[humanser] volunteers

[Sandy]

Thanks, so the name has gone back to MAB.  When I worked for them in the 
Springfield, MA office we were told that we would change the name to MAB 
Community Services, and Kobena Boney, our regional director, pointed that 
the MAB  no longer meant Mass. Association for the Blind.  Just prior to 
that, we were Vision Community Services following merger with Vision 
Foundation.  Anyway, the services have been greatly reduced in my part of 
the state.


Sandy

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Subject: Re: [humanser] volunteers

> It is the Mass Association for the Blind (MAB), and Ivey Street School.
>
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>> On Jan 25, 2014, at 2:31 AM, "Sandy" <sandraburgess at msn.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ericka,
>>
>> I worked for them for ten years coordinating a community volunteer 
>> program. Admittedly the name chaged a few times from what I wrote, but it 
>> now is either Mass. Association for the Blind Community Services, or just 
>> Mass. Assoc. for the Blind.  However, the groups never included family 
>> members. Now, long ago, a minister with low vision and elderly came to 
>> visit my church with his wife and to talk with us.  After the service, he 
>> and I talked and he had organized what you are thinking of doing:  there 
>> was a group of those going through loss of sight and, concurrently, a 
>> separate group for family members.  I think that separateness may make 
>> group members more comfortable speaking about issues with family members, 
>> and the same for the sighted people in a group.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Sandy
>>
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>> From: "Ericka Short" <ericka.short at wi.rr.com>
>> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 8:31 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [humanser] volunteers
>>
>>> I've never heard of Mass Assoc. Blind.  What you are describing is just 
>>> what I want to do.  Give the  families and  the  newly blinded hope and 
>>> support from  people who've been there and show them how life can be 
>>> good.
>>>
>>> Ericka J. Short
>>> 262-697-0510
>>>
>>> "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me". Philippians 
>>> 4:13
>>>
>>> "No hand is too small or too big to do good in this world." EJ. Short
>>>
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