[Blindtlk] Help please

[Arielle Silverman]

I think that's correct. I wanted to donate, but my credit card
declined and it set off my bank's fraud alert. I'm not sure if my bank
is just overly sensitive or how to get around that.

On 7/21/15, River Linda via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Her go fund me page says that she does not live in the United States,, so
> there is no Voc Rehab Agency available to her.
>
> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015, Szostak, Christine via blindtlk <
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Ana,
>>   Welcome to the list!
>>
>>   Great to hear. Gaining independence will be extremely valuable to you
>> in
>> many ways.
>>
>>   One thing that I strongly recommend that you do, is to contact your
>> local vocational rehabilitation office as they will likely be able to
>> cover
>> the entire expense for you.
>>
>>   If you are not familiar with this term, these  are governmental offices
>> that are explicitly set up to attempt to help individuals such as those
>> with vision loss to be able to get the resources and services necessary
>> to
>> become independent, successful, and employed/educated members of society.
>>
>>   This is likely going to be the most valuable route to go in terms of
>> what you are trying to achieve. And likely, it will save you the headache
>> of and time needed for trying  desperately to get donations.
>>
>>   All states have these departments and many counties/cities do as well.
>> Thus, if you do a Google search for Vocational Rehab in your state/county
>> you will likely get to the right office. Note that sometimes these have
>> different names depending upon the location, so do not worry if the title
>> is something like vision services...
>> The very best of luck with this!
>> Chris
>>
>> Dr. Christine M. Szostak
>> Assistant Professor of Psychology
>> Department of Social Sciences
>> Shorter University
>> Rome, Georgia
>> szostak.1 at osu.edu <javascript:;>
>> cszostak at shorter.edu <javascript:;>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>] On
>> Behalf Of martinezana770--- via blindtlk
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2015 2:48 PM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>
>> Cc: martinezana770 at gmail.com <javascript:;>
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] Help please
>>
>> Hi all my name is Ana and I am a Blind high school student after high
>> school I would like to do the adult program at the Colorado Center for
>> the
>> blind so that I can be more independent in  order to achieve this I need
>> your help Please share my campaign with as many people as you can and if
>> possible please donate thanks in advance
>>
>> http://www.gofundme.com/b1vigk
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>>
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/szostak.1%40buckeyemail.osu.edu
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> blindtlk mailing list
>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org <javascript:;>
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
>> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>> blindtlk:
>>
>> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/waterinmyroom%40gmail.com
>>
> _______________________________________________
> blindtlk mailing list
> blindtlk at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/blindtlk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> blindtlk:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/blindtlk_nfbnet.org/arielle71%40gmail.com
>