[Community-service] Fwd: SERVICE SUPERSTAR

[Cheryl Fields]

 Wow! This is great, she is a superstar! Love it

On Fri, Nov 30, 2018 at 11:31 AM Jeanetta price via Community-Service <
community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> GOOD MORNING SUPERSTARS!
>
> I HAVE A TREAT FOR YOU ALL! PLEASE READ AND WATCH THE VIDEO ATTACHED
> IN THE FORWARD EMAIL. I WAS INSPIRED AND ALSO MOTIVATED TO SERVE EVEN
> MORE AND GIVE BACK TO THE MEMBERSHIP AS WELL AS A TOKEN OF LOVE FROM
> ME TO YOU.
>
>
>
> TGIF!
> JP
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeanetta price <price.jeanetta at gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2018 10:09:43 -0600
> Subject: SERVICE SUPERSTAR
> To: Jeanetta price <Price.jeanetta at gmail.com>
>
> DO YOU KNOW A SUPERSTAR THAT IS SHINING IN SERVICE? WELL SUBMIT THEIR
> NAME AND STORY TO price.jeanetta at gmail.com TO BE HIGHLIGHTED AS OUR
> SERVICE SUPERSTAR OF THE WEEK! EVERY NAME SUBMITTED WILL ENTER A
> SPECIAL DRAWING HELD ONCE A MONTH FOR A SUPER PRIZE DONATED BY WILLING
> GIVERS! START SUBMITTING STORIES TO ENTER THE DRAWING FOR DECEMBER.
> ALL YOU NEED IS A 300 WORD ARTICLE DESCRIBING YOUR SERVICE OR GROUP
> SERVICE PLUS AN ACTION PICTURE. MORE INFO, CONTACT ME OFF LIST.
>
> CHECK OUT THIS SERVICE SUPERSTAR, I STUMBLED ACROSS!
>
>
> Legally Blind Girl Raises Awareness, Funds to Provide Resources for
> Visually Impaired
>
> Meet Daily Point of Light Award honoree Paloma Rambana. Read her story
> and nominate an outstanding volunteer, family or organization as a
> Point of Light.
>
> While most children are probably unaware of what lobbying is, legally
> blind Florida teen Paloma Rambana has been doing it since she was just
> 10 years old. Paloma realized there was an unfair imbalance in the
> resources available for visually impaired kids from ages 6 to 13,
> compared to their counterparts in other age groups. A part of this
> underserved group herself, Paloma knew she had to do something to help
> her peers receive equal services. Since, then she has worked
> tirelessly to advocate for children living with vision impairment.
>
> “Sometimes I get upset because I can’t see as well as other kids,”
> said Paloma. “But then I think about how so many other kids can’t see
> as well as I do, and I want to help them.”
>
> Paloma Rambana leads other children in a rally chant to raise
> awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.
> Paloma Rambana leads other children in a rally chant to raise
> awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.
> She started Paloma's Dream, and launched the “Fund the Gap” campaign –
> which worked to provide money to help the Florida Division of Blind
> Services serve 340 visually impaired children. In order to garner
> those funds, Paloma met with many influential people from her home
> state, including Florida Gov. Rick Scott and more than 12 legislators,
> and led rallies from the Florida Division of Blind Services to the
> U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to bring awareness to the campaign.
>
> Due to Paloma’s hard work, the Florida legislature approved a $1.25
> million program with $500,000 going annually to help kids ages 6-13
> years old at the Division of Blind Services. This money is going to
> help 340 children with services such as vision classes, mobility
> training, in-home vision instruction and braille instruction.
>
> Because of her exemplary efforts to create change for a cause she is
> passionate about, generationOn, the youth division of Points of Light,
> now showcases Paloma’s method as a way to encourage more young people
> to get involved in change making. The website provides a project guide
> with tools and steps on how to advocate for change, just as Paloma
> did.
>
> Although she successfully gathered support and funding for more than
> 340 children in her age group, Paloma is still working hard to provide
> resources to a larger group of 921 children.
>
> “I know that my work is not done,” she said. “I want to be able to
> help everyone that I can to get the proper care that they need.
>
>
>
> A picture of Paloma Rambana leading other children in a rally chant to
> raise awareness of her Fund the Gap campaign.
>
>
>
> https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/1i34yx6fdcypd/?view=att&th=167655cf5a97e8f6&attid=0.0&disp=attd&safe=1&zw
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Wishing You All the Best,

Cheryl E. Fields


A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life
when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.
--D. Elton Trueblood
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