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This sounds like a wonderful volunteer experience.  I look forward to hearing
more about your adventures.

Nella
Quoting Ericka via Community-service <community-service at nfbnet.org>:

> If you have some time during the day and like kids, I encourage everyone to
> become a mentor to a public school child. I was just assigned to a
> kindergartner who is homeless in an urban school here in Kenosha Wisconsin.
> 8:30 AM to 11:30 AM are the greatest hours of my Friday! Yesterday or should
> I say recently, we are walking in the hall in a big line of course and the
> kids aren't supposed to talk. They're supposed to be at zero level voices.
> Well these two little girls as I was taking of the back of the caboose were
> having a quiet discussion whether I had a different cane this week or not. I
> thought that was hilarious! These kids are so fun, the teachers are so
> supportive of me being there and letting me do whatever the heck I want, and
> the kids didn't ask really stupid questions like adults usually do. I told
> the kids I was so proud of them. They asked me things like why do I have a
> boyfriend and not a husband?, And why do I have only one cat? They also want
> to know why I had my glasses hanging around my neck but I  didn't use them
> too much. They also were wanting to try out the cane and were fascinated
> about braille. Next time I go in I'm going to teach them a little bit about
> how braille works. I heard another kid Friday repeating back to another kid
> "blind this is nothing to be afraid of! "I had the kids practice saying that.
> You know how the littler ones need repetition and they're not afraid to
> repeat whatever you say. I recommended even if you're not interested in
> teaching or a related field The kids that are chosen for the mentoring
> program really need you!
>
> Ericka Short
> "Friends are like flowers in the garden of life"
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Nov 20, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Darian Smith via Community-service
> <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi fellow listers,
> >
> >  figured that sense I noticed the list has been pretty quiet for a while,
> that it would be a good idea to see if I  could help to liven things up a
> bit.
> >  our list has a good number of folks on it.  I would  suspect that many of
> us learned about the list via a friend, or the division meetings, or by any
> number of different means.
> > I also would  imagine that  everyone has a reason for hanging out on the
> list (want to learn something, want to give something, etc).
> >  So I have two questions for your:
> > 1. how’d you hear about the list?
> > 2. what is it that you want to find out from other members of the list?
> something you want to see the division do? something you would like to do?
> >  Thanks so much and I look forward to what you all have to say!
> >  Darian
> >
> >
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