[nabs-l] Funding rural divisions

[Marty James]

Another way to fund raise is through The Blind Bean, it is a gourmet coffee 
company that sells Gourmet coffee for $1 per bag (this makes a 10-12 cup of 
very fine coffee, better than Coffee shops) which can be sold for at least 
$2 or more. It is run by a blind man, Me, and I am not making on my fund 
raising sales, just want to help out other blind clubs and individuals.
Call me with any questions at 319-457-3582 or email me at 
marty at theblindbean.com
Hope I can help you out...
By the way, your organization will be on each individual bag as well.
Marty James
www.TheBlindBean.com
Enjoy Your Java!

Phone: 319-457-3582
Fax: 319-754-5226
E-mail: Marty at theblindbean.com

402 Center Street
Middletown, IA
52638

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sarah baebler" <wolvessarah at hotmail.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:57 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Funding rural divisions


>
> It is if there were pently of students in those cities.  Yes we have 
> Madison and Milwaukee but we only have 2 students from Milwaukee and 3 
> students from Madison.  Otherwise we are spread throughout the state.  I 
> said we SERVICE 200 people...  We have about ten to twelve active active 
> members.  At least what I call active, meaning come to the meetings, 
> attend fundraisers, and participate in planning events.  Otherwise we 
> service a little over 200 I think it's about 232 to be exact.  That does 
> not mean that they are active active member but ones we counscel, support, 
> and educate on blind student issues.  I'd like to add that it doesn't take 
> a large city to have a fundraiser.  I live in Lodi, WI a small town that 
> doesn't have public transportation or a college or anything LOL...it's a 
> population of 2,932.  We have a small parade and fair that we hold 
> fundraisers at. You don't need a HUGE town or a lot of people.  We've held 
> bakes sales at churches, and the best options for fundraisers are candy 
> bars, cookie dough, and raffle tickets.  This way you don't need a place, 
> time, transportation.  You just fundraise on your own, a confidence 
> building for many of our students.  When I joined the division we were an 
> almighty 3...  it doesn't take a huge division or a big city to get out 
> there and do something.
> Sarah
>
>> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:59:14 -0700
>> From: jim275_2 at yahoo.com
>> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Funding rural divisions
>>
>> Sarah,
>>
>> It is true that both Montana and Wisconsin are rural states, but trying 
>> to consider Wisconsin and Montana as equal when it comes to student 
>> divisions is like compairing apples and oranges. First of all, WI has 
>> several very large cities in or very close to the state which provide 
>> students for several very large state universities, whereas Montana's 
>> largest town is 100,000 (Billings, MT is the biggest city in MT, WY, ND, 
>> SD, and probably ID) and our largest university is 25,000. Also didn't 
>> you say in another post that your student division has somewhere near 200 
>> members? As I said the other day, the state of Montana probabl has 30 
>> blind students in the whole state; when you subtract for apathey, work, 
>> family, and school commitments,  that doesn't leave many people left for 
>> a student division.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> Jim,
>> I read the majority of you email but I am SUPER busy with our
>> student seminar/rock climbing event coming up.  I do not agree with
>> you,  Wisconsin if rural too.  We are spread all over the place.  I
>> think that 30 is a good number and remember that more than totally
>> blind students can participate and they are not normally counted as
>> being blind or asked to be a part of nfb.  Wi is very rural.  If I
>> wanted to go from the south to the north it would take me 13 hours on
>> greyhound. We are a strong division that is spread out and we do fine
>> with fundraisers you just have to find the oppurtunity and communicate,
>> and most importantly devote effort to the group.  I do not think NABS
>> should be responsible for supporting us finacially, I think that if you
>> are struggling that NABS should have someone get involved with your
>> group and help them grow and strengthen.
>> Sarah B
>>
>> Homer Simpson's brain: "Use reverse psychology."
>>  Homer: "Oh, that sounds too complicated."
>>  Homer's brain: "Okay, don't use reverse psychology."
>>  Homer: "Okay, I will!"
>>
>>
>>
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