[blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home

Tue Jun 29 21:01:50 UTC 2010

Debbie, do you know if we can make a contribution somewhere other than
convention? V

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Deborah Kent Stein
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:17 AM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela
home

Let's all hold this family in our thoughts and prayers, and hope that the 
judge rules in their favor.  What a blessing to live in an age of 
communication, when a family in need can experience the support of unknown 
friends across the country and beyond!

Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: [blparent] FW: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home

>I was looking at this site because I am the president of our oocal chapter
> and this is what I found.  I will also forward the original. Veronica
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:chapter-presidents-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Debbie Wunder
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:26 PM
> To: NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home
>
> You may distribute this to your chapters and any other persons who might
> like to make a contribution. At this time we are not going to the media, 
> we
> are waiting for instructions from our attorneyShe believes that we have a
> judge that may well rule in the parents favor, and we do not want to do 
> any
> thing to jepordize this case.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James H. "Jim" Canaday M.A. N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
> To: "NFB Chapter Presidents discussion list" 
> <chapter-presidents at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 9:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-presidents] Help us to bring Mikaela home
>
>
>> Debbie,
>> is it okay for me to distribute this in my community to local nfb and to
>> perhaps media types I know?
>>
>> or is it torches and pitchforks time?
>> wow.
>> jc
>>
>> At 09:27 PM 6/27/2010, you wrote:
>>
>>>Sugar & Spice<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
>>>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>And Everything Nice
>>>
>>>That is what little Girls Are Made Of
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Erica and Blake, a young couple awaiting the birth of their first child
>>>with joy and happiness. BabyMikaela  was born at <?xml:namespace prefix =
>>>st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />12:45pm, May 21.
>>>Not unlike many new mothers Erica experienced some difficulty in her 
>>>first
>
>>>breast feeding ofMikaela, she called the nurse for some advise. By 6:00pm
>>>child protective services arrived at the hospital to say the parents 
>>>could
>
>>>not takeMikaela  home, unless they had a sighted person to live with 
>>>them.
>>>
>>>In all the investigations, blindness is the only reason sited for the
>>>parents not being allowed to leave with their new baby girl.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>The Missouri affiliate has hired an attorney at $250 per hour, and her
>>>assistant at $85 per hour to bring Mikaela home where she belongs!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Please help with any donations possible to unite this family. You may 
>>>stop
>
>>>by the Missouri table, B 114 in the exhibit hall, or come by our
>>>delegation.
>>>
>>>We, the National Federation of the Blind can bring Mikaela home to her
>>>parents where she belongs! Thank you for any help you can give.
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