[nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China

Chris Nusbaum dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Thu May 5 01:41:43 UTC 2011 

I=20totally=20agree,=20Cindy.=20=20I=20sometimes=20forget,=20too.=20=20In=20=
fact,=20I=20
never=20really=20thought=20about=20it=20much=20until=20Crystal=20posted=20t=
hat=20
information=20about=20the=20Bethel=20home.=20=20By=20the=20way,=20is=20the=
=20Slate=20a=20
local=20magazine=20or=20a=20NABS=20one?=20If=20it's=20a=20NABS=20one,=20how=
=20do=20I=20sign=20
up=20to=20get=20it=20and=20how=20will=20I=20get=20it:=20email,=20Braille,=20=
online?

Chris=20Nusbaum

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

---=20Sent=20from=20my=20Braille-Note

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Cindy=20Bennett=20<clb5590 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=203=20May=202011=2023:20:07=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=20=
China

I=20think=20an=20article=20would=20be=20great.=20=20A=20publication=20that=
=20is=20on=20a=20
smaller
scale=20is=20our=20Student=20Slate.=20=20So,=20an=20article=20for=20that=20=
might=20not=20be=20
as
time=20consuming,=20and=20it=20is=20more=20specific=20to=20students.=20=20S=
o,=20if=20you=20
want
to=20start=20somewhere,=20that=20is=20a=20great=20option.=20=20You=20can=20=
email=20me=20
offlist
if=20you=20are=20interested=20in=20writing=20an=20article=20for=20The=20Sla=
te.

I=20think=20it=20is=20great=20that=20you=20are=20doing=20international=20wo=
rk!=20I=20know=20
that
sometimes=20I=20forget=20that=20blind=20people=20exist=20outside=20of=20the=
=20U.S.=20=20
and
while=20that=20sounds=20foolish,=20I=20think=20it=20is=20easy=20for=20us=20=
to=20get=20
caught=20up
in=20our=20own=20culture=20and=20to=20not=20be=20thankful=20for=20the=20way=
s=20Americans=20
have
access=20that=20many=20blind=20people=20in=20other=20countries=20have=20not=
=20yet=20
gained.

Cindy

On=205/3/11,=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20=E5=90=B4=E6=99=B6=20<wujing19861209 at h=
otmail.com>=20
wrote:
=20Dear=20Mary,

=20Are=20you=20still=20in=20New=20Jersey?=20I=20think=20we=20added=20each=20=
other=20on=20
Skype.=20=20Great,=20if
=20you=20want=20to=20experience=20something=20new,=20I=20have=20loads=20of=
=20ideas.=20=20
haha=20Don't
=20scared,=20it=20won't=20kill=20you.

=20Look=20forward=20to=20talk=20to=20you.

=20Crystal
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Mary=20Fernandez"=20<trillian551 at gmail.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Wednesday,=20May=2004,=202011=203:38=20AM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=
=20China


=20Hi=20Crystal,
=20It's=20Mary=20Fernandez=20=20we=20met=20when=20you=20went=20to=20The=20a=
tlanta=20
convention.
=20The=20Matilda=20Ziegler=20magazine=20does=20still=20exist.=20=20One=20=20=
of=20my=20
friends=20is=20a
=20writer=20for=20it.
=20I'll=20get=20in=20touch=20with=20you=20and=20see=20if=20I=20can=20help=20=
in=20anyway.=20=20I'm=20
always
=20looking=20for=20great=20experiences=20for=20summers,=20so=20hopefully=20=
I=20can=20
help.
=20Talk=20toyou=20soon.
=20Mary

=20On=205/3/11,=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20=E5=90=B4=E6=99=B6=20
<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Hi=20Chris,

=20Thanks=20for=20your=20suggestions.=20=20It's=20a=20great=20idea.=20=20I=
=20read=20both=20
magazines
=20myself
=20as=20well.=20=20I=20am=20not=20sure=20if=20Matilda=20Ziegler=20still=20e=
xist.=20=20I=20
received=20an
=20E-mail
=20from=20Ruth=20Davis,=20former=20editor,=20last=20year,=20and=20she=20tol=
d=20me=20that=20
the
=20Ziegler
=20family=20do=20not=20want=20to=20continue=20to=20sponsor=20the=20magazine=
=20anymore.=20=20
Instead,
=20they=20prefer=20to=20invest=20the=20money=20to=20Yale=20medical=20center=
=20to=20do=20
research=20on
=20eye
=20disease=20related=20subject.=20=20Not=20sure=20if=20Gregory=20Evanina=20=
fought=20
over=20the
=20case.=20=20I
=20visited=20their=20headquarter=20=20office=20in=20New=20York=20when=20I=20=
was=2019=20
which=20was=20in
=202007.

=20I=20spoke=20to=20Gary=20a=20few=20times=20and=20had=20some=20contacts=20=
with=20him.=20=20
I'll=20try=20to
=20write=20an=20article=20about=20Bethel=20Home=20later=20for=20sure.=20=20=
Once=20again,=20
your=20ideas
=20are=20great!=20Thanks.

