[humanser] INVITATION TO JOIN

[Serena Cucco]

Great letter, J.D.!  Certainly great for a HS website.  One thing to
add, just in case newbies don't know: If you're going to NFB national
convention, you can pay dues there, as well.

Serena

On 4/27/14, Melissa Ann Riccobono <melissa at riccobono.us> wrote:
> Wow JD, I really hope you have saved this message! I think it would be the
> perfect text for the homepage of a Human Services webpage! Great work. I'll
> definitely be keeping my membership active! I hope many of you on this list
> will do the same.
> Melissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of JD Townsend
> Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2014 7:19 PM
> To: Human Services Mailing List
> Subject: [humanser] INVITATION TO JOIN
>
> Welcome Fellow Therapists & Other Human Service Workers:
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> We are the NFB Human Services Division, a place for advocacy & fellowship
> for all of us in, or contemplating being in, any of the many professions
> that can be grouped as human services.  We have Social Workers, Mental
> Health Counselors & other mental health professionals, Occupational, Speech,
> & Physical Therapists, Massage, Music & Recreational Therapists, as well as
> other specialties, such as Genetics Counselors & Dieticians.  We encompass a
> lot of territory!
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>
>
> Our membership and Board of Directors include students & employed
> professionals with decades of experience.  We are currently advocating for
> issues related to full access to licensure testing and that troubling line
> in many job descriptions, "Driver's License Required."  Our Board Meetings
> are by 'phone and are open to all.
>
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>
> Our email list offers a good place to help others with suggestions and
> encouragement, or to ask for assistance.
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> It can be a struggle being blind in a sighted world, for instance with
> computer-based or electronic record keeping.  The NFB is helping to make
> this easier, currently working to ensure that all Electronic Medical Records
> are screen reader friendly;  an uphill battle that the Human Services
> Division is championing.
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> You are a special person, desiring to help others.  Few things change what
> it means to be blind more than helping light dependent persons to solve
> their human needs.  Let's do it together.
>
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>
> Joining the Division is easy and cheap.  It currently costs only $5.00 a
> year!  We need your help to strengthen our call for the changes noted above.
>
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> To join today, just send a check to me, Treasurer and Membership Committee
> Chair:
>
>             JD TOWNSEND
>
>             1598 Riverside Drive
>
>             Holly Hill   FL   32117
>
> Just add your name, email and address in print or braille and you can be a
> part of a positively focused group of human service professionals.
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> Let's all be a part of change.
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> Yours,
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> JD TOWNSEND, TREASURER
>
> NFB HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION
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> April 27, 2014
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> JD Townsend LCSW
> Helping the light dependent to see.
> Daytona Beach, Earth, Sol System
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