[il-talk] Fwd: service animal demonstration

[sharon howerton]

Patti, I have forwarded this message to Bill Jurek as well as Becky Barnes 
and John Dettloff at Guiding Eyes. Mary Jane is working toward retirement 
and though I will not rule us out as participating, I cannot put her forth 
as a primary girl on this or us as a primary team. It is a great opportunity 
and I'll keep on top of it.
Thanks.
Sharon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patti Gregory" <pattichang at att.net>
To: "Iabs talk" <iabs-talk at nfbnet.org>; "il-talk" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 9:22 AM
Subject: [il-talk] Fwd: service animal demonstration


> If you can help with this, please contact her directly.
>
> Patti S. Gregory-Chang
> NFB, Scholarship Comm. Chair
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Bazer, Nicole" <NBazer at atg.state.il.us>
>> Date: May 12, 2011 8:07:12 AM CDT
>> To: "'Patti Chang (pattichang at att.net)'" <pattichang at att.net>
>> Subject: service animal demonstration
>>
>
>> Hello Ms. Chang,
>>
>>
>>
>> I am just following up on my voicemail of yesterday to give you a 
>> heads-up on my reason for contacting you.  Daniel Goldstein recommended 
>> that I talk with you about a plan we have.  We are interested in 
>> highlighting service animals at the AG’s booth at the State Fair in 
>> Springfield which takes place in August.  I thought it might be 
>> interesting to have service animal trainers/users come and do a 
>> demonstration of the kinds of tasks and skills that service animals are 
>> trained to perform.  I think it would give the general public a better 
>> understanding of the range of service dogs and raise awareness generally 
>> about people with disabilities in a manner likely to attract folks 
>> (everyone loves dogs).  We are seeing quite a few service animal issues 
>> and we are also hopeful that this might make a positive impact on that. 
>> That said, I have no idea if anyone does this kind of demonstration.  Do 
>> you have any ideas?  The kicker on all of this is that we need to get 
>> this organized by next week (at least the who and the what).  Any help 
>> that you can provide would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for your time and attention to this matter.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicki Bazer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Nicki Bazer
>>
>> Chief, Disability Rights Bureau
>>
>> Office of the Illinois Attorney General
>>
>> 100 W. Randolph Street
>>
>> Chicago, IL 60601
>>
>> Phone: (312) 814-3399
>>
>> TTY: 800 964 3013
>>
>> Fax: (312) 814-3212
>>
>> nbazer at atg.state.il.us
>>
>>
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