[Colorado-talk] 3 Upcoming Topical Conference Calls to Help Blind Seniors

[Everett Gavel]

FYI,
Everett


(**From the April 2014 issue of the Braille 
Monitor)

The National Federation of the Blind Senior 
Division is proud to spotlight topics of vital 
interest to those losing vision later in life by 
hosting three conference calls to address specific 
issues. The conference call number is (712) 
432-1500 and the access number is 75963# for all 
participants. A tone should signal that you are 
connected.

The conference calls will take place at the 
following times and dates:

Thursday, May 1, 2014
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

All calls will be at 3:00 eastern standard time, 
2:00 central standard time, 1:00 mountain time, 
and 12:00 pacific time.

The first conference call with the topic, 
"Financial Management after Blindness" will be 
held Thursday, May 1. Mr. Robert Burns, attorney 
and financial advisor for more than twenty-five 
years will host the call. After losing vision Mr. 
Burns became an investment advisor and has wide 
experience in the field. He currently resides in 
Omaha, Nebraska.

The second conference call will be held Thursday, 
May 8, with the topic: "Blindness: A Family 
Dynamic" hosted by Ms. Fatos Floyd. Ms. Floyd has 
a master's degree in counseling and has CRC and 
CVRCB credentials. She is a longtime Federationist 
who has served in many capacities. Currently she 
works as the Braille instructor at the Nebraska 
Rehabilitation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

The third conference call will be held Wednesday, 
June 4. Jennifer Wenzel will facilitate this 
conference call on the topic, "Cooking by Touch." 
Jennifer is a blind mother raising three sighted 
children and has worked almost twenty years 
teaching independence through daily living skills 
to all ages from blind toddlers to school-age 
children and seniors. She attended BLIND Inc. and 
worked in their Buddy Program before moving to 
Colorado to teach at the Colorado Center in a 
number of capacities, including supervising and 
teaching students as the residential apartment 
manager. Recently she has been employed by Blind 
Industries and Services of Maryland (BISM) as an 
independent living instructor teaching newly blind 
adults nonvisual daily living skills.