[Community-service] Discussion starter: What is your first volunteering opportunity of 2016?

[adrijana prokopenko]

 I constantly create volunteer opportunities for myself, even though
they do not formally exist! I do my best to help special education
students get articles related to blindness by brailling and printing
them out for them and I always made myself available for them whenever
they need to talk to a teacher like myself. I also volunteer for our
local organization for the blind when they ask me to contact others
from different countries or need help with translations and other
things. I also used to volunteer for a local orphanage when I was in
North Cyprus helping the children with their English and other things
and really enjoyed it.

On 1/22/16, Yolanda Harris via Community-service
<community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I have not done anything yet, however I am trying to work with the seniors
> at our Senior center.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Community-service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Jonathan Franks via Community-service
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 4:29 PM
> To: community-service at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Jonathan Franks
> Subject: [Community-service] Discussion starter: What is your first
> volunteering opportunity of 2016?
>
> Hello fellow community service division members, I recently heard about a
> volunteer opportunity as I was listening to one of my local sports radio
> stations. The volunteer opportunity is for Special Olympics Texas to help
> out with their bowling events here in Austin, Texas. I will be assisting
> with their awards ceremony to help hand out awards to the numerous
> competitors as well as other tasks that I will soon be informed about.
>
> I would like to hear from you all about what is your first volunteer
> opportunity that you have come across to start of the new year? How did you
> hear about it? What will you be doing?
>
> I look forward to reading your postings
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Jonathan Franks
> Board Member
> National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division
>
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