[nabs-l] volunteer opportunities

[Anita Adkins]

What kind of class is it?  What I am thinking is, could you volunteer 
somehow at home since you don't have transportation?  It is probably okay to 
let a place know you are blind, but not because you don't have 
transportation.  These places might hire you in the future, and you want to 
show them you can solve problems rather than presenting them with challenges 
you don't know how to solve.  But, back to my original question.  When I was 
at an NFB event one time, they told me the had numbers of blind people to 
call and share news about the NFB about and just to talk to them about 
blindness by first listening to their story and being understanding and 
respectful about what they say.  So would something like that help?  You 
could contact your chapter or state president and ask for these names?  That 
wouldn't need to be for the entire 15 hours, but maybe it could work for 
some of them.  White cane month is coming up, and so maybe your chapter is 
holding an event that could count.  Or, could you volunteer bake and provide 
that to the older blind citizens by only having a driver take you around one 
day after spending the time making the food?  Or, could you sew for some 
organization at home, or maybe do some other such project that would benefit 
a church or other group.  For example, they might need a newsletter created, 
a song book translated into Braille or audio for a blind member, etc. that 
you could do for them by scanning and then slating out or brailling?  Or, do 
you have a bank or something near that you you could walk to do volunteer 
shredding or maybe a school near you where you could help out with 
something?  Just some ideas.  They may not be the ones you are looking for, 
but maybe they can jump start your creativity.  Anita
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marsha Drenth" <marsha.drenth at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 4:55 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] volunteer opportunities


> 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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