[blindkid] Exchange student
Trudy Pickrel
tlpickrel at hotmail.com
Wed Aug 1 17:42:32 UTC 2012
My understanding is he is placed with a family in rhode Island.
Trudy L Pickrel
President MD Parents Blind Children
Owner TLC by the Lake poodles
On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:10 PM, blindkid-request at nfbnet.org wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:05:40 -0400
> From: Carol Castellano <carol_castellano at verizon.net>
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> Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: Hosting a blind exchange student from Ghana
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> Hi Everyone,
> I am forwarding this information on hosting a blind exchange student.
> Carol
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> Carol Castellano
> President, Parents of Blind Children-NJ
> Director of Programs
> National Organization of Parents of Blind Children
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>> From: Curt Carlson <CCarlson at ciee.org>
>> To: "E-mail:" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
>> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:16:44 -0400
>> Subject: Hosting a blind exchange student from Ghana
>>
>> Hi Carol,
>>
>> My name is Curt Carlson and I work CIEE, a non-profit student
>> exchange organization. I am reaching out to you because of your
>> involvement with the NOPBC. We are looking for a host family for a
>> boy named James from Ghana who is blind. He has won a prestigious
>> exchange grant from the Department of State to come on the YES
>> scholarship which is a sought after program for students from
>> cultures of the Arab and Muslim world. Our organization is trying to
>> best accommodate James, so perhaps you can help us find us a loving
>> home within the blind community. Hosting an exchange student proves
>> to be a great promoter of diversity and diplomacy for the local
>> communities, which is one CIEE's first and foremost goals.
>>
>> Some information about James:
>>
>> GHANA_BOY
>> Length: 10 months. Arrival Date: August 2012.
>> James is a 17 year old boy from Ghana. "I am highly interested and
>> happy to be hosted by your family and my friends even wish they were
>> me, and the village cannot control her joy. Since a native of here
>> for the first time in history is preparing to be hosted by your
>> family in America." James enjoys participating in Debate Club and
>> the Ghana Blind Union. He is proud of his family, which he
>> describes as "peaceful, generous, loving, and caring." He enjoys
>> spending time with them - praying and worshipping, telling stories,
>> and listening to the news. He has one brother and one sister. He
>> would be interested in learning how to cook and trying soccer for
>> the visually impaired in the U.S. He is eager to enrich his
>> cultural understanding and knowledge, share his culture, make new
>> friends, and inspire others. He hopes to become a lawyer and
>> politician someday. GPA: 3.2. SLEP Score: 20. Program Length: 10
>> months. Arrival Date: August 2012. PEX: Blind since birth.
>>
>>
>> Anything you could do to help spread the word about this wonderful
>> young man would be appreciated. To find out more about our program
>> in general please visit
>> <http://www.ciee.org/highschool>www.ciee.org/highschool or you can
>> call me directly at (207)553-4140, time is of the essence as James
>> is trying to attend an Orientation for Disabled Exchange Students
>> that begins next week.
>>
>> Thanks for your consideration
>>
>> Curt Carlson
>> USA High School Program
>> CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange
>> Tel: +1.207.553.4140
>> Fax: +1.207.553.5140
>> Email: <ccarlson at ciee.htm>ccarlson at ciee.org
>> Web: <www.ciee.htm>www.ciee.org/highschool
>> Interest in Hosting? <http://youtu.be/SS2rOK9lZnk>Video
>>
>>
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> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:11:45 -0400
> From: Trudy Pickrel <tlpickrel at hotmail.com>
> To: bindkid <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [blindkid] blindkid Digest, Vol 99, Issue 22
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> I started by pointing out textures and difference between kaki and Jeans what emblem each shirt has and what color that shirt is. Teaching what goes together. Brandon has a lot of his memorized. I then moved to putting sets together that match and have them help put away. Some days you just have to close your eyes.
> Trudy L. Pickrel
> President MD Parents of Blind Children
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> Our independence comes from within. A slave can have keen eyesight, excellent mobility, and superb reading skills?and still be a slave. We are achieving freedom and independence in the only way that really counts?in rising self-respect, growing self-confidence, and the will and the ability to make choices. Above all, independence means choices, and the power to make those choices stick.
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> Kenneth Jernigan
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>> From: blindkid-request at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: blindkid Digest, Vol 99, Issue 22
>> To: blindkid at nfbnet.org
>> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:00:48 -0500
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>> 1. Picking out Clothes (Traci Wilkerson)
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>> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:00:22 -0400
>> From: Traci Wilkerson <traci.renee27 at gmail.com>
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>> Subject: [blindkid] Picking out Clothes
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>> My kids are almost 6 and 8 and I am wondering when you started labeling
>> their clothes so they could pick out their own clothes? I hang most of my
>> daughters clothes b/c she wears alot of dresses and skirts/tops combo's.
>> My son's clothes are in drawers. I know I should always do what I can to
>> push their independence, but I'm also going to have to change the way I
>> shop if I start letting them pulling their own outfits! ha!
>>
>> When you do let them pull their own clothes, how do you mark so they know
>> what the outfit is? Do you label colors, etc. My son likes to know what
>> is on his shirt (picture, etc) but he is just learning braille, so he
>> couldn't read it if I typed it up for him.... My daughter could read it,
>> but she would only need to know colors, etc. I'm thinking this would make
>> them more aware of the colors they are wearing as well and learn what
>> colors go together (at least what I think goes together - :) ).
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Traci
>> Olivia, 7 and Evan, 5, both LCA
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> Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 12:44:02 -0400
> From: Trudy Pickrel <tlpickrel at hotmail.com>
> To: "blindkid at nfbnet.org" <blindkid at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [blindkid] US Dept hiring
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> The US Dept. of Labor is sponsoring a hiring event for people with disabilities and veterans.
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> http://www.dol.gov/dol/hiringfair/
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> Please contact the people at the website if you have any questions.
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> Trudy L Pickrel
> President MD Parents Blind Children
> Owner TLC by the Lake poodles
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