[Community-service] My #NFB911 story

[Jeanetta price]

Johnathan, 

My Texas brother! You are a giving man and your service will continue to open doors of opportunities for you! Continue to transform the minds of tomorrow. #nfb911



Cheers, 
JP 



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> On Sep 12, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Jonathan Franks via Community-Service <community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings Fellow Federationists,
> I wanted to share my #NFB911 experience. I work for the Boys and Girls
> club as one of their Program Specialists. One of my responsibilities
> is to assist the children during Power Hour. This is when they spend
> half of the hour working on their schoolwork and half of their time
> working on their reading comprehension. Many of them are amazed that a
> blind person is able to help them with their homework, I inform them
> of the vast amount of capabilities that blind people have, and I have
> introduced them to braille and other assistive technologies that we
> use. Typically on Tuesdays, the 4th graders I work with take part in a
> STEM class where they are learning coding. The instructor lets them
> borrow iPADS and I turned on VoiceOver on  one of them to show them
> how VoiceOver works. Since none of them were alive during the tragic
> day of September 11, 2001, I was able to give them a history lesson
> about that fateful day. I even told them about the story of Michael
> Hingson and his guide dog thunder who escaped the buildings as they
> were falling. Even though I am in a paid position, I am volunteering
> my experiences, knowledge, passion and love to help educate and shape
> the minds of young children. Monday through Friday, I am instilling a
> positive attitude for these children to learn to accept people with
> disabilities as equals and to learn about how blind people live their
> daily lives. It takes a person to land a job, but it takes a dedicated
> individual to put their energy and effort into a job or volunteer
> position to truly reap from its benefits and give back towards
> whichever particular clientele they are working with in their chosen
> field.
> 
> I look forward to hearing more #NFB911 stories and other stories of
> how you help your communities
> 
> Warm regards,
> 
> Jonathan Franks BSW
> Treasurer
> National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division
> Co-chairperson
> NFB of Texas Community Service Committee
> 
> 
> -- 
> 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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