<div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Hi all,</span></div><div><br></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">My name is Amy Jine and I run a transition and career readiness program at Vista Center in San Jose. I am not blind but I work in the field.</span></font></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">Any advice on how to prep people on how to provide meaningful volunteer opportunities for all involved would be greatly appreciated.</span></font></div><div><font color="#1d2129" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">I'm looking for volunteer opportunities for my clients that are 14-24 in the San Jose/Palo Alto area. If you or someone you know is looking for extra help especially in the summer months. please let me know. I'd be happy to introduce you to someone in my network if you're looking for something or someone in particular to speak to. </span><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">I'm also looking for companies that are open to providing a lunch and learn type of activity. We've had past events at Google and we're planning on going to Netflix. I'm looking for other types of businesses besides technology that are open to this. If you are someone you know that is a visually impaired and employed somewhere interesting and wants to let students job shadow or tour your company, please email me <a href="mailto:ajine@vistacenter.org" target="_blank">ajine@vistacenter.org</a> They don't necessarily have to be blind or  visually impaired but it is beneficial for students to see someone who is blind or visually impaired thriving at work.</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Please share this within your network!</span><br style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/visuallyimpaired?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">visuallyimpaired</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/accessibility?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">accessibility</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/handson?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">handson</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/recruiting?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">recruiting</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/students?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate;font-family:inherit"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">students</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(29,33,41);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px"> </span><span style="color:rgb(56,88,152);font-family:inherit;font-size:14px;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:isolate"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/edtech?source=feed_text&epa=HASHTAG" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(56,88,152);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><span style="unicode-bidi:isolate;color:rgb(54,88,153);font-family:inherit">#</span><span style="font-family:inherit">edtech</span></a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you!<br></div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="SignatureSanitizer__MailAutoSig"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Amy
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