[nabs-l] Blind people doing community service

[Darian Smith]

Hi all,
  I know  I have been pretty quite on the list  as of late, but I
figure I should add my two cents.

 Obviously, any way you  can use your talents and skills to  better  a
community of any sort is  a very good thing and is considered
"community Service".

 This is my personal feeling, but I think it would be great if we
challanged ourselvesa little bit and tried to take our talents and use
them to benifitnot just the blind.
 I am a big fan of non-blindness based community service.
  As enough people probably know I dida ten-month service term  in
AmeriCorps.  I think  I have learned so much from that time, and I
reminded myself that in order to be considered a part of society, I
really should do service work shoulder to shoulder with my sighted
peers.
  I learned so much about myself, the country, and the issues we face
in some places.

 Just some thoughts, and I would be intereste  in hearing yours.
  Take care,
  Darian

On 5/18/12, Joshua Lester <jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu> wrote:
> I think this counts, but I'm a musician, as everyone here knows.
> I go out to the nursing homes, to entertain the residents, with
> uplifting Gospel music.
> I know it's not much, but I'm doing what I can, in this community.
> This is also blindness related, because I'm assisting a blind
> resident, who has finally decided, that she wants to learn Braille!
> Woohoo!
> I've talked about her, on another list.
> We need to do outreaches like this, as blind people, to make people
> more aware of us, and our issues.
> Also, when the sighted individuals see that blindness isn't something
> that keeps us from doing what we want to do, their perceptions of us
> will change!
> I'd like to know what all you guys are doing, to serve your community!
> Thanks, Joshua
>
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-- 
Darian Smith

"To dream what is possible and to put oneself in service of that dream is the
formula
for a life well lived."

- Dr. Peter Benson