Travis Association for the Blind

Travis Association for the Blind
Non-profit
Industry
  • Distribution
  • Manufacturing
Founded 1934 (1934) in Austin, Texas, United States
Headquarters

2307 Business Center Drive

Austin, Texas 78744 Coordinates: 30°12′47″N 97°44′28″W / 30.2129642°N 97.7410068°W / 30.2129642; -97.7410068
Number of locations
 6
Key people
Number of employees
 Increase400 (2015)
Website austinlighthouse.org

Travis Association for the Blind (TAB) is a service-oriented non-profit organization which employs over 220 blind and visually impaired personnel in six facilities in southeast Austin, Texas as well as a facility in Taylor, Texas. Travis Association for the Blind manufactures, repairs, and distributes a wide variety of merchandise for local, state, and federal government as well as private industry. TAB is a National Industries for the Blind partner agency.

history

Commonly known as the Austin Lighthouse for the Blind, the [Travis County] Association for the Blind was founded in 1934. At its start, the organization produced woven mats and canned peaches. Eventually the organization shortened its name to Travis Association for the Blind (TAB).

During World War II the United States government began to purchase mops produced at the Austin Lighthouse under a contract made possible by the Wagner-O'Day Act of 1938, which became the Javits–Wagner–O'Day Act in 1971, and was renamed the AbilityOne Program in 2006.

TAB moved its headquarters into a 62,500 sq ft plant at 2307 Business Center Drive in 2005.

Products

In a partnership with GOJO Industries, TAB packages and redistributes skincare products, including PURELL Instant hand Sanatizer and MICRELL antibacterial hand soap under the Skilcraft trade name.[1][2]

TAB also manufactures the following products:

Services

Travis Association for the Blind's Distribution Services department, known as Air Force Marine Corps Third Party Logistics (AF/MC3PL), provides supply chain services to the U.S. Armed Forces through a contract with Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support formerly Defense Supply Center Philadelphia.[3] Additionally, TAB provides laundry and refurbishment services for the United States Army through the Regional Logistics Support Center (RLSC). The RLSC facilities are located in south Austin and Taylor, Texas.

References

  1. ↑ Gojo Industries 2012 Sustainability Report: Partnerships That Turn Disability Into Ability
  2. ↑ Surrago, Mary Jane (2013). Empowering People: The Story of National Industries for the Blind and its Associated Agencies (PDF). National Industries for the Blind. p. 47.
  3. ↑ "Delivering the Goods" (PDF). Opportunity Magazine. 5 (1). 2012. Retrieved 8/5/2014. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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