moon Reborns

11:30 am: Beauty by Brittany

12:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys

12:30 pm: GlamSticks

1:00 pm PT: GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.

1:30 pm: Scentsy with Nini

2:00 pm PT: PattiandRicky.com Inclusive Accessories

3:00 pm PT: GuideLight Dogs

3:30 pm: Tawny’s Pottery Lab

4:00 pm PT: A. T. Guys

4:30 pm: The Unseen Bean

5:00 pm PT: The Harbolt Company

6:00 pm PT: Elegant Insights Braille Creations

6:30 pm: Door prizes and wrap-up Laura and friends

Let’s Go Shopping with these fabulous vendors!

Sight and Sound Technology
Sight and Sound Technology Ireland is the leading provider of hardware and software to the blind, visually impaired and those with learning and reading difficulties.

Stuart Lawler
?www.sightandsound.co.uk
Telephone: +35316909720
Mobile: +353879926360
stuart.lawler@sightandsoundtechnology.ie
Twitter: @sastireland

Elegant Insights Braille Creations
Jewelry and accessories with a tactile twist. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Laura Legendary
www.elegantinsightsjewelry.com
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com
702-605-1265
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Elegant.Insights
Twitter: @ElegantInsights
Instagram: www.instagram.com/elegantinsights

Hartgen Consultancy
Training and products for the JAWS Screen-reader. Quality, Confidence, Excellence.

Brian Hartgen
www.hartgenconsultancy.com
US: 239-256-7779
Twitter : www.twitter.com/hartgenconsult
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hartgenconsult

Patti and Ricky
Functional and fashionable apparel and accessories for people of all abilities.

Alexandra Herold
www.pattiandricky.com
303-578-6594
alex@pattiandricky.com
Twitter: @pattiandricky_
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pattiandricky/
Instagram: @pattiandrickycom

StrawberryMoonReborns
Lifelike baby dolls for your child, or the child in all of us.

Lulu Hartgen
www.strawberrymoonreborns.com
+44-7773-501-358.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonkins
And
Facebook: www.facebook.com/strawberrymoonreborns
Instagram: @strawberrymoonreborns
Twitter: @SMReborns.

Beauty by Brittany
Color your world with Mary Kay Cosmetics

Brittany Savage
Independent beauty consultant
www.marykay.com/bsavage2
tanielizabeth21@yahoo.com
Twitter: @tanielizabeth21

A. T. Guys
A. T. Guys will be offering a special deal for everyone who tunes in. We are taking orders and ready to provide the technology you need.

J. J. Meddaugh
support@atguys.com
269-216-4798
Twitter: @atguys
Facebook: www.facebook.com/atguys

Glamsticks
Glamsticks ™ are bespoke, designer and couture crutches, canes, walking sticks, wheelchair covers and accessories all individually crafted for your personal use.

Lady Sharon Farley-Mason
www.glamsticks.co.uk
glamsticks@hotmail.com
UK 07903143322
Twitter: @glamsticks
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GlamSticks
Instagram: @sharonfm1_glamsticks

GuideLights and Gadgets, Inc.
Simple and affordable technological fun.

Barry Scheur
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/
1597 Suncrest Drive
Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.
(617) 969-7500
bscheur@scheur.com

Scentsy with Nini
Fill your life with fragrance.

Nini Urschel
Independent Scentsy Consultant
www.nini.scentsy.us
916-206-1151
nini95626@sbcglobal.net
Facebook: NV Wickless Scents & More

GuideLight Dogs
Happiness wags.

KaeAnn Rausch
www.guidelightsandgadgets.us/CatalogGuideLightDogProducts.html
guidelightdogs@gmail.com
781-286-1696
Twitter: @Kaeko658

Tawny’s Pottery Lab
From my hands to yours, everyday art designed to touch: pet bowls, mugs, pendants, home decor

Tawny Villegas
Www.pottery-lab.com
www.etsy.com/shop/tawnyspotterylab
IG: @potterylab
Twitter: @pottery_lab
FB: www.facebook.com/potterylab/

The Unseen Bean
Taste the passion in blind roasted coffee.

Jerry Leary
www.theunseenbean.com
720-369-8039
info@theunseenbean.com
Twitter @theunseenbean

The Harbolt Company
We specialize in unique and hard to find items to make your life easier. We love what we do, and so will you!

