<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div>We will definitively be providing pictures from the students. I like your idea of having a pen pal system set up. I think the students would love this. Thank you in advance. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Conchita Hernandez Legorreta <span style="font-size:12.8px">M.A.T.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Teacher of Blind Students </span></div><div> </div><div>Help me reach my goal to work with a school for the blind in Mexico! Check out my Go Fund Me Page. </div><div><span style="color:rgb(209,10,10);font-family:Montserrat,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns</a></span><br></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 11:06:05 -0600<br>
From: Darian Smith <<a href="mailto:president@nfbcommunityservice.org">president@nfbcommunityservice.org</a>><br>
To: Community Service Discussion List <<a href="mailto:community-service@nfbnet.org">community-service@nfbnet.org</a>><br>
Subject: [Community-service] Canes for Kids<br>
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I have been asked to pass along the following announcement from Conchita Hernandez.<br>
as many of you know, Conchita has been a frequent presenter at our Annual Community Service Division Seminars, and has been a leader in our early efforts in the community service group/division.<br>
She offers a great opportunity to give to our blind brothers and sisters, something we should always continue to do as members of the NFB.<br>
as a fellow Federationist, I hope that you might consider offering your assistance with her project below:.<br>
> Canes for Kids!<br>
><br>
> Can you imagine living without your cane and lacking the basic resources to be independent? METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching all Students) will be providing canes to blind students at a school in Mexico. These students do not have canes and need them to be independent. How can you help? You can provide a cane to a child through one of two options below. When you make your donation the child's cane will include a label with your name as the donor of the cane.<br>
> 1. Send your extra canes laying around or purchase a childs size cane and send it to<br>
> Conchita Hernandez<br>
> 6115 14th St NW<br>
> Washington, DC 20011<br>
> 2. Send us a donation with a comment of "this donation is for canes" through Go Fund Me at <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns</a> <<a href="https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns</a>><br>
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> All of your donations can be tax deductible.<br>
> Thank you ahead of time for helping us raise the expectations of blind students abroad!<br>
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> Conchita Hernandez, METAS<br>
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Darian Smith<br>
President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division<br>
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between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;<br>
blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
?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<br>
Help drive change for the blind .<br>
Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br>
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 15:17:13 -0500<br>
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I shared this with a few friends in my community who have canes just sitting around. I also contacted my pastor to see if the church as a whole or the youth would like to collect money for the program. They're always looking for a service project of some sort and what better way to help someone abroad and show that the little things we need to be independent mean a lot. I am certain they will get a letter from the school thanking them with pictures of the kids and their cans. Perhaps this could be a penpal thing. Who knows!<br>
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Ericka Short<br>
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."<br>
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> On Apr 3, 2016, at 12:06 PM, Darian Smith via Community-service <<a href="mailto:community-service@nfbnet.org">community-service@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I have been asked to pass along the following announcement from Conchita Hernandez.<br>
> as many of you know, Conchita has been a frequent presenter at our Annual Community Service Division Seminars, and has been a leader in our early efforts in the community service group/division.<br>
> She offers a great opportunity to give to our blind brothers and sisters, something we should always continue to do as members of the NFB.<br>
> as a fellow Federationist, I hope that you might consider offering your assistance with her project below:.<br>
>> Canes for Kids!<br>
>><br>
>> Can you imagine living without your cane and lacking the basic resources to be independent? METAS (Mentoring Engaging and Teaching all Students) will be providing canes to blind students at a school in Mexico. These students do not have canes and need them to be independent. How can you help? You can provide a cane to a child through one of two options below. When you make your donation the child's cane will include a label with your name as the donor of the cane.<br>
>> 1. Send your extra canes laying around or purchase a childs size cane and send it to<br>
>> Conchita Hernandez<br>
>> 6115 14th St NW<br>
>> Washington, DC 20011<br>
>> 2. Send us a donation with a comment of "this donation is for canes" through Go Fund Me at <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.gofundme.com/6a4a86ns</a><br>
>><br>
>> All of your donations can be tax deductible.<br>
>> Thank you ahead of time for helping us raise the expectations of blind students abroad!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Conchita Hernandez, METAS<br>
><br>
><br>
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> Darian Smith<br>
> President, National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division<br>
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> Web: <a href="http://www.nfbcommunityservice.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.nfbcommunityservice.org</a><br>
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> Twitter: @NFBCSDivision,@goldengateace<br>
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> Facebook: search for ?National Federation of the Blind Community Service Division"<br>
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> E-mail: <a href="mailto:president@nfbcommunityservice.org">president@nfbcommunityservice.org</a><br>
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> <a href="tel:%28415%29215-9809" value="+14152159809">(415)215-9809</a><br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the<br>
> characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the<br>
> expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles<br>
> between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want;<br>
> blindness is not what holds you back.<br>
> ?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<br>
> Help drive change for the blind .<br>
> Donate your car to the National Federation of the Blind today!<br>
> For more information, please visit: <a href="http://www.carshelpingtheblind.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.carshelpingtheblind.org</a> or call <a href="tel:1-855-659-9314" value="+18556599314">1-855-659-9314</a><br>
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Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2016 16:21:58 -0700<br>
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Hi all,<br>
Just wanted to let you know that the next membership committee<br>
meeting of the National Federation of the Blind Community Service<br>
Division will take place this Wednesday, April 6th at 8 PM Eastern<br>
time. We will be planning the division?s upcoming calls and events, as<br>
well as discussing ways to build our membership and keep current<br>
members informed.<br>
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Please use the following call-in information:<br>
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We hope that you?ll join us for this call on Wednesday evening.<br>
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