[Community-service] Some food for thought...

[Denise Shaible]

Well, that's food for thought all right.  Let me introduce myself.  I'm 
Denise Shaible and I live in California with my husband Adam who works as a 
Mobility Instructor at the Society for the Blind in Sacramento.  We're both 
active in our church although we just started attending it.  I love working 
with homeless persons and it gives me a great feeling to feed them and to be 
fed by them.  I've made friends with a woman who was homeless for a number 
of years and we're learning from each other.  I think that's what comes from 
serving.  I'm not sure what I expect from this group except that I think it 
could be a group which encourages its members to serve others.  I agree that 
we need to show that we don't always expect to be served.  I'm excited about 
this group and this list.  I expect to give and receive food for thought and 
ideas on how I as a blind person can serve my fellow blind persons and my 
community.  I would like to help in creating a Division because I believe it 
goes along with the NFB philosophy and shows that we won't always sit on the 
sidelines waiting for someone else to help us.

Regards,

Denise Shaible

-----Original Message----- 
From: Darian Smith
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2013 11:55 AM
To: Community Service Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Community-service] Some food for thought...

Hello all,
Kaiti, this is a great quote!
To me, this means that we as human beings need to have the mindset that 
service has to be a part of living. We can't go about life expecting to 
only receive.  Indeed  we are best served to serve,  as  we all have 
something to give and should find a way  to share our talents with the world 
in which  we live.
just my thoughts.
  Again, thank you, Kaiti.


best,
   Darian

On Jul 12, 2013, at 11:16 AM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> 
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As some or all of you may know, there is currently an initiative going
> on to turn this group into a division with a purpose of combining
> community service with the NFB philosophy.  This division would be
> great for the people it helps, but also for showing people that blind
> people can be active, contributing volunteers in the area of community
> service.
>
> That being said, I thought it might be cool to see if we can get some
> discussion going on community service as it pertains to NFB
> philosophy.  I'm a big quote person, so I thought I'd start by sharing
> one of my favorite service-related quotes.  I like this one because I
> think it applies to everyone, blind,, sighted, or purple, and it might
> be something we can talk about in terms of the group/fledgling
> division.  Anyway, here it is:
>
> "Service is the very purpose of life. It is the rent we pay for living
> on the planet." Marian Wright Edelman.
>
>
> -- 
> Kaiti
>
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