[NAGDU] Gala with one course under blindfold

The Pawpower Pack pawpower4me at gmail.com
Thu Sep 20 18:30:58 UTC 2018


Tracy, 
no, I totally agree with you and was just at a conference for professionals working with Deafblind children and they had a similar  cooking activity, and I was cringing! Doing this kind of thing only makes people pity me more from my experience.  

 Rox and the kitchen Bitches: 
Soleil, Rowan pawpower4me at gmail.com  

> On Sep 20, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Tracy Carcione via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> As an occasional donor to GDB, I just received an invitation to their annual
> auction/gala.  Auctions, puppies, fine wine, and fine food, with "one course
> under blindfold".  I was fine with the whole thing, until I got to the
> blindfold bit.  What can it possibly teach patrons?  That, for blind people,
> eating is a clumsy, messy business?  Oh, those poor blind people.
> 
> I'm of a mind to write to the fundraising department and make my feelings
> known on the subject.
> 
> Or am I just being over-sensitive?  I rather think not, but would be
> interested in other opinions.
> 
> Tracy
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> NAGDU mailing list
> NAGDU at nfbnet.org
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nagdu_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NAGDU:
> http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nagdu_nfbnet.org/pawpower4me%40gmail.com



More information about the NAGDU mailing list