[nabs-l] Martin Luther King Junior Day of service.

Fri Jan 25 18:19:15 UTC 2013

Arielle and all,
 I have been in  similar situations myself.
 As many already know, I  served in AmeriCorps and did quite a few
service projects.
  the sum of these expiriences taught me that you are  almost always
going to run into some situation  where folks say yo can't do
something. I have done things by  myself, done things with people I
know, have partnered up with  people I don't know to get a project
done and I have met just about the same amount of mixed  results.
  This really got me excited about starting a community service group
in the nfb which is  something I am  still working on.
 i do believe that approaching people with  a can-do, but realistic
mind set is probably the best way to go. beyond this, I am not so sure
if there is a simple answer,or series of them that unlocks that door
that always seems to block us from being the contributing members of
society that decide to serve that we desire to be.
 I am sure I will think of more, but at this point  this is all I have. :)
  take care, and happy friday to you all!

 Darian

On 1/20/13, melissa Green <lissa1531 at gmail.com> wrote:
> arielle.
> I agree.
> there are still negative experiences than the positive ones.
>
> Blessings,
> Melissa and Pj
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>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Arielle Silverman" <arielle71 at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2013 2:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Martin Luther King Junior Day of service.
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>
> Hi all,
> Speaking of service, I'm just wondering if anyone has had any
> difficult experiences persuading people that you could still
> participate in service activities in spite of blindness? If something
> like this came up how did you handle it and were you successful in
> advocating to be included in the activity?
> As some of you know, some blind friends and I had a not-so-good
> experience a few years ago when we tried to prepare a meal for folks
> at Ronald McDonald House. The house manager sent someone to supervise
> us, and was upset that we did not bring a sighted companion with us. I
> was even told that our arrival without a sighted companion had
> inconvenienced them more than it had helped them, despite the
> substantial monetary donation we made to them in buying the food.
> I also have a blind friend who tried to volunteer at a horseback
> riding place (ironically, one that provided therapeutic horse riding
> to children with disabilities). She wanted to help with grooming and
> caring for the horses, and was refused because of blindness.
> I hate to be so negative as it is great to see so many folks who have
> successfully participated in community service. But unfortunately
> discrimination does still happen. How do we overcome it and continue
> to show our communities that we are capable of giving back and want to
> do so?
> Arielle
>
> On 1/20/13, Greg Aikens <gpaikens at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yea APO!  I'm an APO alum and had tons of wonderful community service
>> experiences with them in college.
>>
>> The elementary school I work at now is having a day of service tomorrow
>> by
>> inviting teachers, students, and families to come clean up the road that
>> runs by our school.  It should be a great way to reach out to the
>> neighborhoods around the school.  I plan to participate, especially since
>>
>> I
>> am a resident of one of those neighborhoods. :)
>>
>> Enjoy your day of service.
>>
>> -Greg
>>
>> On Jan 19, 2013, at 10:09 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am a member of a co-ed service fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega.  It's
>>> one of the largest international fraternal groups and is based on the
>>> service principles of the boy and girl scouts organizations.
>>> Typically we have our meetings on Sunday nights, but our president had
>>> the same idea as you and decided to schedule our first meeting of the
>>> year, where the majority of our service for this semester will be
>>> discussed and voted on, for MLK day.  Although we won't necessarioly
>>> be doing service yet, MLK day will be when we do the planning to set
>>> up the next three months of volunteer work.
>>>
>>> On 1/19/13, Darian <dsmithnfb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hey folks,
>>>> Being an alumnus of AmeriCorps, I firmly believe that Martin Luther
>>>> King
>>>> Junior's birthday (holiday)  Is a date on, not a day off.
>>>> This being said, I have every intention of going out and being real
>>>> deep
>>>> in
>>>> community service activities.
>>>>
>>>> Do you all have any such plans? And if so, what are they?
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Kaiti
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