[CCCNFBW] Tomorrow is the last day to register for NFB of Washington state Convention

[Merribeth Greenberg]

Corey,
Did you mean to attach the Excel Document?
I don't see the English version of the agenda attached.
Thanks,

Beth Greenberg


On Thu, Feb 13, 2025 at 6:13 AM Corey Grandstaff via CCCNFBW <
cccnfbw at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> We would like to formally invite you to the 2025 National Federation of
> the Blind (NFB) of Washington state Convention: Live the Life You Want.
> This exciting event will be held February 27-March 2 at the Heathman Lodge
> in Vancouver WA. We have an array of exciting events planned which include
> a karaoke night, jam session, audio described movie, accessible sports,
> escape room, our annual job seeker seminar, gatherings for both parents and
> students, and other thrilling opportunities. Learn about legislative
> priorities, advocacy efforts, innovative technology, find new resources,
> and learn about the NFB of Washington at this annual gathering. In
> addition, we will be awarding 3 $3000 scholarships Saturday evening at our
> banquet. Please find attached the convention agenda in English and Spanish,
> if you have not already, please get registered. Come meet new friends,
> reunite with old friends, and learn to live the life you want.
>
>
>
> Convention agenda: Please find the convention agenda attached to this
> email in a word document format in English and Spanish.
>
>
>
> Convention Registration: all participants must be registered by February
> 14, 2025. The registration fee is $30 and there is a choice of 4 different
> meal packages: no meals, banquet only, all Saturday meals, or Friday lunch
> and all Saturday meals. In order to receive meals at convention, you must
> register an pay by this deadline.
>
> Convention Registration <http://tinyurl.com/2025nfbwregister>
>
>
>
> Educators: Are you an educator of blind/low vision students? The National
> Federation of the Blind of Washington is pleased to be partnering with our
> platinum convention sponsor, The Northwest Center for Assistive Technology
> Training (CATT-NW) to bring you a valuable workshop on TADA. This event is
> free and will be held February 28, 2025, 9:00am-4:00pm in person at the
> Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA. TADA! offers 10 free online activities for
> anyone to use with a student of any age/ability who would like to learn
> nonvisual drawing skills, spatial concepts related to coding, and how to
> create computer graphics. This full-day session will take you on a hands-on
> tour of this modern day adventure map and provide a deep dive on how to
> design and produce tactile graphics. This session will be offering
> Washington state clock hours, as well as ACVREP hours. CATT NW will also be
> hosting a breakout session on Saturday March 1 titled Unlocking Multimedia
> Accessibility with OCR and Visual Interpreter Apps with clock hours and
> ACVREP hours available. To register for the TADA session, please click
> here
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScED_HxrTCcgROiI6VKLt52K2wntLz6zTQFT6w7PPdrhWIRYQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
>
>
>
> Partner/exhibitor: Are you interested in joining the convention as a
> sponsor or exhibiting in our exhibit hall? We would love to partner with
> you, our exhibitor/sponsorship registration form is below. We would like to
> take this opportunity to thank our sponsors thus far at this year’s
> convention: the Center for Assistive Technology and Training (CATT) NW,
> Department of services for the Blind, Democracy Live, Disability Rights
> Washington, non-24/Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Irie AT, Viewplus Technologies,
> Northwest Access Fund, Lions Low vision Resource Center, and OneCourt. For
> any questions regarding sponsoring/exhibiting, please reach out to Chris
> Higley at chrishigley13 at gmail.com
>
> Partnership Registration form <http://tinyurl.com/2025nfbwpartner>
>
>
>
> Alaska cruise drawing: At this year’s convention, we will also be holding
> an Alaska cruise fundraiser. Get your tickets now! The National Federation
> of the Blind of Washington is giving away cabin fare on 2 balcony cabins
> and 1 interior cabin for our 2025 Alaska cruise. Cruise to Alaska with
> Federation friends on the Norwegian Cruise Lines Bliss. Cruise dates:
> September 27 - October 4, 2025. Drawing date: March 1, 2025. Drawing ticket
> price: $20. Winners need not be present to win. Get all the details and
> purchase tickets:
>
> here
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSev9xSfOc-3HPPvX7qjqcMdZ4Kd5ENbGikE0tkaVQYZ8WwKng/viewform>
>
>
>
> If you have any questions regarding convention, please reach out to Corey
> Grandstaff directly at corey.grandstaff at gmail.com. Look forward to
> connecting with all of you at this year’s annual convention.
>
>      Corey Grandstaff, Treasurer NFB of Washington, Convention Committee
> Chair
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