[Community-service] Community-service Digest, Vol 62, Issue 10

Darian dsmithnfb at gmail.com
Wed Apr 15 02:17:48 UTC 2015


January is the most recent one.
If we get more entries from people, this will change.
As is the case in our movement, things are updated, improved, strength and when we do the updating, improving and strengthening.
Best, Darian

Sent from my iPhone

> On Apr 14, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> How do you find the latest ones? Don't mind me. I'm the same woman who
> inadvertently booked a flight to Green Bay, Wsi rather than Austin, TX and
> now can't go to the workshop. 
> Cindy Lou Ray
> I was reading the posts and the latest one I saw seemed to be January
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Darian via Community-service
> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2015 6:22 PM
> To: Ericka Short; Community Service Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Community-service Digest, Vol 62, Issue 10
> 
> Hey all,
> Has anybody had the opportunity to check out the blog? Do you have a
> favorite blog entry? Did you check out our tagline?
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>>> On Apr 14, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Ericka Short via Community-service
>> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I really like that tagline suggested by cindy.
>> 
>> Ericka
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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>>> Today's Topics:
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>>> 1. Re: The Community Service blog (Cindy Ray)  2. Re: The Community 
>>> Service blog (Darian)  3. 75 Days of Service Kick-off call. (Darian 
>>> Smith)  4. Fundraising Call (Corina Salinas)
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> Message: 1
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:18:05 -0500
>>> From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
>>> To: "'Jonathan Franks'" <jfranks at nfbtx.org>,    "'Community Service
>>>  Discussion List'" <community-service at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] The Community Service blog
>>> Message-ID: <010601d075e3$e5ad9a10$b108ce30$@gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="utf-8"
>>> 
>>> You might want to make it lives though ... "Serve the lives you want"
> because you will be serving more than one life. I kind of like that.
>>> Cindy
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>> On Behalf Of Jonathan Franks via Community-service
>>> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:03 PM
>>> To: nfoster at extremezone.com; Community Service Discussion List
>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] The Community Service blog
>>> 
>>> Yes, thank you Chris for posting this.
>>> 
>>> The Tagline of the NFB is live the life you want, the tagline for our
> division could be serve the life you want.
>>> 
>>> Just a thought...
>>> 
>>> Jonathan
>>> 
>>>> On 4/12/15, Nella Foster via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> Chris thank you for providing the blog information and thank you for 
>>>> managing it.  I look forward to reading about everyone's experiences.
>>>> 
>>>> Once again I want to thank everyone in this group for motivating me 
>>>> to get out and serve.
>>>> 
>>>> Nella
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Quoting Chris Parsons via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org>:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> On the 75 Days of Service call earlier this evening, I said that I 
>>>>> would send an e-mail to the listserv with the Community Service 
>>>>> blog address and how to contact me if you have questions about or 
>>>>> submissions for the blog.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The blog can be found by going to nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com.
>>>>> There
>>>>> you can read about a variety of community service projects in which 
>>>>> people have participated and perhaps get some ideas about projects 
>>>>> you might want to undertake yourself or as a group.
>>>>> 
>>>>> It is our hope that during the 75 Days of Service campaign, people 
>>>>> will participate in various service projects, both as groups and 
>>>>> individuals, and then share their experiences via the blog. On the 
>>>>> call, I encouraged people to write to me if they have a service 
>>>>> experience they want to share. Even if you???re not exactly sure 
>>>>> how to present that experience in the most compelling way, send me 
>>>>> an e-mail and tell me what you???re thinking, and we???ll figure 
>>>>> out how you can put it in writing. My e-mail address is 
>>>>> christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I look forward to hearing your stories and getting them on the blog 
>>>>> for the world to see!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Chris Parsons
>>>>> Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service 
>>>>> Division
>>>> 
>>>> 
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>>> Message: 2
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 06:21:22 -0700
>>> From: Darian <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
>>> To: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>,    Community Service Discussion List
>>>  <community-service at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] The Community Service blog
>>> Message-ID: <E1119660-9E25-415A-8405-DC97B9506439 at gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=utf-8
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>>> Have you had an opportunity to read the blog? Our tagline is included.
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 13, 2015, at 5:18 AM, Cindy Ray via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> You might want to make it lives though ... "Serve the lives you want"
> because you will be serving more than one life. I kind of like that.
>>>> Cindy
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Community-service 
>>>> [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jonathan 
