[Community-service] Presenting #nfb4mserve

Thu Apr 28 14:38:52 UTC 2016

Hi Darian,
Thanks for this very important announcement. It just happens that my community service project starts a day before and will have activities every Saturday for the next four weeks.
I may not participate in the conference calls or come to the division meetings at the national convention, but the work done through us is very important.
April 30, volunteer at the University of Maryland open house.
May 7, volunteer at the Long Branch Unity day
May 14, volunteer at the Special education summit
May 21, volunteer at the Gaithersburg book festival.
All these activities are partly getting the word out about Braille and NFB, but also doing community service to enrich these events. We will be reading braille books for children and sharing the NFB resources.
I will let you know the results of these activities after all is done.

Yasmin Reyazuddin
Aging & Disability Services
Montgomery County Government
Department of Health & Human Services
401 Hungerford Drive (3rd floor)
Rockville MD 20850
240-777-0311 (MC311)
240-777-1556 (personal)
240-777-1495 (fax)
office hours 8:30 am 5:00 pm
Languages English, Hindi, Urdu, Braille
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Thank you.

From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Darian Smith via Community-service
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Subject: [Community-service] Presenting #nfb4mserve

The National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division presents:

  May The Mission, The Movement,, The Milestone (NFB4MServe).

  This is a Month long effort in  which:

The  mission is to give of our talents and skills to people and places in our communities. We want our sighted  friends and neighbors to understand that the blind can and do give, and are not always the  “takers” society might have us be.

The movement is all of us as the organized blind furthering our message through community service that blindness is not the characteristic that defines us or our future. It is also us coming together to support each other as we find the ways we will give back alongside our sighted peers.

The milestone is the  results; the raising of expectations of the blind and the celebration of the difference that we will have made as a federation family by coming together to share our successes and work through our obstacles in order to ultimately strengthen the  Federation and break down barriers to full participation in society.

 You can take part in this project individually or with your chapter , by engaging in a community service project, such as
volunteering for a nonprofit organization, local church or school, or
helping those in need in your neighborhood. Participants will be able
to share ideas and receive support during bi-weekly conference calls, use the hashtag #NFB4MServe to tweet about their   community service  activities
, and will also have the opportunity to write about
their experiences on the National Community Service Division’s official blog, www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog<http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog>. The  purpose of the blog is to  communicate to society that the blind  are active participants,  contributors and collaborators in society.   The  Blog is an outlet through which we  showcase by way of community Service/volunteerism what we believe in the Federation, that we as blind people can live the life we want and that blindness isn’t what holds us back from doing so.  .
The first call will take place on Sunday, May 1, at 8:30 pm EST. The Call- in information for this, and all other calls is as follows: (712)432-0140 and the access code is 808277.  The
specific dates of each call are as follows:
 Sunday, 5/1: 8:30 pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific
Sunday, 5/15: 8:30pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific.
Tuesday, 5/31: 8:30 pm Eastern/5:30 pm Pacific.

 If you are interested in being a part of this exciting project, you
can:

  1.  join any of the above mentioned calls at the times listed.
  2.  check out our website at www.nfbcommunityservice.org<http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org>.
  3.  follow us on twitter at “@nfbcsdivision”.
  4.  join our Facebook page by searching for “National Federation of the Blind Community Service division..
 We Hope you are as excited  to get started as we are to get this going!
 Should you have any questions over the course of this effort, please do not hesitate to email us at nfb4mserve at nfbcommunityservice.org<mailto:nfb4mserve at nfbcommunityservice.org>.
  Yours in the  Movement,
 The #NFB4Mserve Leadership Team.

Darian Smith
President, National Federation  of the Blind Community Service Division

Web: www.nfbcommunityservice.org<http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org>

Twitter: @NFBCSDivision, at goldengateace

Facebook: search for “National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division"

E-mail: president at nfbcommunityservice.org<mailto: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
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