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

[Ericka]

That's wonderful! What a great role model you are to those kids.

I mentor a sighted  kindergartner (6 yr old) in an urban public school. I spent time with her working on her reading and behavior by playing games and reading stories with her. Sometimes we just color, talk, & play with Playdoh. I also volunteer in the classroom. Lots of fun! 

Ericka Short
"Friends are like flowers in the garden of life"

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> On Jan 22, 2016, at 6:54 AM, adrijana prokopenko via Community-service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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
>> 
>> --
>> 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.
>> 
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