[blindkid] The Community Service Division is looking for stories from youth for our blog.

[Darian Smith]

Dear Parents,
 
 Would you mind encouraging any  of your children who actively volunteer  to share their story  with us?
 Thanks so much and please see below?

Are you a middle/high school/college student?
 Do you  Volunteer in your community with friends, family, a group or church?  or  Volunteer on your school/college campus with a campus group or friends?
 Then the Community  Service Division would like to hear about your experiences.
 In the month of  February  we are accepting and featuring  submissions from students from middle  school to grad school.  non-grad and in-between for our blog nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com <http://nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com/>). So if you  are a student and doing the community service thing  then send along your story to our blog  chair Chris Parsons at christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net <mailto:christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net> anytime between now and the end of the month.
 Stories can be 500 words or less, include what you do and  with whom.  they may also include how you got involved with the group/project and what kind of alternative (non-visual) techniques you use to serve along side your sighted peers to get the job done.
 
 Thanks,
 Darian

 p.s. If your child doesn’t do so but wants to, there’s no  reason why they can’t start :).  
 Feel free to be in touch if support/ideas are needed.



Darian Smith
President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service Division
dsmithnfb at gmail.com 
(415)215-9809
 twitter: @goldengateace
Connect with the Community Service Division 
Facebook: search for “NFB Community Service Division”.
Twitter:@NFBCSDivision


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