[Community-service] Community-service Digest, Vol 74, Issue 1

Mon Apr 4 12:56:30 UTC 2016

Hi,
We will definitively be providing pictures from the students. I like your
idea of having a pen pal system set up. I think the students would love
this. Thank you in advance.

Conchita Hernandez Legorreta M.A.T.
Teacher of Blind Students

Help me reach my goal to work with a school for the blind in Mexico! Check
out my Go Fund Me Page.
https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns

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>    1. Canes for Kids (Darian Smith)
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>    3. Membership Committee Meeting (Kyra Sweeney)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 11:06:05 -0600
> From: Darian Smith <president at nfbcommunityservice.org>
> To: Community Service Discussion List <community-service at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Community-service] Canes for Kids
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> I have been asked to pass along the following announcement from Conchita
> Hernandez.
>  as many of you know, Conchita has been a frequent presenter at our Annual
> Community Service Division Seminars, and has been a leader  in our early
> efforts in the community service group/division.
>  She offers a great opportunity to give to our blind brothers and sisters,
> something we should always continue to do  as members of the NFB.
>   as a fellow   Federationist, I hope that you might consider offering
> your assistance  with her project below:.
> > Canes for Kids!
> >
> > Can you imagine living without your cane and lacking the basic resources
> to be independent?  METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching all Students)
> will be providing canes to blind students at a school in Mexico. These
> students do not have canes and need them to be independent. How can you
> help? You can provide a cane to a child through one of two options below.
> When you make your donation the child's cane will include a label with your
> name as the donor of the cane.
> > 1. Send your extra canes laying around or purchase a childs size cane
> and send it to
> > Conchita Hernandez
> > 6115 14th St NW
> > Washington, DC 20011
> > 2. Send us a donation with a comment of "this donation is for canes"
> through Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns <
> https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns>
> >
> > All of your donations can be tax deductible.
> > Thank you ahead of time for helping us raise the expectations of blind
> students abroad!
> >
> >
> > Conchita Hernandez, METAS
>
>
>
>
> Darian Smith
> President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service Division
>
> Web: www.nfbcommunityservice.org
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> Twitter: @NFBCSDivision, at goldengateace
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> Facebook: search for ?National Federation of the Blind Community Service
> Division"
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>
> 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 live the life you want;
> blindness is not what holds you back.
>  ?We need your service, right now, at this moment - our moment - in
> history. I'm not going to tell you what your role should be; that's for you
> to discover. But I am going to ask you to play your part; ask you to stand
> up; ask you to put your foot firmly into the current of history? ? Barack
> Obama
>  Help drive change for the blind .
> 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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> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:17:13 -0500
> From: Ericka <dotwriter1 at gmail.com>
> To: Community Service Discussion List <community-service at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Darian Smith <president at nfbcommunityservice.org>
> Subject: Re: [Community-service] Canes for Kids
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> I shared this with a few friends in my community who have canes just
> sitting around. I also contacted my pastor to see if the church as a whole
> or the youth would like to collect money for the program. They're always
> looking for a service project of some sort and what better way to help
> someone abroad and show that the little things we need to be independent
> mean a lot. I am certain they will get a letter from the school thanking
> them with pictures of the kids and their cans. Perhaps this could be a
> penpal thing. Who knows!
>
> Ericka Short
> "What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."
>
>  from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Darian Smith via Community-service <
> community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >
> > I have been asked to pass along the following announcement from
> Conchita  Hernandez.
> >  as many of you know, Conchita has been a frequent presenter at our
> Annual Community Service Division Seminars, and has been a leader  in our
> early efforts in the community service group/division.
> >  She offers a great opportunity to give to our blind brothers and
> sisters, something we should always continue to do  as members of the NFB.
> >   as a fellow   Federationist, I hope that you might consider offering
> your assistance  with her project below:.
> >> Canes for Kids!
> >>
> >> Can you imagine living without your cane and lacking the basic
> resources to be independent?  METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching all
> Students) will be providing canes to blind students at a school in Mexico.
> These students do not have canes and need them to be independent. How can
> you help? You can provide a cane to a child through one of two options
> below. When you make your donation the child's cane will include a label
> with your name as the donor of the cane.
> >> 1. Send your extra canes laying around or purchase a childs size cane
> and send it to
> >> Conchita Hernandez
> >> 6115 14th St NW
> >> Washington, DC 20011
> >> 2. Send us a donation with a comment of "this donation is for canes"
> through Go Fund Me at https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns
> >>
> >> All of your donations can be tax deductible.
> >> Thank you ahead of time for helping us raise the expectations of blind
> students abroad!
> >>
> >>
> >> Conchita Hernandez, METAS
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Darian Smith
> > President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service Division
> >
> > Web: www.nfbcommunityservice.org
> >
> > Twitter: @NFBCSDivision, at goldengateace
> >
> > Facebook: search for ?National Federation of the Blind Community Service
> Division"
> >
> > E-mail: president at nfbcommunityservice.org
> >
> > (415)215-9809
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 live the life you want;
> > blindness is not what holds you back.
> >  ?We need your service, right now, at this moment - our moment - in
> history. I'm not going to tell you what your role should be; that's for you
> to discover. But I am going to ask you to play your part; ask you to stand
> up; ask you to put your foot firmly into the current of history? ? Barack
> Obama
> >  Help drive change for the blind .
> > Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!
> > For more information, please visit: www.carshelpingtheblind.org or call
> 1-855-659-9314
> > ?
> >
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> Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:21:58 -0700
> From: Kyra Sweeney <kyra.sweeney94 at gmail.com>
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> Subject: [Community-service] Membership Committee Meeting
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> Hi all,
>   Just wanted to let you know that the next membership committee
> meeting of the National Federation of the Blind Community Service
> Division will take place this Wednesday, April 6th at 8 PM Eastern
> time. We will be planning the division?s upcoming calls and events, as
> well as discussing ways to build our membership and keep current
> members informed.
>
> Please use the following call-in information:
> (712) 432-0140 and enter access code 808277.
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> We hope that you?ll join us for this call on Wednesday evening.
> Best,
> Kyra Sweeney
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