[nabs-l] volunteer opportunities

[Darian Smith]

Greetings,



I would  check out the  extent of the work the organization needed and
see how much of it absolutely required vision.  If I felt confident
that I could do  the work and needed no assistance, I would not
disclose.  If  it required some  assistance that I think may not
require a great amount of divirsion of resources, I would  mention my
vision, what i could do and  what aspects of the work I may need some
assistance in completing.

On 9/29/10, Marsha Drenth <marsha.drenth at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Students,
>
> For one of my classes, I need to work 15 volunteer hours. I have contacted a
> few agencies in my area. So here is my question, do you tell the agency that
> you will be volunteering at, that your blind or visually impaired? The
> reason I am asking, where I live does not have good transportation, mainly
> because I am so far out of the city and in the burbs. The one agency I
> already spoke to, wanted me to visit the homes of elderly blind people. I
> would not normally mind this, but with my transportation woes, I can't
> secure transportation for this. I am already paying a driver to get to and
> from school. And the money that I was "suppose" to get from my state to help
> with these cost, has not come in as of yet.
>
> So do you tell the place that you will be volunteering at, that your blind?
> Because I could not go to the elderly persons home, the agency did not want
> me. There are a lot of other things I could be doing.
>
> What do you all think?
>
> Marsha
>
>
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