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Wed Nov 25 15:10:32 UTC 2015

Hi Ericka,

This does sound like a fun and rewarding opportunity, meaningful to everyone involved. I'm curious to know how you became a mentor and what your responsibilities are with  yor "little". Is this a big sisters program or something similar?

Thanks for sharing. I'm also looking forward to hearing more from you about your volunteer experience.

Michele Mitchell

C. Michele Mitchell
781-790-3627

> On Nov 23, 2015, at 1:08 PM, Ericka via Community-service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> 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"
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>> On Nov 20, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Darian Smith via Community-service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> 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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