[blparent] junior youth activities
Julie J
julielj at windstream.net
Mon Apr 19 21:03:23 UTC 2010
Thank you!
I'll show him the agenda and see what he'd like to do.
Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] junior youth activities
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>
> Dear Julie,
>
> NOPBC events at convention are open to blind and sighted children alike.
> The mix is seen as very positive, and everyone can benefit. I suggest you
> sign up your son if you think he would enjoy the activities.
>
> Debbie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie J" <julielj at windstream.net>
> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:52 AM
> Subject: [blparent] junior youth activities
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>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I was looking at the April Braille Monitor and found the new Junior Youth
>> activities for kids ages 11-14. They are a part of NOPBC and I'm
>> wondering if it would be appropriate for my sighted son to attend? The
>> activities look great and I think he would enjoy many of them, but I
>> don't want to cause a blind youth to not be able to participate who might
>> not otherwise get a similar opportunity. I also would like my son to
>> meet kids his own age, have some freedom to attend things on his own and
>> hopefully to get some peer support. He is pretty isolated from positive
>> blind people outside of convention.
>>
>> I know next to nothing about NOPBC, is there someone I could contact that
>> would be better equipped to answer my question?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Julie
>>
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