Beyond-Vision 2012 Annual Report

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Building Momentum

2011-12 was a great year for Beyond Vision. We have implemented several changes to our organization giving us positive momentum for the future. We have opened new lines of business, launched a new brand and made significant steps to advance our mission of providing sustainable employment for people who are blind.

Beyond Vision is the new brand for the two aligned organizations (Wiscraft, Inc. and Associated Industries for the Blind (AIB)). The creation of Beyond Vision has expanded our reach of services. We have combined the manufacturing , assembly/packaging and full service call center operations of Wiscraft with the AIB Base Supply Centers (BSC’s). Located in seven states, these BSC’s operate on nine Federal installations that support nearly 60,000 military and civilian personnel.

Beyond Vision is proud to be an AbilityOne participating agency. The AbilityOne program is enabled by the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Act and creates employment and training opportunities for the people who are blind or who have other severe disabilities through a federal government preferred sourcing program. Federal purchasing of products under the AbilityOne Program allows the government to procure the products it needs at a fair-market price, while simultaneously creating employment for more than 47,000 blind Americans (3,300 of these are disabled U.S. military veterans).

We are extremely excited to enter a new year as Beyond Vision. As the momentum builds for our organization, the essential and vital support our customers and donors provide will enable us to take advantage of the many opportunities to come.