[Community-service] Discussion Starter

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I started losing my sight in 1998, the only place for me to go was a local senior citizen day care that a few blind senior citizens that didn't do anything but sit around and feel sorry for themselves. I was much younger then them and was board out of my mind! Someone told me about the NFB, and I attended their meeting and "saw" that blind people were very active and doing things! I was hooked and joined....

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> On Mar 12, 2017, at 8:09 AM, President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division via Community-Service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
>  Good Morning,
> 
>  As you know, The National Federation of the Blind is undertaking a membership drive which is taking on different forms. one of them is to share your story of why you joined the federation.
>  I thought it might be fun, and educational to see why we all on this list joined the  NFB?
>  
>  Remember that there is no  “good” or “bad” answer, there are just  personal experiences that hold a special meaning to you.
>  
>      
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> 
> 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"
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> E-mail: president at nfbcommunityservice.org
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> (415)215-9809
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>  
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> 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 
>  Help drive change for the blind .
> Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!
> For more information, please visit: www.carshelpingtheblind.org or call 1-855-659-9314
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