[Community-service] My #NFB911 story

[Cheryl Fields]

 Thank you for sharing! This is such a beautiful project, and I am so
grateful to be a part of it. Thanks again.

On Wed, Sep 12, 2018 at 6:28 PM Jeanetta price via Community-Service <
community-service at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > 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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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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