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[Lenora Marten]

Email Message Concerning NAGDU Seminar 2011
 
 
            Wouldyou like to be better prepared for screening at Transportation
Security Administration (TSA) checkpoints and have the opportunityto
ask questions and share concerns with TSA? Would you like to learn moreabout in-flight emergency procedures from a veteran Flight Attendant?Then the seminar of the National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU)is the place to be!
            OnTuesday, July 5, NAGDU will present “The blind Air Traveler”, anexciting, literally “hands-on”, interactive workshop. Whether you are aguide dog user or not, the information shared will help you bettermaneuver through airport security checkpoints and handle in-flightemergencies, so all blind air travelers will want to attend. Peg Slater,a veteran Flight Attendant, will better prepare you in the event you facean emergency situation in-flight. Peg will demonstrate how to use airlineoxygen masks, how to use the seat cushion as a flotation device, how toinflate your personal floatation device (PFD), how to open the emergencyexit door (even though we cannot sit in that row!), and the proper way touse the evacuation slide. Jeremy Buzzell, Senior Policy Advisor for theTSA's Office of Disability Policy and Outreach, will discuss TSA'ssecurity procedures and technology, screening of disabled individuals, aswell as their service animals, how to resolve issues that arise duringscreening, and how to file a complaint with TSA. In addition to thesestimulating workshops, you will learn more about NAGDU’s innovativeinitiatives, hear news from the various guide dog training programs, andhave an opportunity to “test drive” a guide dog!
            TheNAGDU seminar will be held in the Panzacola H-3 Ballroom, Level 1.Registration begins at 6:00 pm and the workshop begins at7:00.   The seminar is free to all who wish to attend; however,donations will be appreciatively accepted. NAGDU will also hold a 50/50drawing at the end of its meetings and take up a collection to defray thecost of the guide dog relief areas.
            Inaddition to Tuesday’s workshop, NAGDU will hold its annual businessmeeting on Sunday, July 3 in the Panzacola H-3 Ballroom, Level 1. Duringthe business meeting, participants will learn more about NAGDU’sInformation & Advocacy Hotline, our Consumer Satisfaction Survey,hear about legal cases involving guide dog users, get affiliate divisionreports, elect officers & Board members, and receive reports fromguide dog training programs. Registration for the business meeting beginsat 6:00 pm and the meeting begins at 7:00.
For more information about the National Association of Guide Dog Users,you can visit our website at
 
HTTP://WWW.NAGDU.ORG
 
Or send an email to
 
President at NAGDU.ORG
 
Fraternally yours,
Marion Gwizdala, President
National Association of Guide Dog Users 
National Federation of the Blind 
 

 
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