[nabs-l] Lions Club

Wed Sep 8 19:57:53 UTC 2010

Anmol,

Your position sounds a little contradicting.  On the one hand you claim the
Lions Club does a lot of good including: scholarships, conference
sponsorships and trainings.  On the other hand you claim you cannot get
behind something that asks for money to support the blind.  So, which is it?

I would argue we could do plenty to educate the Lions Club on what the blind
can and cannot do.  They are a resource, and for example, could add that
many more votes to this Pepsi Challenge campaign.  And, if you think of it,
how would that be different from asking for money outside a Walmart?

Joe

"Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves,
some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all."--Sam Ewing 

-----Original Message-----
From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org 
[mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Anmol Bhatia
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:25 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lions Club

Well George I would respectfully disagree that the Lions Club 
has not done much to help the blind. Many Lions have given 
scholarship to blind students, supported many blind individuals 
to attend various conferences and trainings and are the biggest 
funders of the Lions World Services for the Blind in Little 
Rock Arkansas. Some may have negative oppinion and frankly I 
have personally witnessed somethings that LWSB could do better, 
yet its fair to say that LWSB has given opportunities to many 
blind people for independent training and get training for a 
job. So the Lions have done alot of good for the blind. Infact 
they have done more for the blind not being a blind 
organization then any other not blind organization. NFB and ACB 
are blind organizations run by the blind and for the blind so 
yes they have and will do more for the blind then Lions or any 
other organizations. I would join one because of the work they 
do, but I can not support something that
 requires asking for money to help the blind.
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me 
sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it 
is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller

--- On Wed, 9/8/10, Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com> wrote:

> From: Jorge Paez <jorgeapaez at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Lions Club
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 1:56 PM
> Anmol:
> Yes, it bothers me much--though I don't have a Walmart,
> I've seen that sort of stuff.
> Not to be harsh,
> but what has the "Lions Club" ever done for the blind?
> 
> The NFB has done a noticable much more.
> 
> Sorry if I'm being critical but I've never seen a blind
> person talk to me about "how good the Lion Club was."
> 
> They help, I know, but never the blind, not in my
> experience.
> 
> 
> Jorge
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 8, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Anmol Bhatia wrote:
> 
> > Does it bother any of you when the Lions Club sit in
> frunt of Walmart and ask for money to help the blind? This
> has been something that has bothering me for a long time and
> mostly the reason why I have not joined one. Lions do a lot
> of good for the blind and I have been lucky to speak to a
> few Lions Clubs, but helping the blind in expense of
> reinforcing the sterotype that society has about the blind
> to me does not really helpful to our well being and holds us
> back in society. Its been something that has been bugging me
> for years, but I was not sure if it is just me or if there
> are other blind individuals who feel the same. I finally
> decide to ask when a friend of mine who has mentioned about
> joing a organization for the blind said that she going to
> get involved in the Lions club and sit in frunt of Walmart.
> It would be interesting to hear what everyone has to think
> about this.
> > 
> > Anmol
> > 
> > 
> > I seldom think about my limitations, and they never
> make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at
> times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
> > Hellen Keller
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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