>>>> Franks via Community-service
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2015 10:03 PM
>>>> To: nfoster at extremezone.com; Community Service Discussion List
>>>> Subject: Re: [Community-service] The Community Service blog
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, thank you Chris for posting this.
>>>> 
>>>> The Tagline of the NFB is live the life you want, the tagline for our
> division could be serve the life you want.
>>>> 
>>>> Just a thought...
>>>> 
>>>> Jonathan
>>>> 
>>>>> On 4/12/15, Nella Foster via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Chris thank you for providing the blog information and thank you 
>>>>> for managing it.  I look forward to reading about everyone's
> experiences.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Once again I want to thank everyone in this group for motivating me 
>>>>> to get out and serve.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Nella
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Quoting Chris Parsons via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org>:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On the 75 Days of Service call earlier this evening, I said that I 
>>>>>> would send an e-mail to the listserv with the Community Service 
>>>>>> blog address and how to contact me if you have questions about or 
>>>>>> submissions for the blog.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The blog can be found by going to nfbcommunityservice.wordpress.com.
>>>>>> There
>>>>>> you can read about a variety of community service projects in 
>>>>>> which people have participated and perhaps get some ideas about 
>>>>>> projects you might want to undertake yourself or as a group.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> It is our hope that during the 75 Days of Service campaign, people 
>>>>>> will participate in various service projects, both as groups and 
>>>>>> individuals, and then share their experiences via the blog. On the 
>>>>>> call, I encouraged people to write to me if they have a service 
>>>>>> experience they want to share. Even if you???re not exactly sure 
>>>>>> how to present that experience in the most compelling way, send me 
>>>>>> an e-mail and tell me what you???re thinking, and we???ll figure 
>>>>>> out how you can put it in writing. My e-mail address is 
>>>>>> christine-parsons at sbcglobal.net.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I look forward to hearing your stories and getting them on the 
>>>>>> blog for the world to see!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Chris Parsons
>>>>>> Vice President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service 
>>>>>> Division
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>> ------------------------------
>>> 
>>> Message: 3
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 07:21:21 -0700
>>> From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [Community-service] 75 Days of Service Kick-off call.
>>> Message-ID: <4DBF45F9-CEAB-445F-BB24-B2DFEAC61E81 at gmail.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>>> 
>>> All:
>>> Many   thanks to those who were able to make it to the 75 Days of Service
> kick-off call!
>>> We had many representatives from states such as California,  Maryland,
> Colorado, Arkansas and the  District of Columbia. If you made the meeting
> you also got  the opportunity to hear from our surprise special guest:
> President  Mark Riccobono.
>>> Our National President had some encouraging remarks for us and commended
> us for taking on this effort in order to celebrate our 75th year.
>>> So, if you missed this call then shame on you! 
>>> However don?t worry there will be more calls and more opportunities to
> connect. in the meantime we all encourage you to take an active role   in
> this effort and find one  volunteer opportunity  you are interested in doing
> before our next meeting on the 26th
>>> 
>>> 
>>> till then keep  tweeting  and also    making the noise   on Facebook
> using  the hashtag #NFB75Serve.
>>> Oh yeah, and do please spread the word to  your friends, fellow
> Federationists   in your chapters, divisions and affiliates.
>>> Let?s make this big, let?s make this bold, let?s get involved!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Darian Smith
>>> President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service 
>>> Division dsmithnfb at gmail.com
>>> (415)215-9809
>>> twitter: @goldengateace
>>> Connect with the Community Service Division
>>> Facebook: search for ?NFB Community Service Division?.
>>> Twitter:@NFBCSDivision
>>> 
>>> 
>>> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the 
>>> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise 
>>> the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create 
>>> obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life 
>>> you want; blindness is not what holds you back.
>>> 
>>> ??...The challenges we face will not be solved with one meeting in one
> night. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other
> time.
>>> 
>>> We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we
> seek...? -Barack Obama     
>>> Your  unwanted vehicle can be  just what the blind need to make
> possibilities reality.    
>>>> Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!
>>>> For more information, please visit: www.carshelpingtheblind.org 
>>>> <http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org/> or call 1-855-659-9314
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> Message: 4
>>> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:21:58 -0500
>>> From: Corina Salinas <corina.d.salinas at gmail.com>
>>> To: Community Service Discussion List <community-service at nfbnet.org>,
>>>  Tom Peralta <tinypaws8491 at yahoo.com>
>>> Subject: [Community-service] Fundraising Call
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>>> Hi everyone.
>>> Tomorrow is the second Tuesday I'd the month.  Time for our 
>>> fundraising Committee Call.
>>> Call 712-432-0140
>>> Code 808277
>>> See you there!
>>> 
>>> Corina
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