Brent Harbolt
www.harboltcompany.com
sales@harboltcompany.com
405-633-2572
Twitter: @harboltcompany
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theharboltcompany

Special thanks to The Harbolt Company for donating the Zoom virtual shopping mall. Thanks also to vendors donating door prizes throughout the day. Be sure to tune in on saturday, April 4th, 2020 to shop ’till you drop!

Let’s Go Shopping!

Join us via the Zoom Video Conferencing platform:

Laura Legendary has invited you to the online event, “Let’s Go Shopping!”

An all-day, accessible, online event. Let’s Go Shopping! We’re connecting small businesses and the customers who need them.

Join us Saturday April 4, 2020, start time 7:00 AM Pacific Time, 8:00 AM Mountain Time, 9:00 Central Time, 10:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada). Event concludes at 7 PM Pacific Time.

Join Zoom Meeting from your computer or mobile device with Zoom app installed. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

zoom.us/j/287180525

One tap join from your mobile device. (does not require meeting ID.)

+16699006833,,287180525# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,287180525# US (Houston)

Dial by your location on a land line phone. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

Be sure to show up and shop!

LL

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For immediate release – An online, accessible event: Let’s Go Shopping!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 30, 2020

Stuck at home? Let’s Go Shopping! Attend this online event that brings together small businesses and the customers who need them.

Henderson, NV – Laura Legendary, owner of Elegant Insights Braille Creations, has organized an all-day, online accessible experience for seniors and consumers with disabilities called “Let’s Go Shopping!” On Saturday, April 4th, from 7 AM PT to 7 PM PT, shoppers will be able to call or connect to the Zoom platform to shop for gifts for Easter, Passover, Mother’s Day, graduations, or any upcoming gift-giving occasion. With millions of people in self-isolation, getting out to shop is all but impossible for those with limited mobility.

People with disabilities, seniors, and those in rural areas with limited bandwidth or lack of access to help from their children, in-home health care provider, or personal assistant may find navigating web sites to go shopping online difficult. “People with print or cognitive disabilities who would normally have access to assistive technology through their workplace, or a care worker who they rely on to accomplish shopping tasks may now find themselves cut off, thanks to the need to remain at home. As a result, they may find online shopping to be cognitively burdensome,” says Legendary. “My goal with the Let’s Go Shopping event was two-fold: Not only to give micro businesses a boost, but to bring a virtual shopping mall to customers,” says Legendary, who is blind. “Besides, we could all use a little retail therapy about now.”

Attendees will access the live online mall using the Zoom Video Conferencing platform. Zoom has been a lifesaver for students and parents who need to connect with teachers and colleagues. Zoom enables users to sign in using a desktop, laptop, smartphone app, or even their landline telephone. Brent Harbolt, of The Harbolt Company, one of the participating vendors, has donated the Zoom room for the event. “Let’s Go Shopping is an opportunity for me to reach new customers who are looking for gadgets to make their life a little easier, provide product descriptions, and directly answer people’s questions in real time,” says Harbolt.

All of the small business owners participating in the “Let’s Go Shopping” event have a disability. Vendors include A T Guys, PattiandRicky.com, GuideLights and Gadgets Inc., Elegant Insights Braille Creations, Hartgen Consultancy, and more. Shoppers will be able to purchase artisan crafted dolls, home fragrance and beauty products, independent living aids, adaptive apparel and accessories, ceramics, and braille jewelry.

Elegant Insights Braille Creations is a distinctive, handcrafted collection of jewelry and accessories, made in the USA, and embossed in braille. Founded in 2011 by Laura Legendary, Elegant Insights jewelry is meaningful, unusual, accessible, and inclusive. We bring out the beauty of braille.

Contact: Laura Legendary, Elegant Insights Braille Creations
702-605-1265
l.legendary@elegantinsightsjewelry.com

Braille jewelry in bloom…

To attend, use any of the following Zoom links or appropriate phone numbers for your area:
Join Zoom Meeting from your computer or mobile device with zoom app installed. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

zoom.us/j/287180525

One tap join from your mobile device. (does not require meeting ID.)

+16699006833,,287180525# US (San Jose)
+13462487799,,287180525# US (Houston)

Dial by your location on a land line phone. (needs meeting ID.)
Meeting ID: 287 180 525

+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US
+1 301 715 8592 US
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)

Find your local number: zoom.us/u/abZUrvSCbt

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