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

[Corina Salinas]

Hello everyone. I'm Corina Salinas from Hoiston, Texas. Looking forward to
getting to know y'all better and actively moving the community service
group into becoming an official division of the NFB.

"Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice. Here by a
smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest thing
right, and doing all for love."
-St. Therese

It's one thing to take part in a cause, but when working with family, the
federation family, to move towards serving others while also having a great
attitude. Showing the community that we are willing and able to provide our
services where they are needed.

Again, I'm really looking forward to meeting y'all and having further
discussions. Have a great day.

Best,

Corina Salinas

On Friday, July 12, 2013, Juan Carlos Munoz wrote:

> Hey guys. My name is Juan Munoz from Houston, Texas. I used to do a
> lot of service in high school doing monthly events with children and
> the elderly. Admitedly, I haven't done much in terms of service since
> I graduated high school four years ago, but I'm hoping to change that.
> I'm always willing to help out, and especially if a group is involved,
> such as this one, so I hope to be able to help get this group off the
> ground and turned into a full division in anyway I can. I hope to
> share and learn how serving in the community is both rewarding for us,
> and educational to others who may not realize our worth in this area.
> Looking forward to getting to know y'all better.
>
> On 7/12/13, Denise Shaible <denise.shaible at att.net> wrote:
> > 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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> --
> Respectfully,
>
> Juan Carlos Munoz
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