=20Running=20around=20the=20world=20is=20pretty=20fun=20but=20get=20exhaust=
ed=20
sometime.=20=20To
=20adjust
=20the=20jet=20lag=20several=20times=20a=20year=20is=20not=20that=20easy.=20=
=20Hope=20to=20see=20
you=20at=20the
=20NFB=20convention=20sometime.=20=20I=20am=20still=20deciding=20whether=20=
I=20should=20
go=20this
=20year
=20or=20next.

=20Regards,
=20Crystal
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Chris=20Nusbaum"=20<dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2003,=202011=2010:13=20PM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=
=20China


=20Hi,=20Crystal.

=20Good=20for=20you!=20I'm=20glad=20you're=20so=20active=20in=20helping=20b=
lind=20
children
=20overseas=20live=20fully=20independent=20lives!=20Maybe=20a=20good=20idea=
=20would=20
be
=20to=20write=20up=20a=20little=20article=20about=20Bethel=20and=20the=20ki=
ds=20there=20to
=20put=20in=20the=20Braille=20Monitor.=20=20I=20think=20by=20putting=20some=
thing=20in=20the
=20Monitor,=20you=20would=20be=20reaching=20out=20to=20a=20lot=20of=20peopl=
e=20who=20might
=20be=20able=20and=20willing=20to=20help!=20It=20says=20in=20the=20magazine=
=20that
=20articles=20for=20the=20Monitor=20can=20go=20to=20the=20editor,=20Gary=20=
Wunder,=20who
=20happens=20to=20be=20on=20the=20Blind=20Talk=20list=20if=20you're=20on=20=
that.=20=20You=20can
=20mail=20your=20article=20to:=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=
=20
Attention
=20Gary=20Wunder.=20=20200=20East=20Wells=20Street,=20Baltimore,=20Maryland=
,=2021230.
=20You=20can=20also=20email=20your=20article=20to=20gwunder at nfb.org.=20=20Y=
ou=20can=20go
=20to=20www.nfb.org=20for=20more=20information.=20=20Hope=20this=20helps!
=20P.S.=20=20You=20could=20also=20put=20an=20article=20in=20the=20Matilda=20=
Ziegler
=20Magazine=20for=20the=20Blind,=20an=20independent=20magazine=20for=20the=
=20blind,
=20not=20affiliated=20with=20any=20organization=20providing=20news,=20
information,
=20and=20commentary=20on=20the=20issues=20facing=20the=20blind.=20=20You=20=
can=20send=20an
=20email=20to=20Ross=20Hammond,=20the=20editor=20of=20the=20Ziegler=20at
=20editor at matildaziegler.com.=20=20You=20can=20check=20out
=20www.matildaziegler.com=20to=20get=20more=20info!
=20P.P.S.=20=20Please=20understand=20that=20I'm=20not=20affiliated=20in=20a=
ny=20way=20
with
=20neither=20the=20Monitor=20nor=20the=20Ziegler.=20=20I'm=20just=20a=20rea=
der=20of=20both
=20who=20thought=20these=20magazines=20might=20help=20you=20in=20your=20eff=
orts.


=20Chris=20Nusbaum

=20"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abi=
lities=20
motto)

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20?=EB=8B=B8=EC=87=82<wujing19861209 at hotmail=
.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Date=20sent:=20Tue,=203=20May=202011=2004:13:59=20+0200
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=
=20China

=20Dear=20Beth,

=20I=20am=20teaching=20English=20at=20the=20center,=20and=20also=20doing=20=
project
=20consultant=20work.
=20So=20far,=20we=20have=20one=20mobility=20instructor=20from=20California,=
=20one
=20multiple-disability=20educator=20from=20France,=20one=20blind=20Braille
=20teacher,=20one
=20music=20teacher,=20and=20five=20Chinese=20teachers.=20=20Of=20course,=20=
the
=20orphanage=20have=20many
=20care-givers,=20administraters,=20fund=20raisers,=20public=20relation
=20manager=20and=20staff
=20members.=20=20Bethel=20has=20foster=20care,=20education=20and=20self-car=
e
=20training=20for=20kids.
=20Bethel=20even=20has=20its=20own=20farm=20field,=20so=20the=20kids=20can=
=20help=20to=20feed
=20dogs,
=20goats,=20chickens,=20ducks.=20=20Right=20now,=20I=20am=20trying=20to=20p=
ush=20to=20open
=20up=20a=20job
=20training=20course;=20however,=20I=20can't=20stay=20in=20Beijing=20for=20=
too=20long.
=20If=20any=20of
=20you=20is=20interested=20to=20do=20job=20training,=20counciling,=20indepe=
ndence
=20training,=20I
=20am=20sure=20you=20will=20be=20very=20helpful=20in=20Bethel.

