[nabs-l] Blind people doing community service

[Chris Nusbaum]

Darian,

I agree completely! While I still think it is very important for 
us to use our tallents and skills to benefit the blind, both 
through the NFB and through other means, I also agree with you 
that it is also important to use those same tallents, and skills 
to benefit the community at large.  I personally do a lot of this 
kind of work through my church.  For example, I recently helped 
our church's Sunday school program by working our table at a 
local festival.  I also help the local Lions club with their golf 
tournament, which I guess indirectly helps the blind, although 
they do a lot more than blindness-related work.

 I believe this kind of community service (that is, 
non-blindness-related community service) is important not only 
because it is a good thing to do volunteer work to benefit your 
community, but it also shows the capability of blind people to do 
volunteer work.  People don't expect to see blind people out 
there independently helping their communities by participating in 
the same volunteer activities that they participate in.  So, I 
think it is also a great opportunity for us to educate the public 
by example.

Chris

Chris Nusbaum

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."
2 Corinthians 5:7

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----- Original Message -----
From: Darian Smith <dsmithnfb at gmail.com
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 sent: Sun, 20 May 2012 13:03:37 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Blind people doing community service

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

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