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

Wed May 4 03:03:01 UTC 2011

Dear Mary,

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

Look forward to talk to you.

Crystal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Fernandez" <trillian551 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China

> Hi Crystal,
> It's Mary Fernandez  we met when you went to The atlanta convention.
> The Matilda Ziegler magazine does still exist. One  of my friends is a
> writer for it.
> I'll get in touch with you and see if I can help in anyway. I'm always
> looking for great experiences for summers, so hopefully I can help.
> Talk toyou soon.
> Mary
>
> On 5/3/11, Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Thanks for your suggestions. It's a great idea. I read both magazines 
>> myself
>> as well. I am not sure if Matilda Ziegler still exist. I received an 
>> E-mail
>> from Ruth Davis, former editor, last year, and she told me that the 
>> Ziegler
>> family do not want to continue to sponsor the magazine anymore. Instead,
>> they prefer to invest the money to Yale medical center to do research on 
>> eye
>> disease related subject. Not sure if Gregory Evanina fought over the 
>> case. I
>> visited their headquarter  office in New York when I was 19 which was in
>> 2007.
>>
>> I spoke to Gary a few times and had some contacts with him. I'll try to
>> write an article about Bethel Home later for sure. Once again, your ideas
>> are great! Thanks.
>>
>> Running around the world is pretty fun but get exhausted sometime. To 
>> adjust
>> the jet lag several times a year is not that easy. Hope to see you at the
>> NFB convention sometime. I am still deciding whether I should go this 
>> year
>> or next.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Crystal
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:13 PM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>>
>>
>> Hi, Crystal.
>>
>> Good for you! I'm glad you're so active in helping blind children
>> overseas live fully independent lives! Maybe a good idea would be
>> to write up a little article about Bethel and the kids there to
>> put in the Braille Monitor.  I think by putting something in the
>> Monitor, you would be reaching out to a lot of people who might
>> be able and willing to help! It says in the magazine that
>> articles for the Monitor can go to the editor, Gary Wunder, who
>> happens to be on the Blind Talk list if you're on that.  You can
>> mail your article to: National Federation of the Blind, Attention
>> Gary Wunder.  200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230.
>> You can also email your article to gwunder at nfb.org.  You can go
>> to www.nfb.org for more information.  Hope this helps!
>> P.S.  You could also put an article in the Matilda Ziegler
>> Magazine for the Blind, an independent magazine for the blind,
>> not affiliated with any organization providing news, information,
>> and commentary on the issues facing the blind.  You can send an
>> email to Ross Hammond, the editor of the Ziegler at
>> editor at matildaziegler.com.  You can check out
>> www.matildaziegler.com to get more info!
>> P.P.S.  Please understand that I'm not affiliated in any way with
>> neither the Monitor nor the Ziegler.  I'm just a reader of both
>> who thought these magazines might help you in your efforts.
>>
>>
>> Chris Nusbaum
>>
>> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Jing Crystal Wu ?닸쇂<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Tue, 3 May 2011 04:13:59 +0200
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>>
>> Dear Beth,
>>
>> I am teaching English at the center, and also doing project
>> consultant work.
>> So far, we have one mobility instructor from California, one
>> multiple-disability educator from France, one blind Braille
>> teacher, one
>> music teacher, and five Chinese teachers.  Of course, the
>> orphanage have many
>> care-givers, administraters, fund raisers, public relation
>> manager and staff
>> members.  Bethel has foster care, education and self-care
>> training for kids.
>> Bethel even has its own farm field, so the kids can help to feed
>> dogs,
>> goats, chickens, ducks.  Right now, I am trying to push to open
>> up a job
>> training course; however, I can't stay in Beijing for too long.
>> If any of
>> you is interested to do job training, counciling, independence
>> training, I
>> am sure you will be very helpful in Bethel.
>>
>> I must encourage kids to learn, to live and to travel
>> independently.  It'll
>> be wonderful if we can something together.  My skype is
>> jing.wu.crystal
>> MSN: wujing19861209 at hotmail.com
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Crystal
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:57 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>>
>>
>>  Crystal,
>>  What can the folks at the CCB in Denver, Colorado do for the
>>  orphanage?  What can any ordinary people do to help the kids?  I
>> am
>>  interested in helping blind people overseas too, but not China
>>  necessarily.  But it's fascinating.  Do you have Skype?  Do
>> write me
>>  off list at
>>  thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>>
>>  Thank you,
>>  Beth Taurasi
>>
>>  On 5/2/11, Jing Crystal Wu ?닸쇂
>> <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>  Dear all,
>>
>>  I am currently working in an orphanage for the blind in Beijing.
>> Bethel
>>  Home
>>  has 45 blind children, and it's a NGO orphanage run by a french
>> couple.
>>  Just
>>  wonder if any students will be interested to do internship or
>> volunteer
>>  work
>>  in Beijing.  You may visit
>>  www.bethelchina.org
>>
>>  Most of the kids speak English and Chinese.  Many of the
>> volunteers are
>>  from
>>  Europe and North America.  Too bad I have to return to school in
>> Stockholm
>>  this summer.  Hope any of you can support and help the kids in
>> any way you
>>  can.  Thanks.
>>
>>  Sincerely,
>>  Crystal
>>  ----- Original Message -----
>>  From: "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net
>>  To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>  <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>  Cc: "Correspondence Committee Mailing List"
>> <nfb-editors at nfbnet.org
>>  Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:51 AM
>>  Subject: [nabs-l] Food for Thought: Presenting Our Message as
>> Theater
>>
>>
>>  Not long ago, I learned that the Braille Institute in Los
>> Angeles,
>>  California, produced a series of recordings called Sound
>> Solutions.  They
>>  present tools and techniques for coping with blindness and
>> vision loss
>>  in
>>  a number of dramatic formats.  I thought: it might be cool if we
>> could do
>>  that.  We do have a play at our National convention, but that's
>> about it.
>>
>>  I'm not sure if I agree with everything they present, but I
>> still think
>>  we
>>
>>  can learn from it.  To get an idea of what they do, you can go
>> to
>>
>>  http://www.airsla.org/soundsolutions.asp
>>
>>  The episodes cover topics such as: home management, coping
>> skills, and
>>  many other topics, and with one exception, most of them are 30
>> minutes
>>  or
>>  less.
>>
>>  I'm presenting this for what it's worth, since I know that we
>> have some
>>  creative people out there, and I also know that if we can
>> present our
>>  message in a creative way, it might interest the younger
>> generation.
>>  Check
>>
>>  it out.  Thanks.
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> -- 
> Mary Fernandez
> President: Georgia Association of Blind Students
> Emory University 2012
> P.O. Box 123056
> Atlanta Ga.
> 30322
> Phone: 732-857-7004
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