[Community-service] Seeking ideas for the community servicegroupseminar at national convention

Ashley Bramlett bookwormahb at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 23 21:31:25 UTC 2014


Darian,
You asked for speaker ideas.

I believe Serena Cucco and Mary Fernandez would be excellent speakers. Mary 
did homeless outreach and Serena can speak for herself as  I think she's on 
the list but I recall she did a lot of community service.

HTH,
Ashley
-----Original Message----- 
From: Darian Smith
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 5:42 PM
To: Community Service Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas
forthecommunityservicegroupseminar at national convention

Hi Ashly, do you know of any folks who might fit the descriptions  you’ve
already outlined?

Thanks,
  Darian
On Feb 17, 2014, at 12:39 PM, Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Hi,
> It might be better to do in the next year's convention to give red cross
> more notice. I like your idea of having them talk about volunteering in
> general or you could ask red cross to speak on basic disaster preparedness
> rather than cpr or first aid.
>
> As for the general speakers, I wouldn't limit it to a theme, but I'm not
> at convention unless I make it a few days this year. I did get to attend
> part of one  convention and listen to streaming of live sessions often.
> I'd suggest putting together
> a good program not limited to one topic. Have a varied program to keep it
> interesting.  I'd include an americorps speaker and speakers talking about
> community service to various groups such as homeless outreach, tutoring
> kids, mentoring, and park volunteers.
>
> Ashley
> -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Michele Mitchell
> Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 2:20 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Cc: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for
> thecommunityservicegroupseminar at national convention
>
> Wow, sounds like CPR training is really an entity unto itself. What if we
> have a speaker from the Red Cross talking about volunteer opportunities
> this year, and maybe next year they could offer CPR training workshops
> throughout the convention? We could send out an announcement ahead of time
> saying that space is limited and request that people register prior to the
> convention for the workshops. That way we could limit the size of each
> workshop and be pretty sure we were only getting people who are truly
> interested so the Red Cross trainers would not be wasting their time
> standing around waiting for people to show up.
>
> Should we follow some kind of theme for our seminar? It seems that most of
> our ideas are about helping other people, rather than things like cleaning
> up parks, etc. Which is fine; there are so many opportunities out there,
> it might actually be helpful to narrow our scope and focus on a theme, I
> don't know, something like "Helping Hands Touching Lives". Okay, maybe
> that's a little hokey, but I think you all get my drift.
>
> What do you guys think, especially you Darian?
>
> Michele
>
> Michele Mitchell
> Tupperware Consultant
> 781-790-3627
> www.my.tupperware.com/michmitch
>
> On Feb 16, 2014, at 6:57 PM, "Michelle Clark" <mcikeyc at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> When it comes to  CPR, it does take all day. We did it at work and they
>> adjusted due to my blindness. There were no videos and the instructor
>> really
>> spent time  deciding what he needed to do to make sure I was included and
>> understood. We did mostly hands on. That is what took up all the time. We
>> worked in pairs and he had 12 dummies. We did adults in the morning and
>> children in the afternoon.
>>
>> Michelle
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 5:22 PM
>> To: Community Service Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for the
>> communityservicegroupseminar at national convention
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I like all ideas. for those of us not at convention, I hope your meeting
>> is
>> recorded. For speakers, I like the ideas about Americorps participants.
>> For learning about service and safety, having a red cross speaker  speak
>> on
>> disaster preparedness and / or conducting a first aid workshop is a great
>> idea. Too often, it is thought we cannot help out in emergency or
>> disaster
>> situations. With the training and resources to help, we can act on it and
>> disspell those myths.
>>
>> I like the idea of a kit as a service project; its easy to do and some
>> activity one can simply drop in to help out, so if one cannot commit a
>> long
>> time, if they have, say 20 minutes, they can contribute something. Also,
>> I
>> believe certifications are national and scope; they expire after two
>> years.
>> If you all do decide to host a cpr or first aid workshop, just make sure
>> the
>>
>> red cross staff are aware of how to teach the class; it has to be hands
>> on
>> and descriptive; usually, they demonstrate up front and then people
>> practice. Having not taken a class, I'm not sure how its run, but I heard
>> they typically show videos as well; now if the videos are informational
>> and
>> auditory, its fine, but if not, you need an alternative way to learn the
>> material.
>> Also you all will need a lot of time for that. At least around here, a
>> CPR
>> workshop for adult cpr takes about 3 hours and to do infant, child and
>> adult
>>
>> cpr, it takes 5 or 6 hours.
>>
>> Ashley
>> that and still get a lot done.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Catherine Michele Mitchell
>> Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2014 9:35 AM
>> To: Community Service Discussion List
>> Cc: Community Service Discussion List
>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for the
>> communityservicegroupseminar at national convention
>>
>> I also really like the idea of putting some kind of kits together as a
>> project at the convention.
>>
>> I would also like to ask those of you who do this already in your
