[Massachusetts-NFB] Following up from a Perkins Alumni Association event today on mention of Lion’s Club.

Mon Oct 27 14:19:48 UTC 2025

Hi Stephen,
That's great that You got to Attend as well.
That does sound like useful information that you got the Opportunity to have breakfast with the Women from the Quincy Lion's Club.
We all can work together and I still plan attending.
Adam

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Subject: Re: [Massachusetts-NFB] Following up from a Perkins Alumni Association event today on mention of Lion’s Club.

Hello following up, today I went to the Quincy Lion’s Club pancake and ice screening event.
I meant the president of the club. She informed me that the meeting on November 5, is an informational gathering meeting, where they will be discussing how it will go forward, that this will be its own club, and she is a sponsoring Lions.
 She seemed very receptive and open, she also is a mother to the student at Perkins who is graduating this coming June.
There will be another meeting to actually formalize meeting a charter.
I will definitely be able to give a summary after it cause I’m going to attend it.
I mentioned to her that I served on my local club from 2014 to 2017, and also was a board member for the Peterborough Lions Club, and she said wow maybe you should be a board member of this new club lol I thought.
Adam, that’s good that you would hopefully go, and also I think you said you would attend Alumni events.
   Christina, I think you said you had to work. That’s OK, I will as I said, give a summary and report after the meeting.
Work does come first. And obviously the meeting will probably be in the evenings I would think that’s typically Lion’s Club do them once a month, in the evenings. To accommodate for working schedules.
Hope everyone’s having a great Sunday.
Regards,

Stephen YerardiSent from my iPhone

> On Oct 25, 2025, at 4:25 PM, Kristina Constant via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hi, would like to come but have to work. Kristinaent from my iPhone
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>> On Oct 25, 2025, at 3:54 PM, Adam Roberge via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> Hi Stephen, that is great that Perkins is also working with the alliance clubs. I like to also go to my events and I’ll be happy to come on November 5.
>> I also met a guy from the Norfolk clients club at Wakeen day 
>> yesterday I’m glad you got to talk to Shirley as well Adam Sent from 
>> my iPhone
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>>>> On Oct 25, 2025, at 3:49 PM, stephen yerardi via Massachusetts-NFB <massachusetts-nfb at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Good afternoon all, as a subject line says, I am wanting to give you all a follow up from a alumni fall event that I attended a few hours ago.
>>> Add this event Pat McCall, deputy head of education and programs, revealed that Perkins is now partnering with Lion’s Club, there is a current student that is from the Quincy area, and the mom had reached out and asked about is there anything that Perkins could do with Lion’s Club.
>>> There is also a member of the association who has been a long standing advocate for all Lion’s Club and The Blind. Shirley and I were discussing on a phone call earlier, and I forget the gentleman‘s name, but maybe Shirley will comment on this.
>>> There is an upcoming meeting on November 5, 2025 at 12:30 on the grounds of Perkins School For The Blind 175 North Beacon St., How building and in the Dwight hall that will be with representatives and leadership from the Quincy Lion’s Club.
>>> Anyone is welcome Alumni, members of the Public to attend this meeting, and also want to serve on when there is a new club made. More detail details will be coming out at this meeting.
>>> So they’ll be doing in person meetings, and Pat also mentioned that there could be some Zoom components. Just figured I would send this along, considering at both the Cambridge chapter meeting, and the board meeting there was discussion about Lion’s Club and about how they were not doing too well with blind people joining the clubs. I think this might be a step in the right direction with this partnership.
>>> 
>>> I am planning to attend this meeting as I said on the fifth, at 12:30. Again wanted to bring the attention of this to the list and our affiliate.
>>> Hope everyone has having a great Saturday and look forward to talking to all of you soon.
>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Stephen Yerardi.
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