[nabs-l] getting the interest of young people

Anita Adkins aadkins7 at verizon.net
Fri Jan 7 19:26:56 UTC 2011


Hello,

I'm Anita, and I don't live in Missouri. However, I am 33, but I joined when 
I was in my twenties because I felt it was important for students to have 
their textbooks in Braille and I wanted to assist with that. I am hoping 
that Braille will become a priority for college students and working 
students now, but I realize that will take time. The other reason I went was 
to be around other blind people. Can your group do activities, such as 
bowling, games, or etc. that might bring people into it? The other thought I 
have is the availability of transportation for blind people in your area. 
Unfortunately, that is not the case in my area, and our bus system does not 
function after 5. Our meetings are in the evenings and are not over in time 
for me to catch a bus. Actually, they aren't even started prior to the bus 
stopping. So that may be another concern combined with lack of blindness 
skills training. Is their a driver who could pick people up. Door prizes 
might also work. Just some thoughts. Anita

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Debbie Wunder" <debbiewunder at earthlink.net>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:31 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] getting the interest of young people


> Hello students. I am the membership chair in the state of Missouri. It is 
> very obvious that our affiliate is aging, and there is not tremendous 
> growth in the under thirty-five age group. I am looking for input and any 
> suggestions as to what interests, and makes people in this age group 
> interested in joining the federation and interested in being a part of a 
> grassroots organization such as ours.
>
>
>
> Can you tell me why you came to a meeting? After coming what made you join 
> and get involved? Do you see different issues that we should be working on 
> that would help in getting some people involved?
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> I'm looking forward to hearing from you. Any input would be most 
> appreciated.
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> Thanks,
>
> Debbie Wunder
>
> 573 874 1774 home
>
> 573 529 2008 AT&T cell
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