[Community-service] [community-service]New Member

[Michelle Medina]

Hi Jaime,
Nice to hear that you have & are continuing to do so much for your
community! That's a wonderful thing.
Michelle

On 5/5/10, jktomasell at aol.com <jktomasell at aol.com> wrote:
> Hello:
>
>      My name is Jaime Tomasello, and I am from CA.  Currently I attend
> Diablo Valley College completing the last of my pre reqs. before
> transferring to Saint Mary's College of CA where I will be majoring in
> liberal/civic studies with a minor in women's studies.  I work as a
> student assistant in the disabled students computer lab at DVC training
> other visually impaired and blind students how to use the computer as a
> blind independent user.  I also teach Braille too.  My school schedule
> does not allow me to do much community service for right now but in the
> past I did a lot of community service and now with school I try my best
> to help out in the community.  In the past I was in Girl Scouts for
> nine years and in my troop we did a lot of community service.  From
> singing christmas carols and visiting those who do not get a lot of
> vistors who live in a retirement facility to make holiday cards to
> those who are terminally ill, and ect.  I was also a member of the
> International Order of the Rainbow for Girls for six years.  Rainbow
> girls is a youth organization for girls between the ages of 11-21 and
> this organization is supported by masons.  I participated in many
> community service projects while being a member of this organization
>  from making and serving lunch monthly at a homeless shelter, helping at
> different walk a thons for other organizations, making and delivering
> cards at the vetrans hospital, and serving for the masons by serving at
> masonic events and also assisting in preparing for their monthly
> mailings, and ect..  Every year each state where there is rainbow they
> raise funds for a state wide service project.  Every year I was in
> rainbow in CA we would raise over $80,000 for an organization.  I have
> also participated by helping at the local library in the past and visit
> and entertained patients in the convalessment hospital.  After
> graduating from the Colorado Center in 2005 I was asked to speak in the
> special education classes at DVC to educate others who are taking these
> specific classes that a blind person can do it all because most of
> these students who take the special education classes to prepare to
> become future special education teachers have never been around a
> confident and independent blind person before.  I continue to do these
> speaking engagements in the special education classes at DVC every
> semester and have already been asked to do it again for the upcoming
> fall semester.  Currently, I am the secretary for the NFBC San
> Francisco Chapter.  In the past we have raise money and toys for the
> toys for tots program through the San Francisco Fire Fighter
> Department.  I believe and hope that my chapter can do more community
> service activities since we as blind people get assistance by others
> all the time in my opinion.  How do I get my chapter from all agreeing
> that doing a service project or projects is a great idea to actually
> doing and participating in them.  To me that is the issue for my
> chapter.  Any suggestions?  Hope that everyone have a great day.
>
> Jaime Tomasello
>
>
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