[Mdabs] Braille Tutor Needed for Blind Student in Owings Mills

[sharon Kim]

Hello Chris, it's Sharon Kim. I am interested in this pportunity, 
and I know your instructions were to mail you off list, but I do 
not have your email address. If you can, please email me. It is 
sharon.mi.kim22 at gmail.com. Thanks!!! Hope to hear from you 
soon!!!

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Chris Nusbaum via MDABS <mdabs at nfbnet.org
To: <nfbmd at nfbnet.org>, <nfbmdtlc-chapter at nfbnet.org>, 
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Date sent: Sun, 28 May 2017 14:27:33 -0400
Subject: [Mdabs] Braille Tutor Needed for Blind Student in Owings 
Mills

Dear Fellow Federationists:



In the past few weeks, I have been in contact with the mother of 
a
soon-to-be 9th grade student from Owings Mills who reached out to 
me in an
effort to get her son connected with our student division and the 
Federation
as a whole. He has lost all sight in one eye and is gradually 
losing it in
the other eye. Consequently, though he is a very bright student 
who is
entering high school a year early, he is receiving very limited 
Braille
instruction from his school system.



Until they can increase the services he is receiving, I suggested 
that the
family look into getting a private Braille tutor to work with him 
after
school-an idea to which they were very receptive. I think it 
would be great
for him to have a blind tutor from the Federation who can also 
serve as a
positive mentor for him. So, if anyone in the area would be 
willing to work
with him on either a paid or volunteer basis, please write to me 
off-list
and I will give you the relevant contact information. This could 
be an
especially rewarding an opportunity for students who are looking 
for a
summer job or something to do on the side. I hope we can tap into 
the vast
network of our Federation to find a great tutor/mentor for this 
promising
blind student. Thank you or all you do to support the future 
blind leaders
of the blind!



Chris



Chris Nusbaum, President

Maryland Association of Blind Students

Board Member, National Association of Blind Students

Phone: (443) 547-2409

Email: cnusbaumnfb at gmail.com

Twitter: @Chrisn98 and @nabslink



The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not 
the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we 
raise
expectations for blind people, because low expectations create 
obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you 
want;
blindness is not what holds you bak.