>> chapters
>> or affiliates to please email me lists of items you include in whatever
>> kit
>> you are making. I want to add materials like this to our resource bank to
>> help other people do these kinds of projects.
>>
>> Thanks, everyone!
>>
>> Michele Mitchell
>> NFB Community Service Group
>> Research and Resource Committee Chair
>>
>> Tupperware Consultant
>> 781-790-3627
>> www.my.tupperware.com/michmitch
>>
>> On Feb 15, 2014, at 5:01 PM, Cheryl Fields <cherylelaine1957 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I love the idea of hygene kits for the homeless. Our chapter collected
>>> toiletries for a women's shelter last year, but we did not assemble
>>> the items. The shelter was glad to receive the gift but we could have
>>> saved them some time.
>>> I will suggest this when we do it again, sounds like fun!
>>>
>>> Providing a hands on opportunity for convention attendees is fantastic!
>>>
>>> Cheryl
>>> On 2/15/14, Denise Shaible <denise.shaible at att.net> wrote:
>>>> I like the idea of emergency preparedness.  I know the Red Cross has
>>>> some
>>>> information on that and we all need to know about it.  I also like the
>>>> idea
>>>>
>>>> of the Red Cross providing small first aid kits.  I remember buying one
>>>> when
>>>>
>>>> I took my first aid class when I lived in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  I don't
>>>> know
>>>>
>>>> if they would provide them but, I'm wondering if we could assemble them
>>>> if
>>>> we know what we need to put in them and then we could give them to our
>>>> members or whoever we wish to give them to.
>>>>
>>>> I really like the idea of having someone speak about programs to feed
>>>> the
>>>> hungry or doing a service project with a local food bank.  I don't know
>>>> why
>>>>
>>>> we couldn't help put bags of food together.  Yes, it's an assembly line
>>>> job
>>>>
>>>> but, we do it at my church and we're able to feed between 50 and 100
>>>> persons
>>>>
>>>> each month.  It's rewarding to know we're doing anything to help and to
>>>> promote the fact that we want to give not just get.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Denise
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Michelle Clark
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 10:21 AM
>>>> To: 'Community Service Discussion List'
>>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for the community
>>>> servicegroupseminar at national convention
>>>>
>>>> Here in Maryland, my Chapter did reach out to the local agency and they
>>>> provided emergency kits several years ago. As time has elapsed and
>>>> budgets
>>>> have shrunk, I find that is not happening anymore. I am thinking
>>>> someone
>>>> locally would have to initiate that?  It would be important for us to
>>>> get
>>>> the information and to tie it in with serving an external group to get
>>>> the
>>>> information as well.
>>>>
>>>> Michelle
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of Cheryl Fields
>>>> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 11:53 AM
>>>> To: Community Service Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for the community
>>>> service
>>>> groupseminar at national convention
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> Having the Red Cross is a great idea. In addition to the first aid,
>>>> ask if they provide disaster preparedness. It would be good to have
>>>> this information available, most people are not prepared and if they
>>>> need to evacuate may not know what the designated safe places are. it
>>>> could be taken a step further and provide back packs with most items
>>>> inside, if the budget allows for this.
>>>>
>>>> Another idea is to plant a sensory garden at one of the convention
>>>> host hotels in Florida, since we are spending a few years there.
>>>> Plants  and other materials can be donated from local garden centers.
>>>>
>>>> I happen to be working on a similar event in Cleveland and another
>>>> idea from 1 of our brainstorming sessions was a mural. Making it
>>>> visible to the community sending a clear positive message about the
>>>> blind. The Cleveland chapter has a on going project, we volunteer at
>>>> the Cleveland food Bank re packing produce for distribution and while
>>>> working with the food bank a community produce distribution can be
>>>> arranged. It is rewarding and can be lots of fun!
>>>>
>>>> Have a great weekend and Happy Valentine's Day!
>>>>
>>>> CherylOn 2/14/14, Denise Shaible <denise.shaible at att.net> wrote:
>>>>> Darian,
>>>>>
>>>>> We spoke sometime ago about having a Representative of the Red Cross
>>>>> give
>>>> a
>>>>> presentation on first aid.  Are you still interested in that?  Please
>>>>> let
>>>> me
>>>>> know and I'll start researching it.  Also, if you know any details
>>>>> about
>>>> our
>>>>> seminar, please send that as well.  Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Denise
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Darian Smith
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 10:26 AM
>>>>> To: Community Service Discussion List
>>>>> Subject: [Community-service] Seeking ideas for the community service
>>>>> groupseminar at national convention
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for some  great ideas for our seminar at National
>>>>> convention.
>>>>> any topics or presenters that could round out an already developing
>>>>> and
>>>>> exciting seminar. would be appreciated!
>>>>>
>>>>> regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Darian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Darian Smith
>>>>> Chairperson, Community Service Group -National Federation  of The
>>>>> Blind.
>>>>> (415)215-9809
>>>>> dsmithnfb at gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>> "
>>>>> "I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the
>>>>> only
>>>> ones
>>>>> among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and
>>>> found
>>>>> how to serve"
>>>>> - Albert Schweitzer.
>>>>>
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