[Community-service] question for everyone

Wed Mar 12 14:45:47 UTC 2014

I think that in order to answer this question most effectively, it will be good to think of the chapter as a group of people. 
Of course, we know that this is what a chapter basically consists of, but if we think of it like that, it would help us in looking for service opportunities.
So, yes I think there are opportunities out there for groups of people. I think it does depend on what you want to do as a project and what the point of the project is/the point of doing the service to begin with.
Do you want to do direct service (stuff that directly impacts people)? Do you want to do indirect service? Do you want to take part in a one time service opportunity? Or a short-term opportunity? 
Do you want to assemble stuff? Do you want to construct things? Do you want to clean? Do you want to be indoors? Do you want to be outdoors? 
Do you want to use service as an opportunity to educate (either your selves or the community about blindness)?  
For example: when I envisioned the community service division, I envisioned that we would do service projects that were directly impacting people and Dealt pretty exclusively in non-blindness related service.  What's the point of a group that says that we are capable of doing service if we stayed to ourselves when doing the service and never show our community our  true capabilities? 
Some people just want to do service and are not entirely interested in demonstrating our philosophy, our collective action, our physical,, mental, and emotional capacities to serve our communities and educate them simultaneously. 
That's not necessarily a bad thing, but it just illustrates that sometimes we have something we wish to communicate by doing the service and sometimes we have nothing to communicate. 

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> On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:01 PM, "Kara Campbell" <kara64 at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Ashley,
>  
> Thank you for the encouragement.
>  
> I think this subject has been addressed, but has anyone made a list of possible chapter service activities? I would love to hear more about  some good ideas that have worked well in a chapter setting.
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Kara
>  
> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:04 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] question for everyone
>  
> Hi Kara,
> I’m glad we could be helpful.
>  
> If you do go to the girls camp, hope it works out for you. That’s a lot of kids to watch.
> I would think listening closely might alert you to who needs attention. You’re right there’s definitely nonverbal cues we miss, but often  something verbal can also give it away.
>  
> Ashley
>  
>  
> From: Kara Campbell
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 11:06 PM
> To: 'Community Service Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] question for everyone
>  
> Ashley,
>  
> Thank you for the encouragement and advice. I have been reading about all of the things you and others on the list are doing, and it gives me more confidence that I can be successful with this, and with  other types of service I plan to give.  
>  
> Kara
>  
> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Bramlett
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 7:32 PM
> To: Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] question for everyone
>  
> Kara,
> That is quite a task to undertake.
> I never supervised kids when in church stuff, but I did do missions work; for instance, I went to bethany  center to serve food.
>  
>  
> I have trouble as well knowing a large group of voices. I suggest asking the girls to do a few things to help you out. I would think most would comply especially if it’s a church group because I’m assuming parents raised them to be respectful to all; you know the golden rule found in Mark and matthew.
>  
> Have activities planned you can follow; the auditory kind. I’m not sure what the camp does. But if you have flexibility in planning, pick ones more structured so you don’t have girls running everywhere. For instance, circle games come to mind.
> Also board games can be adapted for you to play along.
>  
> Ask the girls to state their names when speaking to you. Walk around to supervise them. If leading them from a cabin or dorm, or whereever they stay, do a count ahead of time so as not to leave anyone. This can be calling names verbally and they respond with saying “here” or  “present”.
> I did tutoring of kids and listened to them read during college.
>  
> As to knowing if girls need help, walk around and listen for signs of hesitancy; you can also ask them something like, “how are things over here? Do you have any questions?”
>  
> I hope you can contribute more. In large crowded activities, I also miss cues  that allert me to what needs to be done, so I miss out on helping as no one will tell me to assist them if I ask.
> Good luck!
>  
> Ashley
> From: Kara Campbell
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 12:31 PM
> To: community-service at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Community-service] question for everyone
>  
>  
> Hi everyone,
>  
> My name is Kara, and I just found about about this group a couple of months ago. I am excited to become involved.  I am a youth leader in my church. One of my responsibilities is to help plan and then to go to girls’ camp with about 35 girls.  I have done this in the past, but, I am looking for ideas as to how I can make this a better experience. In the past, the actual camp has been very stressful for me, mostly because I don’t feel like I am as effective as I could be. I spend most of my time just figuring out who is who and trying to find places where I can help. I miss cues that could alert me to trouble or a girl who needs a little extra help.     Has anyone been in this type of situation? Any ideas?
>  
> Thanks
>  
> Kara
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