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Services for the Blind (Christian Record Services, Inc., CRSB) was founded in 1899 by Austin Orlando Wilson. Wilson, who was blinded by an accident earlier in life, was disappointed that there was not more material available for the blind and undertook making material of his own. The
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In 2013, Christian Record hosted the first-annual EYE RUN, an eye health awareness event and fundraiser. In subsequent years, the EYE RUN expanded from a 5K run walk/run to add a one miler walk/run and a 10K run. Proceeds from the EYE RUN provide services and programs to clients of the organization.
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in 1904. Christian Record had several temporary locations from 1904 to 1912. May 28, 1912, the organization purchased a building across the street from Union
College (Nebraska) for $ 2,700. This would be Christian Record's headquarters until 1936 when they would move their headquarters to South 48th
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October 7, then Nebraska state governor Frank B. Morrison gave the opening
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