[Community-service] February Community Service Division Service Snippets (updated Outreach Committee Information)

[Darian Smith]

National Federation of the Blind
 Community Service Division
Service Snippets
 February 2017
 Darian Smith, President
president at nfbcommunityservice.org


	Dear Federation family,
As the calendar turns to February, we hope those who went to Washington Seminar took every opportunity to educate our representatives in congress, and raised both their collective voices and expectations for blind people   at every turn and with every opportunity.
 I hope you can attend our open board meeting on February 12 at 9pm eastern.
Please call (712) 432-0140 and enter code 808277.
 I have already spoken with a number of people who tell me they are looking forward to attending, and I can say that the board, and the rest of the division are looking forward to hearing from them and all of you.
 
 here are the customary updates from the board’s committees as brought to you by their chairs.
note: announcements are presented as submitted.
Web site/Blog Committee:

This month, I posted an entry about the Habitat build service project from the perspective of the volunteer manager who worked with us. Recently, I also posted the division’s  2016 year-end recap. In the coming weeks and months, be on the lookout for even more entries from fellow division members doing community service. Also, an announcement recently went out to the NFB Members list with a variety of updates and information about the division. This announcement contained blog topics for January, February, and March, so if any of these themes speak to you, write an entry and send it along. If you participated in a project that doesn’t fit any of these themes, but you still want to write about it, no problem! Send that along as well.
 
If you haven’t checked out the blog yet, we invite you to do so at http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog <http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org/blog>. Send any entries or ideas for entries to blog at nfbcommunityservice.org <mailto:blog at nfbcommunityservice.org>.
 
On the Web site front, I’ve been keeping the Events page updated with current committee meeting dates/times as well as information on any upcoming conference calls or special programs, so definitely check that out to keep up-to-date on what the division is doing. Find us at http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org <http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org/>, and let us know of any new features or information you’d like to see on the Web site.
 Chris Parsons

Outreach Committee:
Hello federation family
            The outreach committee has had a great start to the year.  We partnered with the membership committee to host a scholarship call.  Patti Chang spoke about applying for the National Federation of the Blind Scholarship and other scholarship winners talked about their experiences.  The committee has heard back from several disability offices saying they had sent the scholarship information and the division information on to their students.  One office reported posting our information on their website. 
            The outreach committee is currently working on putting together a service fair at the Nation NFB convention.  We are in the process of adding other volunteer non-youth organizations to our existing youth organization as possible organizations to invite to the service fair.  This is an opportunity for chapters and individuals to learn about volunteer organizations and how to get involved in them. 
            The next outreach conference call will be on February 20th and we meet every third Monday of the month at 7:00p.m.Eastern.  You are invited to our call.  We know you have experiences and ideas that are a great asset to our committee and division.
Ronnie Bellomy 


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

Web: www.nfbcommunityservice.org

Twitter: @NFB_CSD, at goldengateace

Facebook: www.facebook.com/CommunityServiceDivision"

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