[Community-service] Discussion starter

[Cory McMahon]

Dear Ericka,

 

I concur with your thoughts below.

 

I participated in community service five (or so) years ago by volunteering at the Center for Independent Living in St. Louis, Missouri.

 

Sincerely,

 

Cory McMahon

 

From: Community-Service [mailto:community-service-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka via Community-Service
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 1:42 PM
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Darian, I believe that community service is defined as doing something truly beneficial to others than yourself. I do agree with your definition. But what we do for someone in the blind community beyond helping friends and family we know well can count. For example,  helping the blind in other countries I think would constitute community service as well – global community!

Ericka Short

1750 Fordem Ave. #508

Madison. WI. 53704

608-665-3170

 

 from my iPhone 6s


On Apr 24, 2017, at 1:08 PM, Darian Smith, President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division via Community-Service <community-service at nfbnet.org <mailto:community-service at nfbnet.org> > wrote:

Hi all,
Just figured I would put this out there to get  some debate going.
In a general  sense, the definition of community service can basically be boiled down to doing something for the benefit of a group of persons.
In the NFB, we might consider community service  as anything we can do for the benefit of blind people, both within our membership and outside of it.
In the Community Service Division, we tend to look at community service as a thing that a blind person might do that would benefit the larger community, not just other blind folks.
We believe this distinction is important to make because often society believes that the only way that a blind person  can do good  is  if they are doing that  good within the bounds of blindness and the blind community.
Do you agree with this assertion? Disagree? why or why not?
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