[Cabs-talk] Braille Carnival Needs Volunteers

[hannah]

Hi Andrea,
All of these activities sounds amazing and super fun! I'd love to 
help out, but am wondering where this even will take place? Let 
me know.
Cheers, Hannah

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com
>To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:05:39 -0500
>Subject: [Cabs-talk] Braille Carnival Needs Volunteers

>I am Andrea Beasley Wisconsin Parents of Blind Children 
president.  I
>was put in charge of the Braille Carnival and have been working 
very
>hard to put together
>a great carnival that all will enjoy.  I have come up with 
several
>activities that are all adapted carnival games.  I am looking for
>volunteers for this
>event.  I will need a lot of help with this activity, please let 
me
>know if you can help out and where you like to help.

>The list of games are as follows:

>balloon pop with Braille notes hidden underneath

>fishing for Braille letters

>bean bag toss to make Braille letters and signs

>face painting Braille letters and signs

>no bake play dough using a Braille recipe

>treasure hunt simplified

>sand buckets with Braille to find within

>Braille math games

>quiet table with books, cards, etc...

>ticket prize booth

>This is where I am running into trouble, I was asked this weekend 
to
>have a separate activity for the middle school age kids because 
the
>thought is they
>will not like these activities so I am now searching for ideas.

>I hope all of this sounds fun and exciting to you.  I know we 
have a
>volunteer with a latex allergy and I would love to know who this 
is
>and be able to talk
>with them so if it is you please email me about this.  I also 
have a
>need for someone who has had experience in face painting.  I 
think I
>could do this activity
>if no one feels they could do it.

>I have a list of needed items so please write me and let me know 
if
>you have any of these items and would be willing to bring them 
with you.

>tickets- each booth will be passing out tickets to the kids, like 
at
>a Chuck E.  Cheese where they will spend it at the ticket booth

>prizes for behind the ticket booth

>small balloons- I am checking into nonlatex balloons

>cork board to tac balloons and messages onto

>darts to pop balloons

>magnetic fishing poles

>magnetic Braille print letters

>small/baby inflatable swimming pool

>small bean bags

>muffin tins

>buckets

>dry oatmeal- because I think sand would just be too messy

>slates, stylus, Braille writer, paper, Braille books of various
>levels, Brailled playing cards, Braille Uno, Brailled board 
games,
>etc...  for quiet table

>Brailled notes to place behind the balloons and for the clues for 
the
>treasure hunt- might need to be written that morning

>face paint- preferably one that can be felt not just seen

>I think that about covers what I had.  Again I want to thank 
everyone
>for their help and effort that will be put into this fun event, I
>know my son is very
>much looking forward to going to convention this year.  We did 
not go
>last year because I could not travel but this year I will be glad 
to be back.

>I will accept any ideas that you all have for the middle 
schoolers, I
>hated those years so I have blocked them out and don't remember 
what
>I liked to do
>during that time.  :)

>Thanks,

>Andrea

>Contact Info: 608-563-4708 home, 608-314-6384 cell,
>abeasley at jb11.net


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