=20I=20must=20encourage=20kids=20to=20learn,=20to=20live=20and=20to=20trave=
l
=20independently.=20=20It'll
=20be=20wonderful=20if=20we=20can=20something=20together.=20=20My=20skype=20=
is
=20jing.wu.crystal
=20MSN:=20wujing19861209 at hotmail.com

=20Sincerely,
=20Crystal
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Beth"=20<thebluesisloose at gmail.com
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2003,=202011=203:57=20AM
=20Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=
=20China


=20=20Crystal,
=20=20What=20can=20the=20folks=20at=20the=20CCB=20in=20Denver,=20Colorado=20=
do=20for=20the
=20=20orphanage?=20=20What=20can=20any=20ordinary=20people=20do=20to=20help=
=20the=20kids?=20=20
I
=20am
=20=20interested=20in=20helping=20blind=20people=20overseas=20too,=20but=20=
not=20China
=20=20necessarily.=20=20But=20it's=20fascinating.=20=20Do=20you=20have=20Sk=
ype?=20=20Do
=20write=20me
=20=20off=20list=20at
=20=20thebluesisloose at gmail.com

=20=20Thank=20you,
=20=20Beth=20Taurasi

=20=20On=205/2/11,=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20?=EB=8B=B8=EC=87=82
=20<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com>=20wrote:
=20=20Dear=20all,

=20=20I=20am=20currently=20working=20in=20an=20orphanage=20for=20the=20blin=
d=20in=20
Beijing.
=20Bethel
=20=20Home
=20=20has=2045=20blind=20children,=20and=20it's=20a=20NGO=20orphanage=20run=
=20by=20a=20french
=20couple.
=20=20Just
=20=20wonder=20if=20any=20students=20will=20be=20interested=20to=20do=20int=
ernship=20or
=20volunteer
=20=20work
=20=20in=20Beijing.=20=20You=20may=20visit
=20=20www.bethelchina.org

=20=20Most=20of=20the=20kids=20speak=20English=20and=20Chinese.=20=20Many=20=
of=20the
=20volunteers=20are
=20=20from
=20=20Europe=20and=20North=20America.=20=20Too=20bad=20I=20have=20to=20retu=
rn=20to=20school=20
in
=20Stockholm
=20=20this=20summer.=20=20Hope=20any=20of=20you=20can=20support=20and=20hel=
p=20the=20kids=20in
=20any=20way=20you
=20=20can.=20=20Thanks.

=20=20Sincerely,
=20=20Crystal
=20=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20=20From:=20"Tina=20Hansen"=20<th404 at comcast.net
=20=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20lis=
t"
=20=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20=20Cc:=20"Correspondence=20Committee=20Mailing=20List"
=20<nfb-editors at nfbnet.org
=20=20Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2003,=202011=202:51=20AM
=20=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Food=20for=20Thought:=20Presenting=20Our=20Mess=
age=20as
=20Theater


=20=20Not=20long=20ago,=20I=20learned=20that=20the=20Braille=20Institute=20=
in=20Los
=20Angeles,
=20=20California,=20produced=20a=20series=20of=20recordings=20called=20Soun=
d
=20Solutions.=20=20They
=20=20present=20tools=20and=20techniques=20for=20coping=20with=20blindness=
=20and
=20vision=20loss
=20=20in
=20=20a=20number=20of=20dramatic=20formats.=20=20I=20thought:=20it=20might=
=20be=20cool=20if=20
we
=20could=20do
=20=20that.=20=20We=20do=20have=20a=20play=20at=20our=20National=20conventi=
on,=20but=20that's
=20about=20it.

=20=20I'm=20not=20sure=20if=20I=20agree=20with=20everything=20they=20presen=
t,=20but=20I
=20still=20think
=20=20we

=20=20can=20learn=20from=20it.=20=20To=20get=20an=20idea=20of=20what=20they=
=20do,=20you=20can=20go
=20to

=20=20http://www.airsla.org/soundsolutions.asp

=20=20The=20episodes=20cover=20topics=20such=20as:=20home=20management,=20c=
oping
=20skills,=20and
=20=20many=20other=20topics,=20and=20with=20one=20exception,=20most=20of=20=
them=20are=2030
=20minutes
=20=20or
=20=20less.

=20=20I'm=20presenting=20this=20for=20what=20it's=20worth,=20since=20I=20kn=
ow=20that=20we
=20have=20some
=20=20creative=20people=20out=20there,=20and=20I=20also=20know=20that=20if=
=20we=20can
=20present=20our
=20=20message=20in=20a=20creative=20way,=20it=20might=20interest=20the=20yo=
unger
=20generation.
=20=20Check

=20=20it=20out.=20=20Thanks.
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=20--
=20Mary=20Fernandez
=20President:=20Georgia=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students
=20Emory=20University=202012
=20P.O.=20=20Box=20123056
=20Atlanta=20Ga.
=2030322
=20Phone:=20732-857-7004

=20"It's=20not=20worth=20doing=20something=20unless=20someone,=20somewhere,=
=20would=20
much
=20rather=20you=20weren't=20doing=20it."
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